市情范例:重庆市ChongqingMunicipality重庆,故称巴,原本是一个古老的部落属地,但其历史迄今已逾3000年。西汉时改称江州。隋、唐、五代、北宋时称渝州。ChongqingwasoriginallythecapitaloftheStateofBaoverthreethousandyears.TheplacewascalledJiangzhouduringtheWesternHanDynasty.Lateron,itwaschangedintoYuzhouduringtheSui,Tang,WudaiandNorthernSongDynasties.北宋末期曾有短暂时期称恭州,至南宋光宗赵惇,先封恭王,后即帝位,所谓“双重喜庆”是也,于登基当年下诏书改恭州为重庆府。Beforelong,theplacewasrenamedoncemoreasGongzhouforashortperiodoftime.BythetimewhenZhaoDunwasconferredthetitleofPrinceGong,hestayedinthisplace.Forthesakeofcelebration,herenamedthecityofGongzhouasChongqing(DoubleCelebration)immediatelyafterhehadascendedthethrone.此后漫漫800余年,重庆辖境虽时有伸縮,然地名再无更易。Thisnameremainsallthesameoverthepreviouseighthundredyears,thoughthescopeofthiscityhadsometimeshadalittlechange.重庆,地处中国内陆之西南,属中亚热带季风气候,夏日阳光炽烈,故称“火炉”,城市依山而建,人谓“山城”,冬春云轻雾重,又号“雾都”。Chongqingissubtropical,hotinsummer.Henceithadgotthename“afurnacecity.”Meanwhile,Chongqinghasalsogottherenownasa“mountaincity”becauseofitsbuildingsonhillsidesandmountainssurroundingthecity.TheclimateinChongqingisoftencloudyandmisty.Asaconsequence,itisalsocalled“fogcity.”1937年,抗日战争爆发,南京失陷,国民政府西迁重庆,又把这里定为“陪都”。由于第二次世界大战中重庆在反法西斯战争中的重要地位,联合国总部那幅巨大的世界地图上,中国版图仅标出四座城市:北京、上海、南京、重庆。Intheyearof1937,soonafterNanjingwasoccupiedbytheJapaneseinvaders,theKuomintanggovernmentmovedfromNanjingtoChongqinganddesignedthelatterasitswar-timecapital.OnaccountofitsgreatcontributiontothevictoryoftheSecondWorldWar,onthemapofChinadisplayedinthegreathalloftheUnitedNationsthereappearmerelythenamesofthefollowingfourcities:Beijing,Shanghai,NanjingandChongqing.自此,重庆获得了本世纪社会与经济的几次跳跃性发展。作为“陪都”,四十年代末期重庆便初步形成现代工业城市的规模;五十年代,作为西南局、西南军政委员会所在地,也曾作为中央直辖市,重庆实际上成为西南政治、经济、文化之中心;Eversincethen,Chongqinghasenjoyedchanceofdevelopmentforfourtimesinsuccession.Beingasthewar-timecapitalofChina,Chongqingbegantodevelopintoamodernindustrialcityattheendof1940s.Inthe1950s,outofbeingthelocationofboththeSouthwestBureauandtheSouthwestMilitaryandPoliticalCommitteeundertheCommunistPartyofChina,andasthemunicipalitydirectlyundertheCentralGovernmentforashortperiodoftime,Chongqinghadpracticallybecomethepolitical,economicandculturalcenterofSouthwestChina.;六十年代,中国实行“三线”战略,一批工业企业特别是军工企业内迁重庆,给这座城市带来了又一次发展机遇,基本上建立了完备而雄厚的工业体系;Inthe1960s,duetothepracticeofthe“ThirdFront”strategy,anumberofenterprises,themilitaryenterprisesinparticular,begantomovetoChongqingandthismadeitpossibleforthisinlandcitytohavesetupacompletesystemofindustry.八十年代,改革开放以后,重庆被列为中国重点城市,进行经济改革综合试点,而令人瞩目的成就使其地位跃居长江上游经济中心,成为中国西南最大的工商业城市。Inthe1980s,soonafterthepracticeofthereformandopening-uppolicy,Chongqingwaslistedasoneofthekeycitiesenjoyingthechancetoflourish.Asaresult,withtheoutstandingachievementithadobtained,ChongqinghadturnedouttobethelargestcenterofindustryandcommerceinSouthwestChina.历史再一次选择了重庆。1997年3月14日,第八届全国人大五次会议通过了国务院5关于设立重庆直辖市的议案。继北京、上海、天津之后,重庆成为中国的第四个直辖市。Andnow,Chongqingischosenonceagainbythehistory.EversincethemoveoftheStateCouncilbeingapprovedonMarch14,1997bythefifthsessionoftheEighthNationalPeople’sCongress,ChongqinghasbecomethefourthmunicipalitydirectlyundertheCentralGovernment,togetherwithBeijing,ShanghaiandTianjin.直辖后的重庆,拥有82400平方公里的土地和3002万人口,成为中国最大的一个城市。原属四川省的万县市、涪陵市和黔江地区,现已划入重庆的版图。长江三峡的大半段已出现在重庆市境内。AsthelargestcityofChina,Chongqingcoversanareaof82,400squarekilometerswithapopulationof30.02million.BelongingoriginallytoSichuanProvince,Wanxianmunicipality,FulingmunicipalityandQianjiangdistrictarenowunderChongqing’sjurisdiction.AgreatpartoftheThreeGorgesappearnowintheterritoryofChongqing.6000米长的库区名胜古迹,诸如丰都鬼城、石宝寨、张飞庙、白帝城,使重庆更添风采。So,apartfrommanyhistoricalrelicsandtouristattractions,suchastheGhostCityofFengdu,StoneTreasureBlock,theZhangFeiTempleandWhiteEmperorCity,the6,000meterlongdamareaaddsmuchlustertoChongqing.巫山县大庙区龙坪村发现的距今200万年的人类化石,近期考古新发现的丰都烟墩堡旧石器时代遗址,以及柘城小田溪战国遗址,丰都汇南汉墓群和国宝级的水底碑林白鹤梁,吟咏着重庆古老的历史。Besides,therearemanyotherinvaluablerelics,suchasafossilofcavemantwomillionyearsoldunearthedatLongpingVillageinWushanCounty,aPaleolithicsiteexcavatedrecentlyatYandunbaoinFengdu,aWarring-States-PeriodsitelocatedatXiaotianxiinZhecheng,aHan-dynastygravegroundsituatedatHuinaninFengducountyandanational-gradeunderwaterforestofstonetabletssituatedinBaiheliang,providevaluableinformationforastudyofthemateriallifeandsocialnatureofthisplaceduringtheancienttimes.重庆因为直辖而越显年轻了。位于西陵峡中上段宜昌三斗坪的三峡大坝一俟完工正常蓄水后,虽然瞿塘峡入口处的“粉壁墙”、“孟良梯”、“古栈道”等景观将被淹没。OwingtohavingbecomeamunicipalitydirectlyundertheCentralGovernment,Chongqingbecomesyoungerandyounger.OncethereservoirbeginstoholdwateraftertheaccomplishmentoftheThree-gorgeDamlocatedinShanduoping,Yichang,someofthehistoricalrelics,suchastheWhite-PoweredWall,theStaircaseofMengLiangandtheAncientPlankRoadlocatedattheentrancetoQutangGorge,willbeinundatedcompletely.但是,“神女应无恙”,“瞿塘雄、巫峡幽、西陵秀”的自然风光格局不会改变,雄伟壮丽的三峡仍会以迷人的风采使游人流连忘返。However,theGoddessPeakaswellasotherscenicspotsintheGorgesofQutang,WuxiaandXilingwillnotbechangedatall.Furthermore,thefascinatingviewoftheThreeGorgeswillcontinuouslymaketouristsfailtotearthemselvesaway.“长风破浪会有时,直挂云帆济沧海”。古老而年轻的重庆,既面临着千载难逢的发展机遇,又肩负着力重千鈞的历史使命。“Withsailshoistedhigh,acros