北京位於華北平原北部，背靠燕山，毗鄰天津市和河北省。北京的氣候為典型的北溫帶半溼潤大陸性季風氣候。下面是關於北京英文導遊詞的內容，歡迎閱讀！
北京簡介
北京，簡稱“京”，是中華人民共和國的首都、直轄市、國家中心城市、超大城市、國際大都市，全國政治中心、文化中心、國際交往中心、科技創新中心，是中國共產黨中央委員會、中華人民共和國中央人民政府、全國人民代表大會、中國人民政治協商會議全國委員會、中華人民共和國中央軍事委員會所在地，也是中部戰區司令部駐地。
北京是首批國家歷史文化名城和世界上擁有世界文化遺產數最多的.城市，三千多年的歷史孕育了故宮、天壇、八達嶺長城、頤和園等眾多名勝古蹟。早在七十萬年前，北京周口店地區就出現了原始人群部落“北京人”。公元前1045年，北京成為薊、燕等諸侯國的都城。公元938年以來，北京先後成為遼陪都、金中都、元大都、明、清國都。1949年10月1日成為中華人民共和國首都。
北京被全球最權威的世界城市研究機構之一GaWC評為世界一線城市[1] 。聯合國報告指出，北京人類發展指數居中國城市第二位[2] 。2016年，北京人均可支配收入達到52530元，社會消費品零售總額11005.1億元[3] 。截至2016年末，北京常住人口2172.9萬人，比上年末增加2.4萬人，增長0.1%，增量比上年減少16.5萬人，增速比上年回落0.8個百分點[4] 。
2015年7月31日，國際奧委會主席巴赫宣佈北京攜手張家口獲得2022年冬季奧林匹克運動會的舉辦權。北京由此成為全球首個既舉辦過夏季奧運會又將舉辦冬季奧運會的城市。
北京英文導遊詞
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Welcome to the Great Wall. Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yale River in Leaning Province, the Wall stretches westwards for 12,700 kilometers to Jiayuguan in the Gobi desert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China. The Wall climbs up and down, twists and turns along the ridges of the Yanshan and Yinshan Mountain Chains through five provinces——Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu and two autonomous regions——Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, binding the northern China together.
Historical records trace the construction of the origin of the Wall to defensive fortification back to the year 656 B.C. during the reign of King Cheng of the States of Chu. Its construction continued throughout the Warring States period in the fifth Century B.C. Walls, then, was built separately by these ducal states to ward off such harassments. Later in 221 B.C. The most extensive reinforcements and renovations were carried out in the Ming Dynasty (1368——1644) when altogether 18 lengthy stretches were reinforced with bricks and rocks. it is mostly the Ming Dynasty Wall that visitors see today.
The Great Wall is divided into two sections, the east and west, with Shanxi Province as the dividing line. The west part is a rammed earth construction, about 5.3 meters high on average. In the eastern part, the core of the Wall is rammed earth as well, but the outer shell is reinforced with bricks and rocks. The most imposing and best preserved sections of the Great Wall are at Badaling and Mutianyu, not far from Beijing and both are open to visitors.
The Wall of those sections is 7.8 meters high and 6.5 meters wide at its base, narrowing to 5.8 meters on the ramparts, wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast. Two-storied watch-towers are built at approximately 400-meters internals. The top stories of the watch-tower were designed for observing enemy movements, while the first was used for storing grain, fodder, military equipment and gunpowder as well as for quartering garrison soldiers. The highest watch-tower at Badaling standing on a hill-top, is reached only after a steep climb, like "climbing a ladder to heaven".
There stand 14 major passes (Guan, in Chinese) at places of strategic importance along the Great Wall, the most important being Shanghaiguan and Jiayuguan. Yet the most impressive one is Juyongguan, about 50 kilometers northwest of Beijing.
Known as "Tian Xia Di YI Guan" (The First Pass Under Heaven), Shanghaiguan Pass is situated between two sheer cliffs forming a neck connecting north China with the northeast. It had been, therefore, a key junction contested by all strategists and many famous battles were fought here. It was the gate of Shanghaiguan that the Ming general Wu Sangui opened to the Manchu army to suppress the peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng and so surrendered the whole Ming empire to the Manchus, leading to the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. (1644-1911)
As a cultural heritage, the Wall belongs not only to China but to the world. The Venice charter says: "Historical and cultural architecture not only includes the individual architectural works, but also the urban or rural environment that witnessed certain civilizations, significant social developments or historical events." The Great Wall is the largest of such historical and cultural architecture, and that is why it continues to be so attractive to people all over the world. In 1987, the Wall was listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site.
