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【开场白】
Dear tourists, good morning! Welcome to the unique Kaiping Diaolou. I am your tour guide today and I am very glad to introduce you the place full of historical charm and unique architectural styles to you.
尊敬的游客们，早上好！欢迎大家来到独具特色的开平碉楼。我是今天的导游，非常高兴能为大家介绍这片充满历史韵味和独特建筑风格的地方。
【概况】
Kaiping is a small city in Guangdong Province, about 100 kilometres southwest of Guangzhou, with an area of 1,659 square kilometres and a population of 680,000. It has been long known as the native land of a great many overseas Chinese. They have strong feelings of nostalgia for their home land, and many return to Kaiping to build houses once they have earned sufficient money. These watchtower-like buildings in Kaiping are known as Diaolou, are structure incorporating the Chinese and Western architectural styles and combining the functions of a residence for the family and a watchtower to guard against bandits. They are like bright pearls, embedded in this vast land, emitting unique charm.
开平是广东省的一个小城市，位于广州西南约 100 公里处，占地面积 1659 平方公里，人口 68 万人。长期以来，它一直被称为许多海外华人的故乡。在海外的华人有强烈思乡之情，多以在他们赚到钱以后便会回到故乡建造房子。而这些房子我们称之为碉楼，开平的碉楼式建筑融合了中西建筑风格，(英汉互译)是集防卫、居住于一体的建筑。它宛如一颗颗璀璨的明珠，镶嵌在这片广袤的土地上，散发着独特而迷人的魅力。
【碉楼结构&荣耀】
You may wonder why these returned overseas Chinese had their houses built into a structure of a watchtower. Well, the reasons are clear. First, public order at that time was bad and banditry was a real headache and the better-off returned overseas Chinese families naturally became targets for robbery; second, the Kaiping area is a stretch of low-lying land and floods were a frequent occurrence. So, these solid and high-rise buildings were good both for defence against bandits and for refuge from the floods.
(汉译英)你可能想知道为什么这些海外华侨回国要把房子建成碉楼的结构，这其实很明显。首先，那个时代的公共秩序很糟糕，对这些归国华侨家庭而言，他们自然就成为抢劫的目标了，土匪令他们非常头疼；第二，开平地区地势低矮，洪水经常光顾。所以，这些坚固高大的建筑不仅能够防御土匪，也成为洪灾的避难所了。
Kaiping Diaolou has been hailed as “a Typical Works of the Overseas Chinese Culture”, and the “World Architectural Art Museum”, which is listed by the Chinese State Council as a national key cultural relic protected. It once had over 3,300 at its peak and now the registered number are 1,833. Twenty of the better ones are inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Kaiping diaolou has various forms and styles. Functionally, these buildings take three types: residential tower built by individual rich family and used as fortified residence, communal tower jointly built by several families for use as temporary refuge, and watch tower for guarding against bandits. During the War of Resistance Against Japan in the 1940s, some of these towers became strongholds for people’ militia.
开平碉楼被誉为“华侨文化的典范之作”、“世界建筑艺术博物馆”。(英汉互译)是国务院公布的国家重点文物保护单位。开平碉楼在鼎盛时期达3300多座，目前，登记在册的有1833座。开平碉楼是国务院公布的国家重点文物保护单位。而较好的二十座被列入联合国教科文组织的世界遗产名录。（1.开平碉楼被授予哪些荣誉头衔？）开平碉楼千姿百态、形式多样。从功能上，这些建筑有三种形式: 有用作家族居住的居楼、村人共同集资兴建的众楼以及主要用于打更放哨防匪的更楼三大类。在 20 世纪 40 年代抗日战争期间，其中的一些建筑成了人民自卫队的堡垒。（2.开平碉楼有哪三大类?）
【自立村】
The Diaolou structures in Zili Village, 12 kilometres away from the Kaiping city enter, are the most magnificent and best preserved. There are 15 in all, which are all listed as key cultural relics protected by the state. Among them, the Mingshilou is the best. Built in 1925, it is a 5-storey residential tower made of reinforced concrete. There is a Sino-Western hexagonal observation pavilion on top, and blockhouses (also called “Swallow Nests”) at the four corners of the 5th floor. This huge and imposing tower is installed with heavy iron doors and strong iron windows, and is luxuriously decorated and well furnished.
开平市距离市中心 12 公里的自力村碉楼群是保存最完好、最壮观的。共有 15 座全部被列为国家重点文物保护单位。(汉译英)其中最精美的碉楼是铭石楼，建于1925年，是钢筋混凝土结构的居楼。楼高5层，顶部正中有一中西合璧的六角形瞭望亭，第五层四角均建有角堡（又名“燕子窝”）。铭石楼楼身宽大，外形壮观，有厚重的铁门和坚固的铁窗，内部陈设豪华，生活设施齐全。（3.请说说自力村碉楼的结构与装修）
【其他】
Other well-known Diaolou structures are the Ruishilou in Yan’gang Town, the Fangshi Denglou in Tangkou Town, etc. They were built in different years by different families and so are different in architectural style. Ruishilou is the highest and the most luxurious watchtower in Kaiping. This nine-storey tower is 25 meters high and built of reinforced concrete. Its indoor settings and furnishings are elegantly arranged in a traditional Chinese style. So, this tower is rated as the No.1 tower in Kaiping. The Fangshi Denglou, also a reinforced concrete structure built in 1920 by the Fang family, is most typical of the Diaolou structure as a watchtower, for it was in an open land with spacious view and provided with electric generator, searchlights and guns.
其他著名的碉楼结构包括蚬岗镇的瑞石楼、塘口镇的方氏灯楼等。它们由不同的家族在不同的年份建造，因此在建筑风格上有所不同。(英汉互译)瑞石楼是开平最高、最豪华的碉楼，楼高25米共9层，楼内设施布局典雅，具有中国传统格调，是开平碉楼第一楼。(汉译英)方氏灯由方家在 1920年建造，是一座钢筋混凝土结构，作为瞭望塔的典型代表，因为它位于开阔地带，并配备了发电机、探照灯和枪支。选地视野开阔，是典型的防守更楼。
【立园】
Another tourist attraction in Kaiping City is the Li Garden. It’s a private residential garden owned by an American Chinese, Xie Wei Li. The Li Garden is in Beiyi Village, Tangkou town. Constructed in 1936, it was a villa garden incorporating the Chinese and Western styles. The garden’s name “Li” (立) comes from the owner’s name and it gives expression to the meaning of a Chinese idiom “Xiu Shen Li Ben” (修身立本), which is written on an archway in the garden, meaning roughly “Cultivating Oneself to Become a Moral Person”. This idea of the owner’s is also reflected in many other inscriptions and couplets written in the garden.
开平市的另一处旅游景点是立园。这是由美籍华侨谢维利建造的私人宅邸花园，(英译汉)坐落于塘口镇北夷村。该园始建于1936年，是一座融合中西风格的别墅式园林。(汉译英)花园的名字“立园” 来源于它主人的名字,它清楚地表达了一个中国成语的意义“修身立本”。 此名字被写在花园的拱门上，意思是处世兴家的根本在于自身的修养。园主的这种立意也体现在园中其他许多碑文和对联上。（4.为什么美籍华人谢维立把他的花园取名为“立园” ?）
The Li Garden is divided into three areas: villa area, big garden area and small garden area. Its main structures include a archway with the two Chinese characters “Li Yuan”, a decorated archway with the four Chinese characters “Xiu Shen Li Ben”, four bridge pavilions, and two ancient roman-style structures (the “Bird’s Nest” and the “Vine Pavilion”). The residential buildings in the villa area are also combinations of Chinese and Western architectural elements. While their main structures are foreign-styled, some are roofed like a Chinese palace, and inside they are decorated and furnished with both Chinese and foreign artifacts: such as western fireplace and pendent lamps, Italian ceramic tiles, Chinese wooden furniture, wall paintings depicting Chinese folk stories, Chinese gilded wood-carvings etc.
(英译汉)立园内有别墅区、大花园区和小花园区。主要建筑有“立园”大牌坊、“修身立本”大牌楼和四个桥亭，以及古罗马式建筑——“鸟巢”、“花藤亭”。(英译汉)别墅的楼顶按照中国宫殿式的建筑风格；而楼身却采用了西式建筑风格，楼内的楼梯和地面、墙壁装饰也是中西结合。如西式壁炉、吊灯，意大利瓷砖、中式的酸枝家具，民间故事壁画，涂金木雕等。（5.为什么我们说立园的住宅建筑是中西建筑元素的组合?）
【结束语】
Dear friends, our tour of the Kaiping Diaolou ends here. Every brick of Diaolou and Li Garden holds the nostalgia and wisdom of overseas Chinese. I hope you’ve enjoyed these architectural treasures. Please protect the cultural relics. Thank you for listening, and wish you a pleasant and safe journey!
各位朋友，开平碉楼与立园的每一块砖石，都藏着华侨的乡愁与智慧。希望今天的讲解让您爱上这片建筑瑰宝。请大家注意爱护文物，祝大家游览愉快！
