001 x h West Lake kui l xu hn yqng sng yu ho j Enjoy learning Chinese and it is carefree and easy.

ee and easy. d ji hozh l sh kui l zhng gu Hello, everyone! Welcome to Happy China. kui l de d ni I am happy Daniel, zi mi l de hng zhu xing nn wn ho saying hello to you from the beautiful Hangzhou. cng jn tin ki sh From now on, w men ji yo kui kui l l yu hng zhu we will enjoy a tour to Hangzhou. zh me m rn de x h How charming the West Lake is! w men dng rn yo qng ch y wi shn m de dng d de ji bn We will certainly invite a mysterious guest to our program. t sh dng d rn She is a native of Hangzhou. r qi w tng shu t sh y wi mi n Besides, it is said that she is a beauty. d ni hun yng n li hng zhu Daniel, welcome to Hangzhou.

hn ji n li le Han Jia, here you are. dn sh hi yu y wi shn m de ji bn But we have a mysterious guest. t zi n r Where is she? yun zi tin binjn zi yn qin She is right in front of your eyes. ji sh n Wow, so it is you. du yaw ji sh cng xio zi x h bin Right. I am from Hangzhou. zhng d de hng zhu rn I grew up by the West Lake. yun li sh zh yng Oh, so it is. m k b lu chng zn hng zhu sh sh ji shng zu mi l de hu gu zh chng Marco Polo once said that Hangzhou is the most beautiful and splendid city in the world. w k yo ho ho gung gung n de ji xing I will have a great tour to your hometown. ho All right. m k b lu chng zn hng zhu sh sh ji shng Marco Polo commended Hangzhou as zu mi l de hu gu zh chng the most beautiful and gorgeous city in the world.

wi cng po de hng zhu q Can't fully withdraw from Hangzhou, y bn gu li sh c h half of the memory is lingering at the West Lake. i d ni yu hng zhu Hey, Daniel, when you travel to Hangzhou, zu xin yng gi yu de ji sh x h the first place you should visit is the West Lake. mi cu Exactly. shu do hng zhu de mi jng I heard that when they came to the Hangzhou scenery, x h k sh hng zhu de y k mng zh the West Lake is the jewel in the crown. OK hng zhu sh xin yu shu zi yu chng OK OK. Hangzhou had lakes first and then the city was built. n me x h sh xin yu d zi yu do The West Lake had causeways first and then the islets came into being. su y w men zu xin yng gi q kn kn yu mng de s d We should go and visit the famous Su Causeway first. ho ba zu OK. Let's go. d ni xin zi w men zi de zh g d fng Daniel, we are now at ji sh s d Su Causeway.

zh tio d ji sh s dng p It was built when Su Dongpo served zi dng gun de sh hu zh xi de as a government official here. t gun tng le x h de nn bi It runs through the West Lake from the south to the north. hu rn wi le j nin s dng p du x h In order to commemorate Su Dongpo's zu ch de j d gng xin great contribution to the West Lake, su y ji b zh tio d mng mng wi s gng d people named this causeway Sudong Causeway, jin chng s d and it was abbreviated to Su Causeway. n kns d de ling bin Look, on the sides of Su Causeway, y k to shy k li shdu sh zh yng zhng de peach trees and willows are interplanted. du ya su y do le chn tin Right. So in spring, s d chn xioto hng li l Spring Dawn at Su Causeway, red peach flowers and green willows. ci de le x h sh jng zh y de mi chng That's why it is listed as one of the ten famous views of the West Lake. s d chn xiochn ji sh chn tin de chn Su Di Chun Xiao, Chun means spring. du Right.

n xio sh shn me y s ne Then what does Xiao mean? xio ji sh zh tin gng gng ling Xiao means dawn. chn tin qng chn de s d k mi j le Su Causeway at dawn in spring is great. n shu de zh me ho do d sh bu sh zh me mi You said it was great, but we can't w men y kn b jin ya see whether it is really great or not. n k sh gn w shu gu You once told me that r tng wi xyn jin wi sh Er Ting Wei Xu, Yan Jian Wei Shi. zh g chng y n yng de do tng sh d fng You used the idiom at the opportune place. dng rn lexu hu le ji di hu yng ma Of course. We need to know how to use it once we learn it. n knw zo yu zhn bi Look, I have made preparation in advance. w zo yu zhn bi Look, I have made preparation in advance. hng hng l l de hi zhn sh tng ho kn de Red and green. They are really wonderful. chn tin de sh hu I will certainly

w y dng zi li qn yn kn kn s d chn xio come to see Spring Dawn at Su Causeway. ho lex h shng hi yu lng wi y tio d ne All right. There is another causeway in the West Lake. zn men y bi zu zhe kn le Let s stop walking around to enjoy the view. hun y zhng fng sh bazu Let s change to another way. Come on. yu yu shn me xn xin wn yr Do you have anything novel? q qio qio Let's go and take a look. id nizn men yn qin de zh tio d Hey, Daniel, the causeway in front us is called ji jio bi d Bai Causeway. w zh do le Oh, I see. s d ji sh s dng p xi zh de Su Causeway was built by Su Dongpo. zh bi d z rn ji sh bi j y xi zh de le Bai Causeway must have been built by Bai Juyi. cu le ba You are wrong. What?

zh bi j y d qu xi gu y tio bi gng d Bai Juyi really built Baigong Causeway, b gu b sh zh y tio but it was not this one. zh tio bi d yu jio bi sh d Bai Causeway is called Baisha Causeway as well. zi bi j y xi d zh qin ji y jng yu le It was built before Bai Juyi built Baigong Causeway. yun li sh zh yng I see. hn jizh ci zhn jio zu yu x h Han Jia, this is called the West Lake cruise. n kn chun zi h zhng xng Look, the boat is rowed on the lake and rn zi hu zhng yu the visitors are wandering around in a scroll. y shu de hi tng ho Hey, wonderful. zh x h shng yu sn zu do There are three islets in the West Lake. du sh yng h zhng de n All of them were piled up du j q li de rn gng do y by people with the mud in the lake. zu xio de n y zu jio run gng dn The smallest one is called Ruan Gong Dun.

zu d de n y zu jio sn tn yn yu The largest one is called Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. do zhng yu h h zhng yu do There are lakes on the islets and there are islets in the lakes. do shng de jng s There are so many beautiful sceneries mi b shng shu on the islets that you simply can't take them all in. do shng de jng s mi b shng shu There are so many beautiful sceneries on the islets that you simply can't take them all in. i hn ji n kn n zu t x x go go de Hey, Han Jia, look at the slim and high tower. ho xing hn t bi It seems very unique. n ji sh bo t t sh x h bin shng That's Baochu Pagoda. It is the most eye-catching zu wi xng m de bio zh xng jin zh structure by the West Lake. zh me x de t Hey, the pagoda is so slim ho xing rn yo sh sho wi png le y din that it seems if people are chubbier, ji shng b q le they won't be able to climb it. png de shu de du shng b q Neither the slim nor the chubby can go up there,

yn wi zh zu t sh sh xn de because the pagoda is solid inside. shn me jio sh xn de ya What does Shi Xin mean? sh xn de ji sh shu Shi Xin means that zh zu t de ni b wn qun bi tin mn le the inside of the tower is filled up mi yu y din kng x and there is no space left. Oh. gui b d mi rn nng p shng q ne It's no wonder that nobody can go out the tower yn wi t sh sh xn de because it's completely solid. i zh x h bin shng hi yu lng wi y zu t ne Hey, there is another pagoda by the West Lake. zi nr Well, where is it? bi zho le Stop looking for it. zn men gu j tin yu j hu q kn kn We will take a look at it a couple of days later. t hi b go s w men ne She won't tell us.

How men do shng xn yu m l min q zho zho ba OK. Let's go to Pleasant View to look for it. bi wng le w men de ku ho Don't forget our motto: xu shu zhng gu hupng yu bin tin xi Learn to speak Chinese and make friends everywhere. x h sh hng zhu de lng hn The West Lake is the soul of Hangzhou. qin bi nin li g rn cng yng y b x h b x z Hundreds of years ago, ancient Chinese poets depicted the West Lake. nng zhung dn m zng xing y dng With such verses as compare the West Lake to Beauty Xishi,who is gorgeous all the time mi mio sh j li xng rng t Whether richly adorned or plainly dressed . s d chn xioq yun fng h Spring Dawn at Su Causeway, Breeze-ruffled Lotus at Quyuan Garden. png h qi yudun qio cn xu Autumn Moon over the Clam Lake, Melting Snow at Broken Bridge. li lng wn yng hu gng gun y Onoles Singing in the Willows, Viewing Fish at Flower Harbot. li fng x zholing fng ch yn Leifeng Pagoda in Evening Glow, Twin Peaks Piercing the Cloud. nn png wn zhngsn tn yn yu Evening Bell Ringing at Nanping Hill, Three Pools Mirroring the Moon. x h sh jng mi b shng shu The ten famous views of the West Lake are so wonderful that you simply can t take them all in.