中国的长城英语

“长城”的英文是：The Great Wall。

用英式音标发音读作：[ðə;ði:] [greɪt] [wɔːl]；

用美式音标发音读作：[ðə;ði:] [ɡret] [wɔl]。

in the wall表示“在墙的里面”; 而on the wall表示“在墙的表面”。the Great Wall(长城)是the Great Wall of China(中国长城)的简称。

wall用作动词时意思是“用墙围住”，接名词或代词作宾语，可用于主动或被动结构。

长城的历史发展：

自秦汉至明清，长城沿线的许多关口成为农、牧两大经济、文化系统民族交易的场所或中心，有的逐渐发展成为长城沿线的重要城镇。长城既保证了农业经济、文化与畜牧业经济、文化的正常发展，又为二者的交流和相互补充提供了场所和方便；

又起着调解两种经济，使农、牧业经济朝着主辅相互配合的方向发展的重要作用。因此，长城不单纯是曾起过将两种经济、文化分割开来的作用，还曾担负着将两种经济、文化紧紧系在一起的重任。

The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world.It is about 4000 miles long.中国长城是世界上最伟大的奇观之一，大约有4000英里长。The Great Wall of China is called the "Ten-thousand-Ii Great Wall" in Chinese.中国长城被称为“万里长城”。The Great Wall has a history of over twenty centuries.长城有两千多年的历史。（这里的century是“世纪”的意思）The Great Wall is wide enough at the top for five horses or ten men to walk side by side.长城很宽，足够五匹马、十个人并肩行走。It was very difficult to build such a wall in the ancient days without any modern machines.在古代没有机器的情况下，在古代建造这样一堵墙是非常困难的。Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest not only to the Chinese but to people from all over the world.今天，长城已经成为一个不仅对中国人，而且对来自世界各地的人们都有兴趣的地方。Many of them have come to know the famous Chinese saying:"He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man."他们中的许多人已经知道了中国著名的谚语：“不到长城非好汉。”The Great Wall is the sign of China. It is the pride of all the Chinese.长城是中国的标志。这是所有中国人的骄傲。Now the Great Wall is a famous building. Many tourists from China or other countries are attracted to visit it. It has been a place of interest.现在长城是一座著名的建筑。许多来自中国或其他国家的游客被吸引参观。它一直是一个名胜景地。Now it becomes a miracle and a place of historical interest that people all over the world can appreciate. 现在全世界的人们都能欣赏到它，这使它成为一个奇迹和一个具有历史意义的地方。拓展资料：相传秦始皇建长城时，劳役繁重，青年男女范喜良、孟姜女新婚三天，新郎就被迫出发修筑长城，不久死去，孟姜女历尽艰辛来寻找丈夫，却得知丈夫的死讯。她痛哭城下，三天三夜不止，这段长城就此坍塌。之后孟姜女投海自杀。译文：     According to legend, when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, the labor was heavy, young men and women, Fan Xiliang, Meng Jiangnu married three days, the bridegroom was forced to build the Great Wall, soon died, Meng Jiangnu tried hard to find her husband, but he learned of her husband's death. She cried for three days and nights, and the the Great Wall collapsed. Then Meng Jiangnu threw herself into the sea.

The Great Wall Yeah, it is about the Great Wall. The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world that created by human being! If you come to China without climbing The Great Wall,just as well as you come to Paris without visiting The Iron Tower, come to Egypt without visiting The pyramids! 是的，这说的就是长城。中国的长城是人类文明史上最伟大的建筑工程，如果没有到长城就等于没有到中国，就像到了巴黎不去看艾尔铁塔，到了埃及怎么能不看金字塔一样