上海已成为国际大都市，并致力于在20__年建设成为国际金融和航运中心。地处江南，既有苏杭千年吴越文化的浸润，又有当代东方芝加哥纸醉金迷式的大繁华。让人对这座城市既爱又无奈。城市硬件日新月异，世界声誉远doyouknowwheretolookatChina's100yearhistory?
(Overview)doyouknowwheretolookatChina's100yearhistory?Yes,it'sShanghai.Whataboutthe20-yearhistory?It'stheBund.TheBundisthewindowofShanghai,whichreflectsthefeaturesofChina'slargesteconomiccentercityandinternationalmodernmetropolis,aswellasthecharacteristicsofafamoushistoricalandculturalcity.ManyoverseasChineseandChineselovetocallShanghaiBundthefirstBayinAsia.Yes,sheisbeautiful.Pleasesee,fromnorthtosouth,sherisesfromthesouthofBaidubridgetoXinkaiRiver.Itisabout1800meterslong,withacurvedtrendlikeacrescentmoon,beautifulandpicturesque.
Accordingtorecords,theBundwasoriginallycalledYangziroadandHuangpubeachroad.In1945,inmemoryofDr.SunYatSen,itwasrenamedZhongshan,whichisstillusedtoday.TheBundusedtobeknownastheOrientalWallStreet.WiththerapiddevelopmentofurbanconstructioninShanghai,ithasmoremodernurbanflavor.In1995,itwasratedasoneofthe"tennewlandscapesofShanghaiinthe1990s",attractingtensofthousandsoftouristseveryday.
Ladiesandgentlemen:today,whenwearebathedinthesunshineofreformandopeningup,wecanenjoyalotofbeautifulscenerybywalkingontheBund.Firstofall,looktothewest,whichisoneofthesymbolsofShanghai-theWorldArchitectureExpo.Asweallknow,afterthefirstwar,Shanghaiwasturnedintoacommercialport.Atthattime,ShanghaigraduallybecametheplacewhereforeigncapitalwasmostconcentratedinChina,andvariouswesternstylebuildingswerealsobuiltalongtheBund.Alargenumberofbanks,clubsandnightclubsofwesterncountriesareconcentratedalongtheHuangpuRiver,whichreflectstheplunderandaggressionofWesterncolonizationonShanghai.AlthoughthetallbuildingsontheBundwerenotdesignedbyasingledesignerorbuiltinthesameera,theyhavealotincommon.Theywerethemostpopularstylesinthewestatthattime.Theyadoptedthewesternclassicalarchitecturalform.Thewholebuildinghasasolemnandmajesticmomentum,andthearchitecturaltoneisbasicallyunified.Inaddition,ontheeastside,peoplecanalsoseethebroadandmagnificentsceneryoftheHuangpuRiverfromtheobservationplatforminShanghai.Withthewindblowingontheriver,theriverisshimmering,andthewhiteseagullsareflyinghighandlow,youcanseetheportsceneryofbigcities.LookingfromafaratthemostnovelskyscrapersinPudong,thegrandmomentummakestheBundbeautiful.AsasymbolofShanghai,theBundintegratesriverlandscapeandarchitecturallandscape,andintegrateswesternclassicalcustomsandmodernChinesecivilization.Nowlet'shavealookatthemainbuildingsneartheBundfromsouthtonorth.