Suzhou-style garden transported to New Zealand

时间：2007-03-31 06:14:18

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Chinanews, Shanghai, March 30 - By the end of 2007, a Suzhou-style Chinese garden will be built in Dunedin, New Zealand, and it will be opened to the general public in early 2008. All the structures and rockscapes in the garden will be "made-in-China".

 

The news was released by Peter Chin, the Mayor of Dunedin, who arrived in Shanghai on March 28.

 

The garden was designed in Shanghai, and its components1 were made there, too. 50 workers will go to Dunedin with the components to put them together.

 

"The garden will be here in memory of our forefathers2, who came to Dunedin and Otago in the first gold rush. Besides, the garden will always remind us of the connection between New Zealand and China," said Chin, who is a descendant of the first Chinese immigrants in New Zealand.

 

"Chinese were looked down upon when the first batch3 of them arrived in New Zealand, but now we have won the respect of New Zealanders," added Chin.

 

The design of the garden to be built in Dunedin is inspired by the architectural concept embodied4 in the famous Wangshi Garden in Suzhou, and it will cover some 1.5 acres.

 

Shanghai Municipal Museum offered great help to the designing and building of the garden.

 

"The garden will be the most important symbol of the friendship between Dunedin and Shanghai," said Chin.

 
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1 components 4725dcf446a342f1473a8228e42dfa48     
（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分
参考例句：
  • the components of a machine 机器部件
  • Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
2 forefathers EsTzkE     
n.祖先，先人；祖先，祖宗( forefather的名词复数 )；列祖列宗；前人
参考例句：
  • They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left. 它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • All of us bristled at the lawyer's speech insulting our forefathers. 听到那个律师在讲演中污蔑我们的祖先，大家都气得怒发冲冠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 batch HQgyz     
n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量
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  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
4 embodied 12aaccf12ed540b26a8c02d23d463865     
v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含
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  • a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家
  • The heroic deeds of him embodied the glorious tradition of the troops. 他的英雄事迹体现了军队的光荣传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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