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1、LadiesandGentlemen: TodaywearegoingtovisitZhongyangStreet.Thisisthedowntownarea.Inordertobetterknowthestreet,wearegoingtowalkthroughit,whichtakesabout40minutes.Thosewhodonotlikewalkingmaykeepseated,ourcoachwillgoalonganotherstreetandstopattheFloodControlMonument.Thosewhocannotwalkthatfarmayt
2、akeataxitotheFloodControlMonument.Nowlet6’sgetoffthecoach,andtakeawalkonZhongyangStreet. ZhongyangStreetmeasures1450metersfromJingweiStreetinthesouthtotheFloodControlMonumentontheriverbankinthenorth.ThisisChina’slongestwalkway.Thestreetwasbuiltattheendofthelastcentury.Itwasconnectedtoawharfa
3、ttheSonghuaRiver.BecauseoftheconstanttransportofthegoodsneededforbuildingtheChinaEasternRailway,ashoppingcenterbegantotakeshapealongthisstreetattheturnofthecentury.Harbinatthattimewasasemi-colonialcitywithaforeignpopulationofmanythousands.Politicsandeconomywereactuallycontrolledbyforeignpower
4、s.OwingtotheconcentrationofChineseshopsalongthisstreet,foreignerstookitasaChinatownandcalleditChinaStreet. Haveyounoticedthecobbledroadsurface?ThisistheonlycobbledstreetleftinHarbin.Thiscobbledstreetwaspavedin1925.Thankstothegoodquality,thestreethaskeptingoodshapewithafewrepairsinthepast.Thi
5、sstreetbegantotakeshapeasaninternationalstreetinthe1920s.Therewereoverahundredshopsandmanywereownedbyforergners,suchasRussians,Greeks,Czechs,Swedes,Swiss,Frenchmen,GermansandEnglishmen.Theybuilttheirshopsintheirindividualstyles.Therefore,thestreetnotonlylookedlikeaforeignstreet,butalsowascont
6、rolledbyforeigners.Nowthissmoothcobbledstreetmayremindusofthepastwhenforeignersweresittinginchariotsalongthestreet,asifwecouldstillhearthehorse-hoofsclickingoncobbles. Overhalfacenturyispast,ZhongyangStreetisweather-beaten.Withtheimplementationofreformandopening-up,itisreadytowelcomevisitors
7、withanewoutlook. Thebuildinginfrontofusisveryattractive.ItssomeandarchedwindowsaretypicaloftheByzantineStylepopularinEuropeduringtheMiddleAges.Itwasbuiltin1934anditwasashoeshopownedbyaCzech.Afterliberation,itbecameaspecialtyshop-WomenandChil
