上海简介英语高一

Shanghai Municipality with provincial status (pop., 1999 est.: city, 8,937,175; 2000 est.: municipality, 16,740,000), east-central China. The municipality, on the East China Sea, is bordered by Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and has an area of 2,400 sq mi (6,200 sq km). The city is located on the Huangpu River, which gives oceangoing vessels access to it. Shanghai was settled c. AD 1000, and later under the Ming dynasty it was an area of intense cotton production. This changed when it became the first Chinese port opened to trade with the West after China's defeat by Britain in the Opium Wars (1842); it came to dominate the nation's commerce. The site of the Chinese Communist Party's founding in 1921, it saw severe fighting in the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45 and was occupied by Japan during World War II. Since the communist victory in 1949, it has become China's chief industrial and commercial centre and one of its leading centres of higher education and scientific research. 上海 中国华中东部直辖市。滨临东海，与江苏省和浙江省交界。地处黄浦江畔，远洋轮船能靠近城市。约自1000年起即有人定居，后来在明朝期间，此地成为密集的棉花产地。1842年当中国在鸦片战争中被英国击败后，上海成为中国首批向西方开放通商的港口后，原为棉产地的形势开始转变，开始主导国家的商业。1921年中国共产党在此地成立；中日战争期间(1937～1945)，在上海爆发剧烈的战斗；第二次世界大战，日本占领此地。自共产党于1949年获胜后，成为中国首要的工业与商业中心，以及高等教育和科学研究的领先之地。

Shanghai is the largest city in China in terms of population with over 20 million people in its metropolitan area. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality with province-level status(直辖市的意思).The city is an emerging tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as the Bund and Xintiandi, its modern and ever-expanding Pudong skyline including the Oriental Pearl Tower, and its new reputation as a cosmopolitan center of culture and design. Today, Shanghai is an important centre of commerce and finance. One conference paper has referred to it as a future global city and the popular press have described it as the "showpiece" of the world's fastest-growing economy

Shanghai is the biggest city in China. It is very beautiful, especially at night. Except for Beijing, it is also the central city of China. There are many big companies in Shanghai. It develops very fast. Tall buildings are the symbol of Shanghai. It has long history, but it is also an international city. Many foreigners visit to Shanghai. In 2010, the World Expo was successfully held in Shanghai.上海是中国最大的城市。它是一座美丽的城市，尤其是在晚上。除了北京，它也是中国的中心城市。上海有很多大公司。它发展迅猛，高楼大厦是上海的标志。它的历史悠久，但也是一座国际化大都市。很多外国人来上海旅游。2010年，世博会在上海成功举办。