英文导游词

　　good afternoon,ladies and gentlemen:

　　may i have your attention, please?

　　in 20 minutes,we will arrive our today’s destination,九寨沟national park, 九寨沟national park is located in 九寨沟 county,the 阿坝 tibetan and 羌 nationality autonomous prefecture in sichuan province,九寨沟literally means 9 tibetan village valleys,they are all located in the scenic area,the names of the villages are 荷叶 ，树正，则查洼，黑角，盘亚，牙拉，尖盘，热西 and郭都。

　　the diet in the tibetan areas is based primarily on tasted barley flour,wheat flour as well as mutton and beef.they drink a brew, 青稞酒，made from barley,tea and salt are their daily necessities.two of the most popular varities are 糌粑 and 雅茶。

　　糌粑is roasted with 青稞 barley flour,it is the staple food of tibetans,similar to fried flour,but its major ingredients are highland barley,peas and oat,tibetans bring 糌粑 with them when they go to work ,herd or travel.

　　as for 雅茶 tea,it is made of large leaves of the tea shrubs and produced in 雅安,so it gets the name “雅茶”， it is a very strong tea and smells fragrant,tibetans eat much meat daily,so they drink 雅茶 tea to digest food.

　　the tibetan new year is one of the most important tibetan holidays,it occurs about the same time as the chinese new year,but it is caculated according to the tibetan lunar calender.

　　well ,there are many other interesting customs in the tibetan new year,such as horse racing and offering 哈达，let ’s have a break,later, i will tell you more about the tibetans,thanks.