1、（滬江網(wǎng)校版）卷一：珠江珠江是華南一大河系，流經(jīng)廣州市，是中國第三長的河流，僅次于長江和黃河。珠江三角洲是中國最發(fā)達的地區(qū)之一，面積約11，000平方公里。它在面積和人口方面也是世界上最大的城市聚集區(qū)。珠江三角洲九個最大城市共有5700多萬人口。上世紀70年代末中國改革開放以來，珠江三角洲已成為中國和世界主要經(jīng)濟區(qū)域和制造中心之一?；A(chǔ)版：ThePearlRiverisamajriversysteminsouthChina.Itflow

2、sthroughGuangzhou.ItisthethirdlongestriverinChinaonlyshterthantheYangtzeRivertheYellowRiver.ThePearlRiverdeltaisoneofthemostdevelopedareasinChina.Itisasbigas11000squarekilometers.Itisthelargestgatheringofcitiesinsizepopu

3、lation.Thereare57millionpeopleinninemajcitiesonthePearlRiverdelta.SinceChina’srefmopeninginthelate1970sthePearlRiverdeltahasbecomeoneofChina’swld’smajeconomicdistrictsmanufacturingcenters.進階版：ThePearlRiverChina’sthirdlon

4、gestriverisamajriversysteminSouthernChinaflowsthroughthecityofGuangzhousecondonlytotheYangtzeRivertheYellowRiver.AsthedensestregionofcitiespopulationinwldoneofChina’smostdevelopedareasthePearlRiverdeltacoversanextentofab

5、out11000squarekilometersresidesmethan57millionpeopleintop9largestcitiesinthisarea.SinceChina’srefmopeninginthelate1970sPearlRiverdeltahasbecomeoneofthemajeconomicareasmanufacturingcentersofChinathewld.卷二：長江長江是亞洲最長、世界上第三長

6、的河流。長江流經(jīng)多種不同的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)，是諸多瀕危物種的棲息地，灌溉了中國五分之一的土地。長江流域（riverbasin）居住著中國三分之一的人口。長江在中國歷史、文化和經(jīng)濟上起著很大的作用。長江三角洲（delta）產(chǎn)出多達20%的中國國民生產(chǎn)總值。幾千年來，長江一直被用于供水、運輸和工業(yè)生產(chǎn)。長江上還坐落著世界最大的水電站?！净A(chǔ)版】TheYangtzeRiveristhelongestriverinAsia.Itisalsothethi

7、rdlongestriverinthewld.Itflows“Yellow”initsnamewasderivedfromthecolofthemuddywater.iginatinginQinghaiprovincetheYellowRiverflowsthroughnineprovincesitemptiesintotheBohaiSea.TheYellowRiverbasinwasthebirthplaceofancientChi

8、nesecivilizationitwasthemostprosperousregioninearlyChinesehisty.HowevertheYellowRiveralsocausedseveralseverdamagesbecauseoffrequentdevastatingfloods.Duringthepastdecadesthegovernmenthastakenavarietyofmeasurestopreventit.