Expo GardenL&G:I am very pleased to serve as your tour guide, today we will visit the famous and beautiful Kunming international Horti-Expo Garden. Before we get to the expo garden, Id like to give you a brief introduction .Firstly, Id like to give you some information about world exposition. Generally speaking, world exposition is a very influential non-trading exposition with a long history, which is an exhibition of the latest scientific achievement hosted by a country. The purpose is to promote the communication and development of economic, cultural and science links between countries. So world exposition enjoys a fame of a “feast of Olympics”, which has 4 levels.A1 A2 B1 B2. Perhaps you know Kunming international Horti-Expo is rates as highest level-A1. It just took only 3years to built up this biggest expo-garden. This is a miracle in the history of world exposition. The opening of the exposition took place on May 1 1999and the closure on October 31, 1999 altogether it lasted for 184 days. Over 9 million domestic and over seas tourists visited the exposition garden during only half a year.The Expo Garden is situated in the northern suburbs of Kunming, and next to the golden temple scenic area. Expo Garden covers an area of 218 hectares, it is also the first garden with typical Chinese and Yunnan characteristics. As word classic horticultural garden, it offers a grand views of the both the natural landscapes and the horticulture of the home and abroad.So now we know a little about it, lets march into the garden.Now we are at the gate of the expo garden, you can see the emblem of the exposition which looks like a palm holding a green life flower, expand your imagination you can get the image of a beautiful peacock with long tails, or resembles the movements of the stars, clouds, air, or wind in nature. The emblem reveals the theme of the exposition-man and nature march into the 21-century, which symbolizes a harmonious development of human beings and nature. Now please raise your head, you can see 7 eye-catching Chinese characters over the steel framed gate ,they read(shijie yuanyi bolanhui) which means “the world horti-expo” This is the welcoming plaza, in the center of the square, you can see a huge statue of snub nose monkey with gold furs and thick lips, Which is the mascot of the exposition, and a rare animal in china, the name “lingling” carries the meaning of being smart nimble and flexible. on the right side of us, flags of the 69 participant countries and 26 participant international organizations are waving in the breeze, could you pick out your countries national flags immediately.Ok, Coming into the garden, now we are walking in a sea of flowers consisting of fairy primroses, chrysanthemums and pansies. Now please pay more attention to the view in front of us. There is a huge flower clock, which is 19.99 meters in diameter, symbolizing the year when expo was held. The flower clock is donated by Shanghai municipality. the name is flower clock of the century. It is the largest open- air flowers clock in the world,. Its hands are made of the light material of outer space flight. So it is the lightest clock , as the clock is controlled by the satellite of GPS of U.S.A, so it is the most accurate flower clock. Behind the clock is a wide garden road, It is 850 meters long and 40 meters wide, which is decorated by 500000 pots of flowers and they form 4 flower streams, one giant flower ship, and 5 21-meter-high flower pillars, each creative designs has special meaning. The 4 flower steams and 5 flower pillars symbolize the 4 oceans and 5 continents, the ship is presented by Hong Kong. The ship resembles the one that Zhenhe a famous navigator in Ming Dynasty, used to travel to the Western sea. The ship also Implies the whole world is prosperous and people from all countries march into the 21st century hand in hand.Further on, we get to the century plaza, in the plaza, we can see a stainless steel statue. It is the theme statue, 19.99 meters tall and 30 ton heavy in a shape of an abstract image of calla lily, it is named “flowers blooming in the new century”. The opening ceremony of the 99 expo was held here.Leaving the century plaza, we come to the intersection of the expo garden. Because the garden mainly consists of 3 out door exhibition areas , 4 squares , 5 indoor exhibition halls, 7 theme parks。 It will take us 2 days to visit all the areas, so, today I will guide you to the most characteristic area-The green house, and performance plaza.L&G: now we are in the grand greenhouse, it occupies 3630 square meters with the shape of three unfolding leaves growing in spirals. The construction materials are both highly transparent and thermal insulating. The grand green house is composed of three sections: first, the high mountain plant hall, the temperature here varies from 5 to 18 centigrade. The plant here are mostly living in 3000 meters in altitude, such as sc