里斯本——歐洲大陸最西端的首都

湖南省洞口縣花古中學 羅春芳 供稿

Lisbon is the capital and the largest seaport city ofPortugal(葡萄牙).Because of theAtlantic current(大西洋暖流),the climate in Lisbon is very good.It will not freeze in winter and isn’t hot in summer.

里斯本是葡萄牙共和國的首都和葡萄牙最大的海港城市。受大西洋暖流的影響，里斯本氣候良好，冬不結冰，夏不炎熱。

There are more than 250 parks and gardens in Lisbon.On both sides of the road,there are pine trees,palm trees,olive trees,fig trees and so on.The plants are evergreen and the flowers are infull bloom(開花)in the city.

里斯本市內有公園、花園250多個。道路兩旁有松樹、棕櫚樹、橄欖樹和無花果等樹木。城市終年草木長青，鮮花盛開。

There are manycenotaphs(紀念塔)andmonuments(紀念碑)in Lisbon.TheBelem Tower(貝倫塔)is on the Atlantic shore.It was built in the 16thcentury.It seems that itfloats(漂浮)on the waterat high tide(漲潮時).The navigation monument nearby is very beautiful andmagnificent(雄偉的),just like a huge sailing boat on the sea.

里斯本有許多紀念塔和紀念碑。位于大西洋岸邊的貝倫塔，建于16世紀初期。漲潮時，似浮在水面上，景色動人。附近的航海紀念碑，造型優美，宏偉壯觀，遠看好像航行在碧波中的巨型帆船。

The beautiful bathing beach in western Lisbon is a famous tourist site in Portugal.It attracts more than one million tourists from all over the world every year.Lisbon has become the biggest tourist city in Portugal.

里斯本西部美麗的海濱浴場，是葡萄牙著名的旅游區，每年吸引著世界各地100多萬游客。里斯本已成為葡萄牙最大的旅游城市。

The City Festival which is held in Lisbon every year is a traditional festivalforPortuguese(葡萄牙人).On that day,every district will hold a grandparade(游行).In the parade,people will wear colorful traditional dress,holding a paper lantern in the hand.Famous buildings and the interesting life of the citizens are drawn on the paper lanterns.

里斯本每年舉行一次的城市節是葡萄牙人民傳統的民族節日。在城市節這天，各區將舉行盛大的游行，在游行隊伍中，人們穿著五顏六色的傳統民族服裝，手上舉著紙糊的燈籠，燈籠上面畫著著名的建筑物和市民們妙趣橫生的生活情景。