英语作文介绍山西

Shanxi Province got its name due to its location to the west of Taihang Mountain. Shanxi neighbored on Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia & Autonomous Region. It is located to the east of the Yellow River, and is also known as Hedong. Shanxi belonged to Jin State in Spring and Autumn Period, so it is abbreviated in Jin. Shanxi occupies an area of 156,000 square kilometers (about 60,000 square miles) and has a population of over 32 million, including its minority ethnic population. Its capital is Taiyuan City.When to goBeing at a high altitude, Shanxi Province has a cold and dry climate and has an annual rainfall of between 400-600 millimeters. The province is also frequently plagued by sandstorms, especially in the spring, so it is often useful to bring along both sunglasses and a hat when visiting. Generally speaking, the province's climate is the best between May and October.HistoryShanxi is one of the birth places of Chinese civilizations with a long history and traditional culture. As early as one hundred million years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese lived and propagated in this region. Legend tells us that the Yellow Emperor, founder of the Chinese nation, once lived in Shanxi for a certain period. Today, many Neolithic sites from that period can still be seen dotted across the vast expanse of the province.What to seeShanxi is endowed with an abundance of cultural sites from its long history. Most of the ancient structures were built before the Liao and Song Dynasties. So it is the reason why Shanxi is often called the 'Chinese Ancient Architecture Museum'. The more obvious of these include: the Buddhist wonder of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, the ancient city of Pingyao which was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997, the oldest and tallest ancient wooden pagoda in China, the Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County and the remote Shuanglin and Jinci Temples, which are well worth the long journeys for the visitors.Of course, there are a number of natural magnificent and beautiful places that can also be seen in Shanxi. The most famous of them include Wutai Mountain with the longest and most prestigious history in the four most well-known Buddhist holy lands of China, the whistling rage of the Yellow River's Kettle Spout waterfalls (Hukou Waterfalls) and one of the Five Sacred Mountains in China - Mt Hengshan.

范文：

My hometown is in Shanxi, shanxi is located in north China, east and Hebei, west and Shaanxi, south and Henan borders, north and Inner Mongolia, between 34°34 '-40 °44' north latitude, 110°14 '-114 °33' east longitude, a total area of 156,700 square kilometers.

我的家乡在山西，山西位于中国华北，东与河北为邻，西与陕西相望，南与河南接壤，北与内蒙古毗连，介于北纬34°34′—40°44′，东经110°14′—114°33′之间，总面积15.67万平方千米。

The terrain of Shanxi Province is a parallelogram sloping from northeast to southwest. It is a typical mountainous plateau covered by loess. The terrain is high in northeast and low in southwest.

山西省地势呈东北斜向西南的平行四边形，是典型的为黄土覆盖的山地高原，地势东北高西南低。

The interior of the plateau is undulating, and the valleys are vertical and horizontal, with mountains, hills, platforms and plains, and the mountainous area accounts for 80.1% of the total area.

高原内部起伏不平，河谷纵横，地貌有山地、丘陵、台地、平原，山区面积占总面积的80.1%。

Shanxi Province across the Yellow River, haihe river two major water system, the river is a self-produced outflow type of water system. Shanxi Province is located in the middle latitude of the inland, a temperate continental monsoon climate.

山西省地跨黄河、海河两大水系，河流属于自产外流型水系。山西省地处中纬度地带的内陆，属温带大陆性季风气候。

Introduction of my hometown

--Yuncheng

Yuncheng is seat in the south of Shanxi province, which is skirted on three sides by Lvliang Mountains and Taihang Mountains, with one side opening onto Yellow River, having the total area about 24,000 square kilometers. Yuncheng is the most famous place and local people believe that it was called China earliest in story.

This ancient city has a approximately 5000 years history. From Chinese myth of Nvwa to Guanyu, archaeologists find many valuable sites here.

This wide piece of land reserves antiquity records of human’s using fire, making salt, growing crops, feeding silkworms and est. unexaggratingly speaking, Yuncheng, also named Hedong, which means in the east of river, is the cradle of Chinese civilization.

Compared with other cities, Yuncheng is the most richly endowed with some major natural resources for industry, especially energy resources such as iron, coal, and magnesium. Because of the abundance of sunshine and mild climate, Yuncheng has an ideal environment for many kinds of north fruits, like apple, to grow.

Never showing his long life from the date of human’s birth, tourist industry benefiting from the well development of transportation system, becomes an important part in Yuncheng’s economy.

You would find Buddhism in Wutai Mountain, enjoy your fantabulous view on Yellow River Bridge, touch those age-old compounds, and would also taste various kinds of delicious food made of flour.

Not only is it a historical city, but a modern city as well. Yon may like to find its beauty by your own.

Welcome to Yuncheng.

英语作文评分标准：

一档13-15分 包含所有要点，应用了较丰富的语言结构和词汇， 用词准确、语法正确、句子通顺、行文连贯、表达清楚，具有较强的语言运用能力。

二档10-12 分 基本包含所有要点，应用了较丰富的语言结构和词汇，句子较通顺，表达较清楚，但有少量错误。

三档7-9分 内容包含了多数要点，语言表达过于简单，句子不够通顺，有部分语言错误，基本上不影响总体理解。

四档4-6分 只包含了少数要点，语言不规范，句子无条理，行文不连贯，语言错误严重，影响理解。

五档1-3分 只写出与要求的内容相关的一些信息词语，语言错误多。

六档0分 空白。

Shanxi is a province of the People's Republic China. It is located in the northern part of the country and has the Yellow River flowing through it..[1] Shanxi's population in 2005 was 37.2 million people with an annual growth rate of justover four per cent.[1] The name Shanxi means "mountain's west", as it is west of the Taihang Mountains.[2]Its major cities are its capital Taiyuan, Datong, Changzhi and Yangquan.