77.High School English Reading Listening

North China's Tianjin Municipality(直辖市) has started a "Blue Sky Project" to control the air pollution.
Under the project requirements, the air quality in Tianjin is expected to measure up to the national standard by 2007, when two thirds of days in the year will enjoy fairly good or excellent air quality.
In order to achieve the goal, Tianjin will take a series of measures such as controlling the use of coal, reducing the dust floating from construction sites, planting trees along the major streets, and replacing petrol with liquid natural gas as the fuel for vehicles.
Since people paid little attention to the environmental protection, the air quality in Tianjin has worsened during the past decade. The project has received wide praise and support from the natives.
The newly-discovered "Great Wall" in south China's Hunan Province will open to visitors in the near future.
"We will try to make it an internationally famous attraction for tourists, " said Yuan Xinhua, director of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Administration(管理局).
The main part of the 190-km "Southern China Great Wall" is located in Fenghuang County in western Hunan.
Built during the Ming Dynasty(1368—1644)by the local Miao minority people, the Southern China Great Wall is 2.3 m high and 1.7 m wide.
The Chinese have been enjoying themselves by sightseeing or traveling during the Spring Festival this year rather than engaging in the traditional gathering of relatives and friends at home.
In the past five days, over 200 000 Beijingers spent the one-week Spring Festival holiday shopping in Tianjin. Low prices of consumer(消费) goods and the convenient railway service enable Beijingers to visit the neighboring city during the day.
Meanwhile unlike previous years, an increasing number of Tianjiners went to Beijing during the Spring Festival to visit places of interest in the capital.
Tourism had been heating up in the last few years. An increase in income and longer holidays have made it possible for Chinese to relax after a year of work.
译文：
华北地区的天津市已开始实施 "蓝天工程"，以控制空气污染。
根据该项目要求，预计到2007年，天津的空气质量将达到国家标准，届时一年中三分之二的日子将享有相当好的或优良的空气质量。
为了实现这一目标，天津将采取一系列措施，如控制煤炭的使用，减少建筑工地的浮尘，在主要街道上植树，以及用液态天然气取代汽油作为车辆的燃料。
由于人们不重视环境保护，在过去的十年里，天津的空气质量恶化了。该项目得到了当地人的广泛赞誉和支持。
中国南部湖南省新发现的 "长城 "将在不久的将来向游客开放。
"湖南省旅游局局长袁新华说："我们将努力使它成为国际知名的旅游景点。
190公里的 "中国南方长城 "的主要部分位于湖南西部的凤凰县。
中国南方长城由当地苗族人在明朝时期建造，高2.3米，宽1.7米。
今年春节期间，中国人通过观光或旅游来享受生活，而不是在家里参加传统的亲戚和朋友聚会。
在过去的五天里，超过20万北京人在天津度过了为期一周的春节假期购物。消费类商品的低价格和便利的铁路服务使北京人能够在白天访问邻近的城市。
同时与往年不同的是，越来越多的天津人在春节期间前往北京，参观首都的名胜古迹。
在过去的几年里，旅游业一直在升温。收入的增加和更长的假期使中国人在一年的工作后有可能放松。
重点词汇：
air pollution 大气污染；空气污染
air quality 空气质量
measure up to 符合，一致
national standard 国家标准 ; 缩写词为NS
In order to 为了 ; 以便 ; 目的在于 ; 要想……
natural gas 天然气
environmental protection 环境保护