雙語：中國安靜美麗的水鄉(xiāng)——烏鎮(zhèn)

Slow boat to China: Incredible photos reveal serene river town where the waterways are streets and riverbanks are markets
　　中國安靜美麗的水鄉(xiāng)：河道就是街道，河堤就是市場

You certainly wouldn't mind a slow boat to China if you were bobbing along this river.
　　如果是中國的這樣一條河流，那么你肯定不介意泛舟河上。

While the Great Wall Of China is the very obvious tourist destination, the river-town of Wuzhen is one that should be on the must-see list if you are in the area.
　　雖然不到長城非好漢，但是如果你去中國的話，烏鎮(zhèn)也是必看的景點(diǎn)之一。

Located in the centre of the six ancient towns south of Yangtze River, 17 kilometres (10.56 miles) north of the city of Tongxiang, Wuzhen displays its history in its ancient stone bridges floating on mild water, its stone pathways between the mottled walls and its delicate wood carvings.
　　江南六大古鎮(zhèn)之一，桐鄉(xiāng)市以北17公里處就是烏鎮(zhèn)了，這里有古老的石橋，安靜的河水，斑駁墻壁之間的石頭小徑，以及精美的石雕。

Wuzhen has a population of 60,000, although only 12,000 of these are believed to be permanent residents.
　　烏鎮(zhèn)有6萬人口，盡管其中只有12000是常駐居民。

The town is two kilometres long and separated into six districts; traditional workshops district, traditional local-styled dwelling houses district, traditional culture district, traditional food and beverage district, traditional shops and stores district, and water township customs and life district.
　　這座古城有2公里長，分為六個區(qū)域；傳統(tǒng)的手工作坊區(qū)，傳統(tǒng)的當(dāng)?shù)靥厣�的住宅區(qū)，傳統(tǒng)的文化區(qū)，傳統(tǒng)的食物和飲料區(qū)，傳統(tǒng)的商店區(qū)，以及水鄉(xiāng)風(fēng)俗和生活區(qū)。

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And today people from all over the world will be able to enjoy its beauty as the world's first internet conference is held there, focusing on topical issues in cyberspace, including cyber security, online anti-terrorism crackdown, mobile network and cross-border e-commerce.
　　隨著世界首屆互聯(lián)網(wǎng)大會在這里舉辦，來自全世界的人們將可以一睹這里的美麗。世界互聯(lián)網(wǎng)大會主要關(guān)注的是網(wǎng)絡(luò)空間里的熱點(diǎn)議題，比如網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全，網(wǎng)絡(luò)反恐，移動網(wǎng)絡(luò)以及跨境電子商務(wù)。

All the buildings face onto the river, the waterways are the streets and the riverbanks are where the markets spring from. Civilisation of the town dates back some 7,000 years and it lies within the triangle formed by Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai.
　　這里所有的建筑都面朝河流，水道就是街道，岸邊就是市場。這座古鎮(zhèn)擁有7000年歷史，而且位于杭州，蘇州和上海的三角地帶里。

Mao Dun, a renowned modern Chinese revolutionary writer, was born in Wuzhen, and his well-known work, 'The Lin's Shop', describes the life of Wuzhen. In 1991, Wuzhen was authorized as the Provincial Ancient Town of History and Culture and ranked first among the six ancient towns south of the Yangtze River.
　　中國當(dāng)代著名的革命作家矛盾就是出生在烏鎮(zhèn)，他著名的作品《林家鋪?zhàn)印穼懙木褪菫蹑?zhèn)的生活。1991年，烏鎮(zhèn)被封為省級歷史和文化古鎮(zhèn)，在江南六大古鎮(zhèn)中排名之一。

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