南非世界杯主辦城市介紹之約翰內斯堡

編輯點評：2010年南非世界杯已拉開帷幕，各參賽隊伍整裝待戰(zhàn)，主辦城市也煥然一新，迎接五湖四海的球迷的到來。今天，Nancy為您簡要介紹一下主辦城市之一的約翰內斯堡，希望大家在娛樂中也能學到知識，有所收獲。

Province: Gauteng Province

所在省：豪登省

Population: 3,2 million

人口：320萬

Geography: Located on the eastern high-lying plateau in South Africa

地理位置：地處南非東部高原

Climate: Dry with winter temperatures ranging from 24°-16°C. Summer is temperate with temperatures exceeding 30°C and afternoon thundershowers.

氣候：氣候干燥。冬季溫度在16到24攝氏度之間。夏季溫度超過30度，并且午后經常會有雷陣雨。

Key Economic Sectors: Retail, Finance

經濟支柱產業(yè)：零售業(yè)，金融業(yè)。

 

Johannesburg or the City of Gold, as the city is known in South Africa, is the business hub of South Africa, contributing a substantial part of the country's GDP approximately 12%. The City is home to two of the country's most popular football teams and historical arch-rivals, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. Johannesburg is also known as the economic engine of Southern Africa and the trendsetter of South Africa. It is a melting pot laced with all the flavours of African cultures and beyond.

Despite the hustle and bustle of the big city, Jo'burg is unexpectedly green and orientated towards outdoor living. It has a wealth of trees creating an 'urban forest', and many of the trees are located in the 2328 parks.

除了大城市的喧鬧擁擠，約翰內斯堡還貼別崇尚綠色，人們傾心于戶外活動。約翰內斯堡市內有大面積的樹，形成了“城市森林”，其中很大一部分樹種在全市的2328座公園里。

 

Cultural wealth is also in abundance, with a host of interesting museums including the Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill and the world acclaimed Soweto. The Mai Mai Market is the oldest market in Johannesburg and is a great place to discover traditional remedies. But more than that, Johannesburg has become a truly African city, melding disparate people from across the continent.

約翰內斯堡也有著豐厚的文化底蘊，有大量妙趣橫生的博物館，包括種族隔離博物館、憲法丘，以及世界著名的索韋托。Mai Mai市場是約翰內斯堡最為古老的市場，這里是人們尋求一些傳統(tǒng)偏方良藥的好去處。不僅如此，約翰內斯堡已經變成了名副其實的非洲城市，擁抱來自整個非洲大陸的不同種族的人們。

Today descendents of immigrants from around the world call themselves Joburgers and they are added to daily by a continual stream of migrants, keen to have some of the city's shine rub off on them.

如今，來自世界各國移民的后代把自己稱作“Joburger”，并且每天，到此移居的人流不斷，他們都熱切期盼約翰內斯堡的陽光能灑在自己身上。