（旅）系列十三，旅游百科全书 Series 13, Tourism Encyclopedia)

导游方法和技巧（三）

《中国文化集锦》
《A Collection of Choice Specimens from Chinese Culture》

英语逾甲子情缘
Over Sixty Years’ Love of Knowledge about the English Language

🌷3. A Section-by-Section Explanatory Introduction 分段讲解法 This kind of introduction is especially helpful/useful when introducing a large project. You can give visitors a very brief account of the place they are going to visit so that they can have a rough idea of the place before visiting the place in person. For example, prior to taking visitors to the Palace Museum (also known to the West as the Forbidden City), you can tell them in advance the time and dynasty when it was built, the area it covers, the layout of the museum, the key halls, the use of the palace and the important cultural articles in the palace. After that, you may more easily take visitors to the palace and let them see for themselves the palace and then follow this with a detailed visit and vivid explanation whenever you see a valuable real object in their field of vision. In addition, you can add some anecdotes of the emperor and empress to make your introduction reach a climax. This incorporates the art of the storyteller. For instance, the emperor's life was very luxurious, as revealed by the example of 128 courses for a single meal. This gave rise to the saying: “One meal for the emperor would cost half a year's grain for the people.” At this time, you can seize the chance to give vent to your feelings. You can tell them that happy as the emperor's life was, he was not fortunate enough to have any chance to enjoy such things as the modern public conveniences (Rest Room). When he wanted to use the lavatory, he had to use a wooden public convenience (toilet). When he was out of the palace, he had to use a leather cloth in a tent surrounded by six people. Again, the emperor had to take a bath with an embroidered handkerchief in a wooden basin. It is said that hundreds of handkerchiefs were needed for one bath.

分段讲解：把游览路线上的介绍内容分成前后衔接的若干段落，进行分段介绍的方法叫分段讲解法。这种方法对于大项目的介绍有很大帮助。在游客参观之前，简要介绍前往参观地的概况。例如参观故宫博物院前（西方人称之为紫禁城），提前告许他们哪个朝代建造的，建筑面积，博物馆的布局，主要建筑，殿堂的用途，以及故宫里的重要文物。然后，你带领他们领略各座建筑物，对眼前看到的景点作一一详情介绍。此外，在介绍中增添一些皇帝或皇后的故事加以点缀，使你的介绍达到高潮。并结合故事的艺术性，又如，皇帝过着奢侈的生活，每餐要提供128道菜。这就有了那句俗话， “皇帝一顿餐耗费人们半年粮。”这时，抓住机会，宣泄你的情绪，帝王的生活是美好，但他且享受不到现代人的卫生设施。如他要使用卫生间，就的是用木桶。当皇帝出宫后要上卫生间，只能在六人用皮制品围住时使用。如皇帝要沐浴，只能在木桶里，用绣花手帕沐浴，皇帝沐一次浴需用上几百块绣花手帕。