Forbidden City seeks expats as volunteer guides

时间：2007-12-11 08:01:00

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Dec.11 - Overseas visitors will be able to better appreciate the grandeur1 of the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, next year when foreign guides speak to them in their own tongue.

 

The museum announced Monday that it is seeking 20 expatriates to volunteer as guides before, during and after the Beijing Olympic Games.

 

"We are the first public museum in China to try to recruit2 foreign volunteers," Duan Yong, director of the museum's foreign affairs office, told China Daily.

 

The museum, which was the royal palace during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, drew 8.77 million visitors last year, including 1.5 million foreigners.

 

The expatriate volunteers it is seeking are those whose native languages are English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish or Arabic; and they should have basic Chinese language skills.

 

Candidates have to be interested in Chinese culture and be able to volunteer for at least two hours per week; but it is not necessary that they know much about the Forbidden City, said Duan.

 

After being recruited3, volunteers will have part-time training courses at the Forbidden City for about three months, and start working in May 2008.

 

The museum, which started recruiting4 volunteers in 2004, has 185 Chinese on its roster5, including about 20 who can speak English.

 

But with the number of foreign visitors to the museum rising year by year, there is a growing demand for guides who can speak foreign languages.

 

Asked why it has to be foreigners, Duan explained: "We think that native speakers can explain things more accurately6, and make foreign visitors feel at home."

 

Those who are interested can email their passport details and resumes7 to laetiita@sina.com, and get more information about voluntary work at the museum's website www.dpm.org.cn/english.

 
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1 grandeur hejz9     
n.伟大，崇高，宏伟，庄严，豪华
参考例句：
  • The grandeur of the Great Wall is unmatched.长城的壮观是独一无二的。
  • These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。
2 recruit xUNx4     
n.招聘，新兵，新成员；v.恢复，补充，招募
参考例句：
  • The country's first act would be to recruit for the navy.国家的第一个行动是为海军征募新兵。
  • This is a nationwide campaign to recruit women into trade unions.这是一次吸收妇女参加工会的全国性运动。
3 recruited 5a7675a19c8dce2111df2fb532f400ff     
招聘( recruit的过去式和过去分词 )； 吸收某人为新成员； 动员…（提供帮助）； 雇用
参考例句：
  • Were men for the Navy recruited from men on merchant ships? 海军的人员是从商船的人员中征募的吗？
  • Most of the workers will be recruited locally. 大多数工人都会在本地招募。
4 recruiting 7856ebf310dfaa9c041d8b08e0046e50     
招聘( recruit的现在分词 )； 吸收某人为新成员； 动员…（提供帮助）； 雇用
参考例句：
  • We are recruiting a sales manager with responsibility for the European market. 我们正在招聘负责欧洲市场的销售经理。
  • "Hoist the recruiting flag and hungry men will come. “插起招军旗，就有吃粮人。”
5 roster CCczl     
n.值勤表，花名册
参考例句：
  • The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册，想了解今年要教的学生。
  • The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天，他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。
6 accurately oJHyf     
adv.准确地，精确地
参考例句：
  • It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
  • Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。
7 resumes dec1970e2892e0258f2b933067b3b3ca     
n.摘要，概略，履历( resume的名词复数 )v.重新开始( resume的第三人称单数 )；重新获得；重新占用；恢复
参考例句：
  • Later we received resumes of what she had said. 后来我们收到她讲话的摘要。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Night resumes her reign. 夜幕又降临了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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