[自贸港英语]魅力海南，你可能不知道的精彩（上）

海南是全国最受欢迎的热带度假胜地，原因有很多：

1. Passport holders of 59 nations don’t need visas. Since May 2018, visitors from 59 nations can enjoy 30-day visa-free entry to the whole of Hainan. If you are among the lucky ones, you still have to submit your application via a state-approved Hainan travel agency at least 24 hours in advance.

59国游客免签。自2018年5月起，来自59个国家的游客可以享受整个海南省30天的免签证入境。如果您是这些幸运者之一，您仍须至少提前24小时通过国家认可的海南旅行社提交申请。

visa-free：免签

submit：提交

state-approved：国家认可的

2. World’s first island-looping high-speed railway. Hainan’s round-the-island high-speed rail is arguably the best way to explore it, allowing visitors to travel all the way around in about three hours. The railway – which stretches 653km (405 miles) and includes 30 stops in 12 cities and counties around the island, including the two airports – became the world’s first island-looping high-speed track when it was completed in 2015.

世界上第一条环岛高速铁路。可以说，海南环岛高铁是探索它的最佳方式，使游客可以在大约三个小时内一路游历。这条铁路全长653公里（405英里），在岛上12个城市和县（包括两个机场）设有30个站点，于2015年竣工后，成为世界上第一条环岛高速。

island-looping：环岛的

arguably：可以说

stretch：延伸、全长

3. Foodies love Hainan chicken, goat meat, duck and crab. Among the “four great dishes of Hainan” – Wenchang chicken, Dongshan goat meat, Jiaji duck, and Hele crab, Wenchang chicken is the most common dish found on the province’s menus. Hainanese people even have the saying: “A meal isn’t complete without chicken.” The locals’ obsession with chicken is likely to have inspired the creation of the globally renowned “Hainan chicken”. The dish has become a symbol of the Chinese diaspora, connecting the nation’s people living around the world. The chicken-and-broth-boiled rice dish, which actually originated in Southeast Asia, was invented in the 1920s by Hainanese immigrants as a comfort food to cure homesickness.

在“海南四大佳肴”中，文昌鸡，东山山羊肉，嘉鸡鸭和合乐蟹是文昌鸡，是该省菜单上最常见的菜。海南人甚至有句谚语：“无鸡不成宴” 当地人对鸡肉的痴迷很可能激发了享誉全球的“海南鸡”的诞生。这道菜已经成为中国侨民的象征，将生活在世界各地的全国人民联系在一起。鸡饭实际上起源于东南亚，是海南移民在1920年代发明的，用来治疗乡愁。

obsession：痴迷

globally renowned：享誉全球

diaspora：侨民

broth：肉汤

ref：https://multimedia.scmp.com/native/infographics/article/hainan/3030654/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-hainan/