纽约英语口语网新版
导游英语对话
第 14 课:At the Summer Palace in Beijing-4

Dialogue 2

A:Here we are. This is the Summer Palace.

B:The gate with one bronze lion by each side looks very grand.

Would you take a photo of me here?

A:Ready! OK. please look at the bronze animal.

A peculiarity of this animal is that it has the head of a dragon, the antlers of a deer, the tail of a lion and the hooves of an ox.

B:So interesting. What is it called?

A:It's called Suanni.

It was put at the gate because the feudal rulers believed that it could detect disloyal subjects, preventing them from entering.