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Unit 7 Lesson 19
2000 years ago, an ancient trade route slowly spread across a continent. As a historian, the Silk Road has always fascinated him. The Silk Road ran all the way from China's ancient capital (Xi'an), through Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. He will follow the way through the desert and oases.(绿洲)
[ˈeɪnʃənt]adj.古老的
[treɪd]v. 互相交换;做买卖
n. 贸易
[ˈfæsɪneɪt]v. 深深吸引,迷住
[ˈkæpɪtl]n.首都
[ˈdezət]n.沙漠
Ideas and inventions will arrive in Europe and change everything. This is the power of the Silk Road.It could travel in almost any direction.Dunhuang is famous for its great artwork. Mogao Caves have been included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites(联合国科教文组织世界遗产名录) since 1987. It's a major place of interest in north-west China.
[ˈmeɪdʒə]adj. 重要的,主要的
西北
Yangguan was China's west edge. It became a place that inspired a poetry about loss. Here is a poem from Wang Wei.
The morning rain of Weicheng dampers the dust.
The guesthouse is green, like fresh willows.
Let's finish one more cup of wine, dear sir.
West of Yang Guan, you'll meet no more old friends.
[edʒ]n.边,边缘
Gansu famous “Three Passes”
Yangguan It's China's west edge.
Wang Wei 《 Send Yuan Er to Anxi》
[kəˈnekʃn]n.连接,关联
Jiayuguan
Yumenguan
It's on the edge of the desert, and was an important place on the Silk Road. It was a busy city with a lot of people coming and going. Even today, it's a city that many business people travel through. An important part of the Great Wall was also built here.
I first found out about Yumenguan in the famous poem written by Wang Zhihuan. It was in the Gobi Desert and was the only connection between Central Asia and China. I wonders how people ever made it through the hot desert so long ago.
Yumenguan
Lanzhou
Wuwei
Jiayuguan
Dunhuang
What can we know about the places from the journey?
connected three main cities
was a capital
get a sense of history
a modern city
晋十六国时,前凉、后凉、南凉、北凉、大凉的都城。
now
In history
saw old stone monuments
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Yumenguan
Lanzh