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Mina: Jack! I went to Quanzhou with my family last week.
Jack: Really? ?
Mina: It was wonderful! .
Jack: How did you travel there?
Mina: .
Jack: Did you stay there long?
Mina: Hmm. Only three days. But I found people there very friendly!
Jack: ?
Mina: We visited Kaiyuan Temple, Qingyuan Mountain and some other well-known places.
Jack: ?
Mina: Yes. It's very nice and tastes delicious.
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The Silk Road is a historically important international trade route(路线) between China and the Mediterranean (地中海). It began (在.....期间) the Western Han Dynasty and has been a b between the East and the West for over 2,000 years.
The ancient road started from Chang an (now Xi'an) and ended in Eastern (/'jʊərəp/), near today's Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilo-metres long and went across one-fourth of the planet. The Silk Road got its name b Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade, ceramics and iron w west to Rome. And from the West came glass, gems and food like carrots and sesame.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, (/'nɒlɪdʒl/) about arts, science and literature, as well as crafts(工艺) and technologies was (分享) across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures (发展) and influenced each other.
Today, along the Silk Road there're many places of , such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and. Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. Now a new train line runs from Beijing across the Silk Road.
When you visit Taiwan, Green Island is a wonderful place not to be missed.
Green Island, with clear blue water around it, is an island in the Pacific Ocean, 33 kilometres east of Taitung. The old name for Green Island was Huoshandao, meaning "fire-burning island". The island got its name because people on the island used to set up fires at night to help people who went fishing home. Another story goes that in the Qing Dynasty there was a fire and most of the island's trees and grass died. The coastline(海岸线) of the island is only 20 kilometres long, the tallest mountain is only 281 metres high and the island is only 15 km2 ,but it is attracting a growing number of tourists.
Green Island has a lot of places of interest that make it a place where people like to go: seaside, a clean white beach, green grasslands, seawater, hot springs, beautiful undersea sights, and a great many plants and animals. Another thing of Green Island that people are interested in is its rocks in different shapes. "Sleeping Beauty." and "Pekinese Dog" are the two most strangely shaped ones. There are also other places of interest which one cannot miss. The green hills, blue sea, clear sky, and ocean gentle winds make a "must" for you.
