1、Phil去了中国旅行，看看他对中国的印象和感受吧。Todd: OK, Phil, you just got back from living in China.Phil: Yeah, I lived in China about two years ago.Todd: Wow. What was China like?Phil: China was an eye-opener. Its a very old culture, but theres not many new, theres not many old things around in China, through wars, th
2、rough the cultural revolution, a lot of stuffs been burnt, a lot of stuff justs been knocked down. One of the few old things that is there is the Great Wall of China. Its very famous this wall, very big. They are doing some efforts to try and build the wall up again, but when I was there, I believe
3、it was August, 2002 it was still mostly old stuff.Todd: Yeah, what else did you see in China?Phil: Ah, I went to Xian and I saw the Terra-cotta warriors. Terra-cotta warriors were discovered shortly after Mao died in the late 70s by a farmer who was digging a well, and he was digging this well and h
4、e found all these stone warriors,literally hundreds of them, and its a national treasure now.Todd: Wow! Thats fascinating.Phil: Yeah, its really an impressive thing to see. Those are the two really old man-made things that I saw in China.Todd: Was there anything else that was really spectacular?Phil
5、: The Three Gorges tour was really good. Sadly they are all under water now because of the dam project, but I was able to go shortly before it was flooded and really, really enjoyed it. Saw a lot of beautiful things. Surprisingly enough the water was a lot cleaner than I thought and I actually went swimming in it.Todd: Oh, cool.Phil: Yeah, for, this is the Yangzhe River in China and if youve ever seen the Yangzhe, most parts of it, you certainly wouldnt want to swim in it, but these parts were pristine.
