1、February 24,2014lThe silk road covered a huge distance linking modern day Xianwith the Middle East and Europe.XianCities along the Silk RoadReadinglRead to do the Ex.1Read the text and answer these questions:l1.Is the Xinjing region the Silk Road?l2.When did the Silk Road get its name?l3.Name one wa
2、y in which the Silk Road had a huge impace on Chinese culture.Sentences for you to rememberl1.This area is Xinjiang in Northwest China,through which two major routes of the Silk Road passed on the northern and southern side of the Taklamakan desert.l2.The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century w
3、hen a German geographer identified it as the route through which the Romans got their silk from China.l3.Buddhism from India entered China along the Silk Road and had a huge influence onChinese culture.l4.Today,the Xinjing Autonomous Region remains an international crossroad wheretraders from surrounding countries,and tourists from all over the world regularly meet.
