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The Silk Road
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Follow a historical description in a lecture.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- network
- A system of connected lines or routes.
- merchant
- A person who buys and sells goods.
- precious
- Rare and worth a lot of money.
Answer key
- The Silk Road was not a single road but a network of trade routes.“Of” is weak: “network-uv”.
- It connected China with the Middle East and Europe.The d of “connected” is almost silent before “China”.
- Merchants traded silk, spices and precious metals.The c in “spices” sounds like s.
- Ideas, religions and inventions also travelled along these routes.American “traveled” is also accepted.
- Few traders made the whole journey themselves.“Whole” sounds like “hole”.