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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 during the Western Han Dynasty and has been 1. bridge between East and West for over 2,000 years. Some people may think it is2.[?m'p?s?b(?)l] to exist(存在).Now let me tell you the history.

The ancient road started from Chang’an(now Xi’an) and ended in East Europe, near 3.(today)Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,5004.(kilometer) long and covered one 5. (four)of the planet. The Silk Road got its name because Chinese silk used to be carried along this road. Silk, jade(翡翠), ceramics(制陶术)and iron6. (go)west to Rome. And from the west came glass, gems and food 7.carrots and sesame(芝麻).The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was more than an ancient international trade route. Besides trade, knowledge about 8. [‘s????l] arts, science , literature, crafts(工艺)and technologies was shared across the Silk Road. In this way, the languages and cultures developed 9.(quick)and influenced each other. Today, along the Silk Road there are 10. [‘sevr?l] places of interest, 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.

Nowadays most of us usually take our mobile phones to a dinner table especially when we eat out.Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we may take out our mobiles and click(咔哒)1.Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just cannot leave our mobiles for only a meal.

Are there any differences for you?2.If not, how do you feel when others do that while having dinner with you? A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy the food.3.So, why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?

4.After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself. Maybe he will cheek his mobile many times. "Does anyone like my photos? I hope lots of people like them! "It seems that your mobile secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, next time you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food?5.Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.

A.Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with the people around you.

B.Do your family members do that often?

C.Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals.

D.As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to eat.

E.Later, we post the photos onto Wechat, waiting to be “liked”.

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