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Rather than suffering the extreme environment in which they live
吐魯番的野生生物和人不是在單方面
The wild life and people of Turban
承受著自然的嚴苛和暴虐
have found innovative ways to cope with conditions beyond the Wall
而是以新方式面對北地惡劣的自然環境
But not all desert communities world as resourceful as Turpan
但并非所有聚居地都像吐魯番一樣富饒
Between here and China's western borders
這里和中國西部邊境之間
lie the ruins of many great cities
有許多宏偉城市的遺跡
In their day they were vibrant thriving palces
他們曾經擁有自己的輝煌時代
But in the fifth century
但到了第五世紀
the Silk Road fortunes took a turn for the worse
絲綢之路逐漸蕭條沒落
Once again, a princess was involved
又是一個有關公主的故事
She smuggled silkworm eggs out of china
她將蠶偷偷地帶出中國
The secret of silk was a secret no more
絲綢不再是一個秘密
And China's stranglehold on this lucrative trade was over
中國對此暴利貿易的壟斷被強制終止
Even when Marco Polo passed along the Silk Road in the 13th century
馬可波羅13世紀踏上絲綢之路之時
many of these cities had been dead
許多城市就已然消失了
for over 500 years
500多年
But the Silk Road's most famous city managed to survive
絲綢之路上最負盛名的城市卻掙扎著生存了下來
Where the desert ends beneath vast mountain ranges
在沙漠盡頭的山巒腳下
China's westernmost point is only a stone's throw from the borders of five central Asian countries
中國與中亞五國毗鄰之地
This is Kashgar where east meets west
這里就是中西交匯的喀什
