2011 is merely a new entry in our ancient custom of chronological bookkeeping, an arbitrary starting point for our annual trip around the sun.

2011年不过是对编年体历史记载的古代风俗的新认识，一年一度绕着太阳旅行的必然起点。

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From Xi'an, the beginning of the ancient Silk Road to Dunhuang, famous for the Mogao Grottoes, this is a trip through China's history.

从丝绸之路的起点西安到以莫高窟而闻名的敦煌，可谓是一段感受中国古老历史的旅程。

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Ancient archway:Pedestrian trip is going to the end. A common town which may be famous all round is just a history now.

古老的拱门》徒步漓江已近尾声，一个平凡的小镇，也许它曾经风光鲜亮，而今已是满目沧桑！

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Slowly she began her dangerous trip down the ancient pine tree.

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And so when I see Moscow City trying to gleam out my nine foot window I think that my daughters someday, now just tweens, are going to tell me about their trip to the ancient ruins of Babylon, or Persepolise and then Kish Island in Iran.

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