An Educational Visit Tell me about an educational visit you have taken part in .
You should say:
where you went and what you saw
if it is a famous place
what you learnt during the visit
and explain how you felt when you went there
.
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Terra-Cotta Warriors in Xi’an
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popular tourist destination I visited, and I learned a lot
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Farmers dug a well and found the Emperor's tomb
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huge discovery
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He had thousands of statues built to protect him in the afterlife
.
Huge place
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impressive
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Each statue is unique. There are still thousands of statues buried all around the place.
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This museum gives us an idea about amazing projects they undertook in the past
(=
heritage)
.
Let me tell you about what has now become a sensational tourist attraction in China. I'm
sure you have heard of the Terra-Cotta Warriors outside Xi’an city. I visited the place 2 years ago
with my parents, and I learned a lot about the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and why he decided to
duplicate reproduce) his army.
The city of Xi’an has gained fame since the time 30 years ago when a farmer dug a hole and
found tons of different statues buried under his field. It turned out to be the tomb of one of our
famous Emperors
.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang was the first to unite the Chinese Kingdom, so he
played a very important role in Chinese History.
Before he passed away, this emperor decided to be buried with a whole army of soldiers in
order to be protected during the afterlife. He was afraid of what could happen to him after death.
He called for thousands of peasants farmers) to carve an impressive number of statues,
representing soldiers and horses. They were all placed in lines all around his tomb
.
Many
archeologists historians) have done research there to explore the secrets of the Qin Dynasty.
What is remarkable is that each warrior has a different hairstyle or expression. Some of
them are standing while others kneeling down. Anthropologists researchers) have dug many
statues out of the dirt, but not everything because they're worried pollution and high temperatures
will destroy the sculptures.
This museum reveals the splendor (= beauty
+
grandeur) of past dynasties, as well as the
beauty of our Chinese imperial heritage (= heritage from our emperors)
.
It's really worth a visit!