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一、刺绣(embroidery)是一种具有优秀传统的民间艺术，在中国艺术和手工艺品史上占有重要地位。刺绣的长期发展离不开蚕的思想和纺丝技术的发展。中国是世界上第一个发现和使用丝绸的国家。早在5000年前，中国就已经开始饲养蚕。丝线和丝织品的生产促进了刺绣艺术的诞生。时至今日，丝绣几乎已经传遍整个中国。最好的绣品通常被认为来源于下面四省：江苏（尤其是苏州）、湖南、四川和广东，各省绣品各具特色。 Embroidery, a folk art with a long tradition, occupies an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. It is, in its long development, inseparable from silkworm-raising and silk-reeling and weaving. China is the first country in the world that discovered the use of silk. Silkworms were domesticated as early as 5000 years ago. The production of silk thread and fabrics gave rise to the art of embroidery. Today, silk embroidery is practised nearly all over China. It is generally agreed that the best commercial products come from four provinces: Jiangsu (notably Suzhou), Hunan, Sichuan and Guangdong, each with its ditinctive features. 二、香港坐落在中国南端的一个弹丸小岛上。在日趋全球化的经济中，香港正扮演着一个非常重要的角色。由于香港的战略位置，面向国际的商业氛围，和优越的通讯条件，使她成为世界贸易的活动中心和亚太地区的神经枢纽。香港已和世界上170个国家和地区的公司有商业往来，与亚洲其他国家和地区的贸易大幅度增长。香港的集装箱港口是世界上最繁忙的，而且还在进一步扩建。虽然香港开始成为世界金融中心还是最近二十年的事，但现在海外贷款已占到香港银行提供的总贷款的一半以上。 HongKong, a tiny island perched on the tip of Southern China, plays a prvotal role in an increasingly globalized economy. Given its strategic location, internationally oriented business culture and excellent communications, it has become a crossroad of world trade and the nerve center of the Asia-Pacific region. Commercial links reach out to corporations in over 170 countries and regions. Its trade with the rest of Asia has increased substantially. Its container port is now the busiest, and is undergoing further expansion. Although Hong Kong’s emergence as a world financial center came in recent 20 years, offshore loans account for more than half of the total oan provided by it banks. 三、丝绸之路的历史可以追溯到公元前2世纪，但是一名中国官员、朝廷的使者张骞沿着这条连接欧亚两大洲的贸易通道出使西域。丝绸之路沿途的大批历史文物、引人入胜的自然风景以及富有情趣的地方文化，使这一长途远游成了世界上最精彩的旅游节项目之一。在丝绸之路的中国段，沿线散居着许多少数民族，他们对来自世界各地的游客都以礼相待，热情好客。这里的食物和工艺品不同于中国中部的食物和工艺品。这里民间传说，如同天方夜谭一般神奇，听来别有一番情趣。 The Silk Road