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The World's Best Train Trips

Southeast Asia: Eastern & Oriental Express
The luxurious Eastern & Oriental Express offers traveller glimpses of Southeast Asia's past and future. On the three-night journey from Bangkok to Singapore, the city skyline changes from rices fields and ater buffalo. Off train excursions include a boat ride on the beautiful Kwai Yai River. Before arriving in modern Singapore, the train stops in Penang, Malaysia.
There, passengers can explore colorful shops, elaborate temples and colonial churches.

Russia, Mongolia and China: Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway stretches across nearly 10,000 km -- roughly one-third of the globe. The route from Moscow to Beijing via Mongolia, one of the most popular, takes six days.
On the way, travlers pass by Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake. In the Gobi Desert, passengers see camels and yurts, circular Mongolian tents. Various restaurant cars -- Russian, Mongolian and Chinese -- are added to the train at different points in the journy.

As those vacations prove, train rides are'nt only about getting from place to place.
They are a journey of discovery!

oriental adj. 東方的國家的/東方人特有的 (用來形容事物用)
Orient n. 東方/東方國家
eastern adj. 東方的/東部的
-> when we talk about oriental, we are talking about parts of Asia,
-> something is oriental is referring to different things of the culture of Asia
-> not use this term to descibe people but to describe things
eg: Eastern Europe 東歐
eg: The store carries a large variety of oriental spices.

glimpse n. -> a short look
eg: Fans waited outside the hotel for hours just get a glimpse of the famous actor.

skyline n. 由建築物行成的天際線
-> the shape of the building of that city
eg: For a great view of the Chicago skyline take a boat ride on Lake Michigan.
eg: The skyline of Hong Kong is so beautiful and unique.
eg: You can get a clear view of the city's skyline from the top of the hill.

globe n.
the globe 地球/世界
global adj. 全球的
eg: In the 1800s, ships travled across the globe carrying people and goods.
eg: This band performed cocerts all around the globe.
eg: The recession(經濟蕭條) has become a global economic problem.
and needs our immediate attention.

various adj.
eg: I spent the afternoon in the library looking at various magazines.

colonial adj. 殖民時期的

trans -> across

yurts n.
->(遊牧地區用獸皮或毛毯所蓋的)圓頂帳篷蒙古包
-> Mongolian tents 蒙古包


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500-mile route = a route that is 500 miles long
27-hour trip
300-mile line
seven-hour journey
three-night journey


For using a norm to describe another norm,
there are numbers before the first norm.
There are some rules.

Rule #1: always connect the number with the first norm with a "-".
500-mile route

Rule #2: The first norm is usually in the singular form
27-hour trip (O)
27-hours trip (X)

Rule #3: The numbers is spelled out when it's smaller than 20
three-night journey
27-hour trip

//== Chat room ==//

regular plural forms 規則複數型

irregular plural forms 不規則複數型
eg:
one mouse/ two mice -> changed from German
one goose/ two geese

The same form in both singular and plural (單複數同型):
These norms don't have normal plural ending
because historically they have been thought as a group
not coutable individual animals.
They are collect norm.

eg:
one dear/ two dear
sheep/ two sheep
one moose/ two molsoe/
one swine/ two swine
buffalo / two buffalo

當表示不同種類時，才會寫成buffaloes
20 fishes 二十種魚
twelve fish 十二隻魚

//== related link ==//

http://www.trans-siberia.com/
http://www.expresstorussia.com/russian_train_tickets.html