1980年12月在秦始皇陵西侧20米处，发掘出土了两乘大型彩绘铜车马，按照发现的顺序，被编为一号和二号铜车马。

铜车马处处依照真车、真马、真人制作，只是尺寸约为真车、真马、真人的1／2。铜车马由大小3 400个零部件组装而成。车、马、人总重量达1 243千克，主体由青铜铸造而成。车马的金、银装饰品共计1 720件，金、银器总重达7千克。据初步研究，制作铜车马采用了铸、焊、铆、镶、嵌、錾、刻等多种工艺手段。

铜车马是我国年代最早、驾具最全、级别最高、制作最精的青铜器珍品，也是迄今为止世界考古发现的最大青铜器。它的出土为考证秦代冶金技术、车辆结构及工艺造型等提供了极为珍贵的实物资料。

好啦，我们接着要去参观秦始皇陵。

In December 1980，two sets of large painted bronze chariots and horses were unearthed 20 meters west of the First Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. They were labeled as Chariot No.1 and Chariot No.2 respectively by the order of discovery.

The chariots and horses are exact imitations of actual chariots and horses in half life－size.Each chariot with horses is composed of 3 400 parts. The total weight of the chariots，the horses and the drivers is 1 243 kilograms.The main body is cast in bronze.There are altogether 1 720 pieces of gold and silver ornaments on the chariots and horses，with a total weight of seven kilograms.According to preliminary research，the making of the bronze chariots and horses involves different techniques such as casting，welding，riveting，mounting，embed ding and carving.

The bronze chariots and horses were the earliest and most exquisitely and intricately made bronze valuables.They enjoy the highest class and have the most complete harnessing ware.They are also the largest bronze ware discovered in the history of world archaeology.The excavation of the bronze chariots and horses provides extremely valuable material and da－ta for the textual research of metallurgical techniques，the mechanism and the technological modeling of chariots in the Qin Dynasty.

Well，next we will visit the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.

快乐旅途

两家破旅馆

Two Run－down Hotels

一位游客在一个小镇上寻找旅馆，却只找到了两家破旧的旅店。他看见一位当地人就大声问道：“您觉得这两间旅馆哪一个更好一些呢？”

“没什么区别，”这个人回答。“当你住进其中一家时，你就会希望你住的是另一家。”

A traveler sought accommodations in a small town，which had two run－down hotels. He spied a resident and called out to him，“Which one of these hotels do you recommend？”

“Makes no difference，”the fellow replied.“If you stay in one，you will wish you were in the other.”