#60 Boy-King With a Mission...The Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (Cont'd 2)

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English Excerpt:

Page 18
Paragraph 3

As soon as he became King, he transported 700000 (seven hundred thousand) men from all over China to construct a tomb for him just outside his capital city (close to Xian ). He really wanted to live forever and searched for an elixir of immortality, but a grand tomb was the next best thing. The project continued until he died 36 years later. It became by far the most elaborate tomb in the world, a complex of many chambers around a central tomb the height of a 25-storey 25 building.

Chinese Translation:

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Page 18 = 第十八页dì shí bā yè

Paragraph 3 = 第三段dì sān duàn

As soon as he became King (国王guó wáng), he transported (运输 yùn shū) 700,000 (seven hundred thousand 七十万 qī shí wàn ) men from all over China to construct a tomb for him just outside his capital city (首都 shǒu dū ) (close to 靠近 kào jìn Xian 西安xī ān ). He really wanted to live forever and searched (搜寻sōu xún ) for an elixir of immortality (仙方xiān fāng), but a grand tomb was the next best thing. The project (工程 gōng chéng ) continued until he died 36 years later. It became by far the most elaborate (精巧 jīng qiǎo ) tomb in the world, a complex of many chambers 无数后宫 around a central tomb the height 高 of a 25-storey 25 (层楼 céng lóu)building (大厦 dà shà).

Break-down sentences

1. 他一做了国王以後, 就在中国各地找寻并运输了七十万人到靠近西安的首都,来建设他的坟墓,
=As soon as he became King, he transported 700000 (seven hundred thousand) men from all over China to construct a tomb for him just outside his capital city (close to Xian ).

2. 他非常渴望永远不死（长生不老),但是因为收寻不到仙方,他只可造他的坟.
=He really wanted to live forever and searched for an elixir of immortality, but a grand tomb was the next best thing.

3. 这笔工程一直继续到他死,一共叁十六年,
=The project continued until he died 36 years later.

4. 结果,可以说是他造了全世界最精巧的坟墓
=It became by far the most elaborate tomb in the world,

5. 他以无数的後宫包围著有25城楼高的古墓中心
=a complex of many chambers around a central tomb the height of a 25-storey 25 building.