New lesson
Lesson 96 
Situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and along the west bank of the Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill 象鼻山 is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Resembling an elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, this hill has been known as Elephant Trunk Hill for hundreds of years. In today’s episode, Renhao and his colleagues will begin their exciting trip. Come on!
Bookmarks
1）碰巧 it just so happens
例）我碰巧买到了一张打折的机票。
I was lucky to be able to buy a discount ticket.
例）我去上海开会的时候，碰巧见到了我的老同学。
It just so happened i ran into one of my old classmates while attending meetings in Shanghai.
2）分别 seperately, respectively
例）这个问题, 我分别问了几个人，答案都不一样。
I asked several people this question one by one. But the answers were always different.
例）他今年去过三个国家，分别是美国、英国和法国。
He´s been to three countries this year, respectively, America, UK and France.
Sign posts
Guilin
As the saying goes, 桂林山水甲天下 "Guilin’s scenery bests all others in the world." Chinese frequently refer to it as the world´s most beautiful scenery. To many foreigners, the scenery of Guilin typifies what we imagine China looks like. Traditional Chinese painting often features exotic and imaginary scenes of mountains and rivers. But as many visitors to China exclaim, the scenery at Guilin looks just like a traditional Chinese painting. Perhaps many of those painting scenes were not imaginary after all.
