[00:00.00]2.2 Beijing is an excellent place
[00:10.29]to shop for souvenirs.
[00:12.59]A famous place with tourists is Silk Street,
[00:16.50]also know as Silk Market.
[00:19.44]This is an outdoor market.
[00:22.24]It has dozens of stalls
[00:24.10]selling many different types of clothes.
[00:27.42]Open every day
[00:28.90]the market is located in a street
[00:31.20]called Xiu Shui off a big avenue
[00:34.36]to the east of central Beijing.
[00:37.56]In the past,all the traders here
[00:40.18]sold silk goods.
[00:42.39]Today,many of the stalls
[00:44.41]still sell silk clothes,
[00:47.12]They also sell other items like bags,shoes,
[00:51.86]watches,even video games!
[00:55.45]One last thing to remember about Silk Street-
[00:59.30]the traders do not set the prices,
[01:02.13]so you have to be prepared to bargain!
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