In Samarkand, Mr Bissell admires the architectural wonders.

在撒马尔罕，比斯尔先生欣赏建筑奇观。

He returned to Samarkand, the capital of the new Mongol empire he had created.

他回到了刚建立的新蒙古帝国首都撒马尔罕.

For lust of what should not be known we take the Golden Road to Samarkand.

我们为了不应当知晓的贪欲，沿着金色的道路来到了撒马尔罕。

Numerous other routes were also plied throughout the ages, reaching all the way to Samarkand, Tashkent, India, and the Caspian Sea.

许多其他路线也坯古往今来，达到所有的道路撒马尔罕，塔什干，印度和里海。

And the Vale of York Hoard reminds us that these places were also the end-or the beginning-of a huge trade route that around 900 stretched from Scunthorpe to Samarkand.

约克郡的宝藏提醒我们，在公元900年前后，这些地方也普是由斯肯索普延伸至撒马尔罕的繁华贸易之路的一端。

With no guarantee that it would be working when I finally got there, I grudgingly decided that I had to economise and so ended up in a dormitory room at Samarkand's cheapest backpacker hostel.

我很不情愿地决定在旅途中节省每一分钱，所以在撒马尔罕，我只能在一家背包客旅馆找了一间宿舍入住。