Tashkent is the capital city of Uzbekistan, in Central Asia — the largest city in that whole region, with over two million people. It sits in a green valley with mountains not far off, in a country that is otherwise mostly dry.

Tashkent塔什干is the capital city of Uzbekistan是烏茲別克的首都，in Central Asia位於中亞——the largest city in that whole region是整個區域裡最大的城市，with over two million people有超過兩百萬人口。It sits in a green valley它坐落在一個綠色山谷裡with mountains not far off不遠處就有山，in a country that is otherwise mostly dry而這個國家其他地方大多乾燥。

It is very old: caravans on the Silk Road stopped there for well over a thousand years, going between China and the Middle East.

It is very old它非常古老：caravans on the Silk Road絲路上的商隊stopped there for well over a thousand years在這裡停留超過一千年，going between China and the Middle East往來於中國和中東之間。

Two later things shaped how the city looks now. A huge earthquake in 1966 flattened much of it, and it was rebuilt in the Soviet period, so a visitor sees wide straight streets, big square buildings, and a famously beautiful underground railway, next to old mosques and markets that survived.

Two later things後來有兩件事shaped how the city looks now形塑了這座城市現在的樣貌。A huge earthquake in 1966一場1966年的大地震flattened much of it把大半個城市夷為平地，and it was rebuilt in the Soviet period後來在蘇聯時期重建，so所以a visitor sees wide straight streets, big square buildings, and a famously beautiful underground railway訪客會看到寬闊筆直的街道、方正的大樓，還有一個以美著稱的地下鐵，next to old mosques and markets that survived旁邊還留著倖存下來的老清真寺和市場。

The name is used the way any capital's name is: for the city itself, and sometimes as a short way of saying that country's government — 'Tashkent has agreed to the deal.' In English it is pronounced with the stress on the second part, tash-KENT.

The name這個名字is used the way any capital's name is用法跟任何首都的名字一樣：for the city itself可以指這座城市本身，and sometimes as a short way of saying that country's government有時也是那個國家政府的簡稱——'Tashkent has agreed to the deal.'「塔什干已經同意這項協議。」In English在英文裡it is pronounced with the stress on the second part重音放在第二個音節，tash-KENT唸作tash-KENT。