Tins of cooling ointment (清凉油)have become a currency for Chinese traveling in Egypt.
___61 (visit)the complex of ancient temples at Karnak, Chinese tourist Mr. Ye lost his way among the stone churches and pillars.
An Egyptian guide gave him directions. To show his 62 (appreciate), Mr. Ye handed him a small red tin the size of a large coin. Inside 63 (be) a cooling ointment that has the function of refreshing mind and preventing pain. Mr.Ye brought 50 tins with him on his six-day tour to hand out as tips.
"Before I came to Egypt, the tourism agency told me 64 (repeat) to bring cooling balm as a gift to make the trip 65 (easy)," said Mr. Ye, a 25-year-old 66 family sells Chinese medicine online. Egyptians, he said, are very nice to Chinese tourists, 67 they love this little gift."
Egyptians sometimes demand the balm by running a thumb across their foreheads. Li Xiaodong, an Egyptologist at China's Northeast Normal University, believes Chinese travelers initially brought cooling balm for ___68 (person) use because it's very hot in Egypt, then 69 (discover)Egyptians liked it.
Some Chinese tourists said giving gifts feels better than handing over money. "If you give essential balm, 70 is more like you're giving it to friends," said one Chinese tourist.