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  • Hi, I am Rian.

  • Hello, I am Carl.

  • Welcome to Hot English Classroom.

  • Carl. When it comes to Rende District, Tainan City,

  • what comes to your mind?

  • I think of the magnificent Chimei Museum.

  • I see it every time I drive down the expressway

  • passing by Rende District.

  • It's a really popular spot in Tainan City.

  • Almost every tourist goes there.

  • Yes, the collections are very rich.

  • There are also often special exhibitions with various themes.

  • Every once in a while, I get the urge to visit this museum again.

  • Well, it's not just the Chimei Museum.

  • There are several museums worth visiting in Rende District.

  • Really?

  • What are they?

  • One is on the second floor of the Chelucian Church.

  • It's the only holocaust museum

  • in Taiwan.

  • It displays artifacts and photographs that tell us the painful story

  • of Jews murdered by Nazis during World War II.

  • That's a sad part of history.

  • But I didn't expect such a memorial in Taiwan.

  • Yup.

  • There is also a rare furniture museum in Rende District.

  • A furniture museum?

  • What kind of place is it?

  • It's a museum

  • run by a local furniture manufacturer in Tainan City.

  • Besides exhibiting furniture from different periods in history,

  • it also introduces traditional furniture-making techniques.

  • Do you mean techniques like using a mortise and tenon joint

  • that can be put together without nails?

  • That's right.

  • If you're interested,

  • the museum also has a woodworking class

  • that can teach you woodworking skills.

  • I didn't know there were so many

  • in-depth and informative museums in Rende District!

  • You'll definitely get a lot out of it!

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Hi, I am Rian.

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