China
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Where Is It?
内容表在哪里?
4 People.
4个人。
6 Celebrations.
6 庆祝。
8 History.
8 历史.
9 Land.
9地.
11 Animals.
11动物.
13 Conclusion.
13 结论。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Where Is It?
16号在哪里?
The People’s Republic of China is one of the biggest countries in the world.
中华人民共和国是世界上最大的国家之一.
Along with Russia, it makes up a big part of Asia.
与俄罗斯一起构成亚洲的一大部分.
Many other countries share a border with China.
许多其他国家与中国接壤。
Beijing is the capital of China.
北京是中国的首都.
The city is more than three thousand years old.
城有三千余由旬.
More than fifteen million people live there.
那里住着1 500多万人。
People More than one billion people live in China.
10多亿人生活在中国。
More people live in China than in any other country in the world.
中国居民比世界上任何其他国家都多.
Seven out of ten Chinese people speak Mandarin.
中国人有十有七说普通话.
People also speak many other languages, including English.
人们还会说许多其他语言,包括英语.
Chinese writing does not use the letters of the English alphabet.
汉字写作不使用英文字母的字母.
Instead, it uses thousands of characters that stand for words or parts of words.
取而代之的是,它使用上千个代表文字或部分文字的字符.
Beijing is one of China’s largest cities.
北京是中国最大的城市之一.
Characters Here are the Mandarin characters for some words.
字符 这里有一些普通话的汉字
Mandarin In Mandarin, the characters of some words look like what they mean.
普通话 在普通话中,一些单词的人物看起来就像他们的意思.
Some people live and work in the tall buildings in China’s big cities.
部分人在中国大城市高楼居住和工作.
Others live on small farms and grow food.
其他人住在小农场并种植粮食。
More people live in towns and villages than in other places.
城镇和乡村居民比其他地方多.
Celebrations The Chinese New Year is one of the biggest celebrations in China.
庆祝活动 中国新年是中国最大的庆祝活动之一.
It takes place in late January or early February.
1月下旬或2月初举行.
Many cities hold parades.
许多城市举行游行.
People dress up in colorful costumes.
人们穿着多彩的服装来打扮.
Some people dress up as lions or dragons.
有些人打扮成狮子或龙.
Many Chinese people believe lions and dragons bring good luck.
许多中国人相信狮子和龙会带来好运.
People often shoot off fireworks, too.
人们也经常射出烟花
The lion dance is thought to bring good luck to homes and businesses in the new year.
狮子舞被认为是给家庭和企业带来新年的好运气.
History China has one of the oldest civilizations still around today.
历史上中国有至今还相去最远的文明之一.
Experts think it began more than five thousand years ago.
专家认为它始于五千多年前.
The ancient Chinese people created many things we still use today.
古代中国人创造了许多我们今天仍然使用的东西.
They were the first to create paper.
他们是第一个创造纸。
They were also the first to make gunpowder.
他们也是最早出产火药的.
We still use gunpowder in fireworks today.
我们今天仍然在烟花中使用火药.
Chinese people also discovered how to make silk cloth.
中国人也发现了如何做丝布.
Long ago, people came to China from far away places to buy silk cloth.
很久以前,人们从遥远的地方来中国购买丝布.
The road they used was called the Silk Road.
他们使用的路被称作"丝绸之路".
The Great Wall of China is more than two thousand years old.
中国长城有两千多年的历史.
Chinese rulers built it to keep out invaders.
中国统治者建造它是为了阻止入侵者.
Silk cloth is made from thread taken from silkworm cocoons.
丝布由丝虫茧取出丝线而成.
Land China is so large that it has many different types of land.
地中华地面积之大,有多种不同类型的地.
The north is mostly desert.
北部多为沙漠.
The south has some of the tallest mountains in the world.
南方有地高山出有地高地高.
In other parts of China, forests cover the land.
在中国其他地区,森林覆盖了土地.
China also has large wetlands and flat areas covered with grass.
中国还拥有大面积湿地和被草覆盖的平地.
Much of this land is used to grow food.
这片地的大部分用于种植食物.
Tibetan Plateau Himalayan Mtns.
青藏高原喜马拉雅山t.
Tarim Basin Sichuan Basin Zunghaer Basin Turfan Depression Gobi Desert YELLOW SEA SOUTH CHINA SEA Bay Of Bengal Beijing China’s wetlands include areas along the Yellow River.
塔里姆盆地 四川盆地 戈壁沙漠 中国北京的湿地包括黄河沿岸地区。
Animals Many people know of giant pandas and Siberian tigers.
很多人都认识大熊猫和西伯利亚虎.
Giant pandas live in bamboo forests in a small area in the center of China.
巨熊猫生活在中国中部小片地区的竹林中.
They eat only bamboo.
他们只吃竹子。
Siberian tigers are among the largest cats in the world.
西伯利亚虎是世界上最大的猫类之一.
They live in the forests in the east and the south of China.
分布于中国东部和南部等地,多栖息于森林.
Both Siberian tigers and giant pandas are in danger of dying out.
西伯利亚虎和巨熊猫都濒临死亡.
However, many people are working to protect them.
然而,许多人正在努力保护他们。
Conclusion China is a large country.
结论 中国是一个大国.
Many different people and animals live in this land.
许多不同的人和动物生活在这片土地上.
People from all over the world come to explore China each year.
每年来自世界各地的人来探索中国.
If you were to visit China, what would you most like to see?
如果你访问中国,你最想看什么?
Every year at the lantern festival in Beijing, people create amazing ice and snow sculptures.
每年在北京灯会节上,人们会创作出惊人的冰雪雕塑.
Population: 1,355,692,576 Land: 9,569,901 sq km (3,694,959 sq.
人口:1,355,692,576人 地:9,569,901平方公里(3,694,959平方公里).
mi.)
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