许国璋英语第二册(含课文、对话、阅读、课后练习及答案?/p>
第一?/p>
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许国璋英语第二册
《第一课?/p>
(一?/p>
课文?/p>
THE LARGEST LEND AND MOST POPULOUS
Asia is the largest of the continents of the world. It is a larger than Africa, larger than either
of the two Americas, and four times as large as Europe. Asia and Europe form a huge land mass.
Indeed Europe is so much smaller than Asia that some geographers regard Europe as a peninsula
of Asia.
亚洲是世界上最大的洲?/p>
它比非洲大,比两个美洲大,是欧洲的四倍?/p>
亚洲和欧洲形?/p>
了巨大的陆地。事实上,欧洲比亚洲小得多,一些地理学家把欧洲视为亚洲半岛?/p>
Many geographers say that the Ural Mountains form the dividing line between Europe and
Asia.
Some
think
differently.
But
all
geographers
agree
that
Asia
was
once
linked
to
North
America.
Or,
to
be
more
exact,
Alaska
was
at
one
time
connected
with
the
tip
Siberia.
The
ancestors of American Indians, geographers say, were Asians. 30000 years ago they went across
the land bridge and settled down in new homes.
许多地理学家说乌拉尔山脉形成了欧洲和亚洲的分界线?/p>
有些人的想法不同?/p>
但所有地
理学家都认为亚洲曾经与北美国联系在一起?/p>
或者更确切地说?/p>
阿拉斯加曾一度与西伯利亚
尖端相连。地理学家说,美洲印第安人的祖先是亚洲人?/p>
30000
年前,他们穿过陆桥,定居
在新的家园?/p>
Only a small canal separates Africa from Asia. But before the Suez Canal was cut in 1869 Asia
was also linked to Africa.
只有一条小河把非洲和亚洲分隔开来。但?/p>
1869
苏伊士运河被切断之前,亚洲也与非
洲联系在一起?/p>
The highest point of the earth is in Asia. This is the peak of the Himalaya Mountains. It is
over
29140 feet
high.
At
this
altitude
the
air
is very
thin
and
the
weather
is
uncertain.
So
the
climbing is very difficult. People take great pride in getting to that peak.
地球的最高点在亚洲?/p>
这是喜马拉雅山脉的顶峰?/p>
它有
29140
英尺高?/p>
在这个高度,
?/p>
气非常稀薄,天气也不确定。所以攀登是非常困难的。人们为登上顶峰而感到自豪?/p>
The
world
?/p>
s
great
religions
originated
from
Asia:
Buddhism
from
India,
Christianity
from
Palestine,
Islam
from
Arabia.
Today
Buddhism
and
Islam
are
the
principal
religions
of
much
of
Asia.
世界上最伟大的宗教起源于亚洲?/p>
佛教来自印度?/p>
基督教来自巴勒斯坦,
伊斯兰教来自
阿拉伯。今天,佛教和伊斯兰教是亚洲大部分地区的主要宗教?/p>