澳大利亚英文介绍

AustraliaXXXBriefintroduction:Europeanfoundthecontinentat17thcentury,andmistakenlyassumedthatthisisapieceoflandtotheSouthPole,

soitwasnamedas“Australia〞.Theword“Australia〞comesfromtheLatin“terraaustralis(南方的土地)〞,.AustraliaislocatedinthesouthernhemisphereOceania.ItwasonceaBritishcolony[‘kɔləni](殖民地),anditbecame

a

trulyindependent

Statein

1931.But

Australiabelongsto

the

Commonwealth[‘kɒmənwelθ](英联邦),this

canbe

seen

from

theNationalflagofAustralia.Therefore,itsheadofState(国家元首)

is

the

UnitedKingdom

Queen-Atleastfornow.Nationalflag（国旗）

NationalEmblem（国徽）B.G.M.：Australia’sAnthem〔国歌〕〞forward,beautifulAustralia〞Australiakangarooemu鸸鹋ElizabethII.Location۞Southernhemisphere〔南半球〕Oceania[,əʊsɪ‘ɑːnɪə]〔大洋洲〕GeographyAreaofAustraliaisworld’s6th,andAustraliaistheworld’sonlyamonopoly

[mə'nɒp(ə)lɪ]〔独占〕acontinental〔大陆的〕country.ItisthelargestcountryintheareaofOceania.ItiscomposedofAustralianmainland,Tasmania

[tæz'meiniə]andsoon.Canberraisthecapitalcity.SydneyisthelargestcitysightspotTheSydneyOperaHousewasmadeaUNESCO(联合国教科文组织)

WorldHeritageSitein2007.Itisoneofthe20thcentury'smostdistinctivebuildingsandoneofthemostfamousperformingartscentresintheworld.Themusichallcanaccommodate

2679audienceandisusuallyusedtoholdlotsofperformancessuchassymphony,opera,dances,chorus

[ˈkɔ:rəs],popmusicandjazz.ThebuildingtrulyrepresentstheAustralianstyle.悉尼歌剧院于2007年6月28日被联合国教科文组织列为世界文化遗产。它是20世纪最有特色的建筑之一。也是世界最有名的表演中心之一。悉尼歌剧院最大的厅堂是音乐厅，共可容纳2679名观众，通常用于举办交响乐、歌剧、舞蹈、合唱、流行乐、爵士乐等多种表演。整个音乐厅忠实呈现澳大利亚自有的风格。SydneyOperaHouseGreatBarrierReefTheGreatBarrierReef(大堡礁)

isasiteofremarkablevarietyandbeautyonthenorth-eastcoastofAustralia.Itcontainstheworld'slargestcollectionofcoral

['kɒr(ə)l](珊瑚)reefs,with400typesofcoral,1,500speciesoffishand4,000typesofmollusc

['mɒləsk](软体动物).大堡礁位于澳大利亚东北岸，这里物种多样、景色迷人。这里有世界上最大的珊瑚礁群，共有400种珊瑚，1500种鱼类和4000种软体动物生活在这里。Heart-shapedislandispartoftheGreatBarrierReef.Shapeasthenameimplies(形如其名)

andintheair,itisanaturalheart,coupledwiththeblueseawater,morebeautiful.

It'suncannyworkmanshipGeography-地理；

Politics-政治

Economy-经济

Culture-文化AyersRockAyersRock(艾尔斯岩)-Circumference[sə‘kʌmf(ə)r(ə)ns]

(周长)ofabout9kilometers,theelevation867meters,

istheworld'slargeststonealone.Kangaroo〔袋鼠〕AswellasChina'spanda,kangarooisAustralia'suniqueanimals,asasymbolofAustralia

RedKangaroosarethelargesttypeofkangaroo,andliveinthedryoutbackregionsofAustralia.Theycangrowtoabout2metreshigh,andalengthofabout2.4metres.KoalaKoalasaresmallbearlikecreatureswholivealongtheeastcoastofAustralia.However,koalasonlyliketoeatasmallpercentageofthetreesfoundaroundAustralia.Koalashavehardblacknoses,withsharpclawsandathickfurrycoatandcangrowtoaweightofabout10kg.Mostoftheirtimeisspentasleepinthetrees,whichisthebestplacetoseeakoala.Emu〔鸸鹋〕Hello~Emuisalarge,flightless(不会飞的)bird.Emuisuptotwometersinheight,runningspeedcanreachnearlyfivekilometersperhour

NationalEmblem（国徽）emu鸸鹋economicAustralia

is

a

developedcountry(themostdevelopedcountryinthesouthernhemisphere).ItspercapitaGDP〔人均GDP〕in2023was$61,219,ranked5thintheworld.