世界旅游景观：第一章Switzerland.ppt

1、a set of pictures,Appreciation of World Famous Tourist Attractions,EUROPE -THE SWISS CONFEDERATION,Europe -the Swiss Confederation,I. Geographical features of the Swiss Confederation II. Politics, economy and culture III. Tourist attractions IV. Exercises,its independence and neutrality are honored

2、a picturesque country international banking and financial institutions are renowned,SWISS CONFEDERATION,I. Geographical Features of Switzerland,1. Geography Official name: Swiss Confederation Location: Central Europe, east of France, north of Italy Area: total-41,290 sq km; land-39,770 sq km; water-

3、 1,520 sq km Climate: temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers,Land boundaries: total: 1,852 km, border countries are Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany Coastline: landlocked Terrain: mostly mounta

4、ins with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes,Demographics: 7,252,000(95th) Currency : euro or EUR Religion: Catholic and Protestant National flower Official language: German, French, Italian, Romansh,Location of Switzerland,Map of Switzerland,Swiss National Flower: Edelweiss,

5、II. Politics, Economy and Culture,1. Politics:direct democracy, neutrality 2. Economy: a prosperous and stable modern market economy, with a per capita GDP that is higher than those of the big western European economies. 3. Culture: influenced by its neighbours, but distinctive has no country-wide s

6、tate religion,4. etiquette and taboo of Switzerland social interaction: elegant behavior; be very polite; cultured; respect women; on time/punctual; they like to talk about sports, tourism and politics; its impolite to show off wealth; value clean environment highly 11 means lucky they like the colo

7、ur of red, yellow, blue, orange, green and purple. They like to eat onion,Taboos: 13 and Friday mean unlucky; owl means unlucky; they dont like to talk about diet and personal things; its impolite to make cutlery chinked when dinner at restaurant; champing or chewing noisily is impolite.,III. touris

8、t Attractions,1. Geneva 2. Matterhorn 3. Lake Lucerne 4. Zurich,Geneva: City in southwestern Switzerland, lying on the western end of Lake Geneva, where the Rhone River leaves the lake. Geneva provides an impartial meeting ground for representatives of other nations. it is a picturesque city joined

9、by numerous bridges.,Geneva, the city of peace Geneva,with a little more than town-sized scale, appears in our impression as an international metropolitan which bears a lot ofsignificant events in the world history. And its known as the city of peace. The weather in Geneva is very comfortable, which

10、 makes it a good place to live and visit.,enjoying of pictures,headquarter of the UN in Geneva,Geneva Lake is a body of freshwater in southeastern Wisconsin. The lake covers an area of approximately 8.14 square miles, has a maximum length os 7.5 miles and a maximum depth of 144feet.,Geneva Lake,Gene

11、va Lake,The Matterhorn is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, its graceful pyramid towers over the Swiss town of Zermatt and the Italian town Breuil-Cervinia.,A miniature imitation of the Matterhorn featuring a bobsled ride is one of

12、the attractions at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.,Lake Lucerne卢赛恩湖 is a lake in central Switzerland, the fourth-largest in the country. The lake is a complicated shape, with bends and arms reaching from the city of Lucerne into the mountains. Many of the oldest communities of Switzerland are alo

13、ng the shore.,Zurich, situated in the northern part of the country, is the largest city in Switzerland.,As the countrys commercial hub and the intellectual center of the German-speaking part of Switzerland, Zurich is known as a world banking center.,The Swiss National Museum is one of the most impor

14、tant art museums of cultural history in Europe and the world. It is located in the city of Zurich. The museum building of 1898 in the historicist style was built by Gustav Gull in the form of the French Renaissance city chateaus.,IV. Questions,1. Have a general introduction of Switzerland? 2. How is th