地图上显示了哪些地理特征？如何描述你国家的风景

今天的这段对话，在讨论地理，

地图上显示了哪些地理特征？如何描述你国家的风景

来听今天的讲解:

Beginner

A: what are you doing?

你在干什么？

B: I’m just looking at this map of the world. I’m preparing for a geography class.

我只是在看这张世界地图。我正在为地理课做准备。

A: there are no countries marked on the map.

地图上没有标明国家。

B: no, there aren’t. this map just show the geographical features. Look at the Himalayan plateau with the highest peaks in the world.

不，没有。这张地图只是显示了地理特征。看看喜马拉雅高原，那里有世界上最高峰。

A: the thing that I find most surprising is that most of the world is covered with water. Compared to the oceans, most countries are tiny.

我发现最令人惊讶的是，世界上大部分地区都被水覆盖。与海洋相比，大多数国家都很小。

B: I find it incredible how millions of years of volcanic activity have created mountains thousands of metres tall.

我觉得不可思议的是，数百万年的火山活动造就了数千米高的山脉。

A: rivers have created deep valleys and canyons like the grand canyou.

河流形成了像大峡谷一样的深谷和峡谷。

B: the oceans and landscapes all influence our climate.

海洋和风景都影响着我们的气候。

A: it’s all so interesting. I’ll have to find more information about it on the internet. Or perhaps I should try and attend your geography class.

这一切太有趣了。我得在网上找到更多关于它的信息。或者也许我应该去上你的地理课。

Intermediate

A: bout our countries are quite small. How would you describe the landscape in your country?

关于我们的国家都很小。你如何描述你国家的风景？

B: my country is well know for being very flat. There are some hills in the southeast of the country.

我的国家以平坦著称。在这个国家的东南部有一些山丘。

A: is it really completely flat?

它真的完全平了吗？

B: pretty much. The land rises and falls only a few meters. The southeast, the hills rise to a height of a few hundred meters. There are mountains over 1000 meters high in your country.

差不多。陆地起伏只有几米。东南部的山丘高达几百米。你们国家有1000多米高的山。

A: yes, there are. They are not very big compared with the mountains in other countries.

是的，有。与其他国家的山相比，它们不是很大。

B: the coast of your country is very varied. The coast of my country is just made up of sandy beaches.

贵国的海岸多种多样。我国的海岸只是由沙滩组成的。

A: that doesn’t sound too bad. Great for sunbathing! The coast of my country changes even within a few kilometers. There are cliffs, then sandy beaches. Then rocks. There are lots of caves in the cliffs. There are also many small islands off the coast, but few people lives on them.

听起来还不错。非常适合日光浴！我国的海岸即使在几公里内也会发生变化。有悬崖，然后是沙滩。然后是岩石。悬崖上有很多洞穴。海岸边也有很多小岛，但很少有人住在上面。

B: there are many lakes and rivers in your country too. We also have many rivers, but only a few lakes.

你们国家也有很多湖泊和河流。我们也有很多河流，但只有几个湖泊。

A: we also have waterfalls in the mountains. They make the landscapes look very scenic. The landscape has been shapes by millions of years of erosion, especially by water.

我们在山上还有瀑布。它们使风景看起来非常优美。风景是由数百万年的侵蚀形成的，尤其是水的侵蚀。