中國
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請用英語寫一篇文章，簡要介紹中國的概況。內容要點如下：
①中華人民共和國是一個有中國特色的社會主義國家。它是一個開發中國家。
②中國位於亞洲的東部，有許多鄰國。北面和東北面有蒙古，俄羅斯和朝鮮；南面有越南、寮國、泰國和菲律賓；西面和西南面有緬甸、印度、尼泊爾、不丹和巴基斯坦；東面有日本，與中國隔海相望。
③中國幅員遼闊，有九百六十萬平方千米。
④它有34個省、直轄市和自治區。首都是北京，位於華北。
⑤中國是世界上最大的國家之一。現在，它有12多億人口，占世界人口的四分之一。
【作文示範】
China
The People＇s Republic of China is a socialism country with its own characteristics. It is one of the developing countries.
China lies in the east of Asia. It has a number of neighboring countries. To the north, northeast and northwest are the Mongolia, Russia and Korea. To the south are Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and the Philippine. To the west and southwest are India, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. To the east is Japan, which faces China across the East China Sea.
China is a country with a vast territory①. It has an area of over 9,600,000 square kilometers. It consists of 34 provinces, autonomous regions②, and municipalities directly under the Central Covernment③. Beijing, which is situated in the North China, is its capital.
The People＇s Republic of China is one of the largest countries in the world. Now it has a population of more than 1.2 billion, making up a quarter of the world population.
【詞語解釋】
①territory[＇terit+ri]n．領土
②autonomous region[&:＇t&n+m+s ＇ri:DN+n]自治區
③municipality[mju:?nisi＇p$l+ti]n．市；自治城市；municipalities directly under the Central Government 直轄市
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1）介紹一個國家的情況可以從多方面展開。本文介紹的是中國的概況，即它的性質、地理位置、周圍的鄰邦、領土大小、行政區劃、人口多少等。這類文章也可以介紹一個國家的歷史、文化、民族等情況。
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②have a population of, Its population is…, The population of … is…, have a large ( small ) population
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