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1、TheAustraliaAsweknow,Australiaisarichandbeautifulcountry.Nowletmeleadyoutothebeautifulcountry.Itlyinginthesouthernhemisphere.“Australia”thisword,itmeanssouthcontinent.TheEuropeanfoundthiscontinent,theymistakeforthisisapieceofcontinentconnectwiththesouthpoledirectly.The“Australia”alsochangebyt
2、helatin“terraustralis”.Itistheolnynationtogovernanentirecontinentandoutlyinglands,Asthesixthlargestnation,ithasarelativelysmallpopulationofover20million,mostofwhichareofbritishdescentOn26thJanuary1788,Britainsentthefirstfleetof11shipscarringabout1,500people,halfofwhomwereconvictstothere.From1
3、788to1868,about160,000menandwomenwerebroughttoAustraliaasconvicts.ThenthepeopleofAustraliatreatthisdayasthenationalday.Australiaisoneoftheworld’smosturbanisedcountries,withabout92%ofonethepopulationlivingincities.It’scapitalisCanberra,andthelargestcityisSydney.Canberraisayoungbeautifulcity,an
4、dtheSydneyisthelargestcityinAustralia,itisAustraliabuiness,trade,finace,tourimandculturalcenter.SydneyinAustraliaisveryimportantofnationaleconomy,theGDPaccoutingforabout30%ofAustralia.Australiahasanenviable,strongeconomywithapercapitalGDPonaparwiththefourdominantwesternEuropeaneconomies.Ithav
5、eabundentnaturalresources,includingnaturalgasandoilbauxiteLvTu,alumina,diamond,lead,taandsoon.Amongthem,bauxiteworldreservefirst.Inaddition,Australiaalsoisabigagriculturecountry,itisoneoftheworld’smajorexportersofagricultureproduct,exportinglargequanlitiesofcerealsdailyproducts,meat,sugar,cot
6、tonandfriut.Althoughitsagriculturesectoraccountsforlessthan4%ofGDP,it’sstillaccountsforaboutonthirdofitsexportincome.So,it’speopleenjoyahighstandard.Australia’scommonwealthisfederation,withBritish’smonarchasitmonach,representedbytheGovernor-Gnenralandsixstategovernors.The2009级英语教育专业《英语国家概况》小论
7、文第页共页Governor-GnenralwasappointedbymonachandGovernor-GnenralappointPrimeMinister.Generally,Thetermofofficeofthegovernmentforthreeyears.TherearemanypoliticalpartiesinAustralia,whichAustralialabourParty,LiberalParty,NationalParty,AustraliaDemoc
