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1、GreatEuropeanCitiesPARISParisisthecapitalandlargestcityofFrance,situatedonRiverSeine.Itisoneofthemostbeautifulcitiesintheworldandisvisitedbymorethaneightmilliontouristseveryyear.ThemostpopularplacefortouristsistheEiffelTower,thefamoussymbolofParis.Oneoftheworld’slargestartgall
2、eries,theLouvre,isalsolocatedinParis.ThecityisalsolocatedinParis.Thecityisalsofamousforitsrestaurants,cafesandtheatres.Abouttwo-thirdsofFrance’sartistsandwritersliveinParis.BARCELONABarcelonaisthesecondlargestcityofSpainandissituatedonthenortheastcoast,aboutfivehundredkilometr
3、eseastoftheSpanishcapital,Madrid.OneofBarcelona’smostfamouslandmarksistheChurchofSagradaFamilia,whichwasdesignedbyanarchitectcalledAntonioGaudi.Gaudiworkedontheprojectfrom1882untilhisdeathin1926.Thechurchhasn’tbeenfinishedyet!FLORENCEFlorenceisanItaliancitywhichbecamefamousbec
4、auseoftheRenaissance,agreatartisticmovementwhichbeganinthe1300sandlastedforthreehundredears.DuringtheRenaissance,someofthegreatestpaintersofalltimelivedandworkedinFlorence.ManyofFlorence’smostbeautifulpaintingsandsculptureswereproducedbygreatartistssuchasLeonardodaVinciandMich
5、elangelo.Florenceisvisitedeachyearbyaboutamilliontouristswhocometoseetheartgalleries,churchesandmuseums.TheUffiziPalaceisthemostfamousartgalleryinthecity.ATHENSAthens,thecapitalofGreece,isknownasthebirthplaceofwesterncivilization.Twothousandfourhundredyearsago,itwastheworld’sm
6、ostpowerfulcity.BuildingssuchastheParthenonontheAcropolisHillwerebuiltduringthisperiod.Greece’sbestwriterslivedinancientAthens.Theirworkhasinfluencedotherwriterseversince.TheHumanDevelopmentReportIntheyear2000,147worldleadersagreedtoworktogethertoreducepovertyby2015orearlier.F
7、romthisagreementcametheHumanDevelopmentReport.OneofthemostimportantsectionsofthisreportistheHumanDevelopmentIndex.Thisexaminestheachievementsof175countries.TheIndexmeasuresacountry’sachievementsinthreeways:lifeexpectancy(howlongpeopleusuallylive),educationandincome.Theindexhas
8、somesurprises.Norwayisatthetopofthelist,whiletheUSisatnumber7
