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1、山东省临淄外国语实验学校八年级英语下册Unit1Singapore写作素材鲁教版Singapore,officiallytheRepublicofSingapore,isanislandcountrylocatedatthesoutherntipoftheMalayPeninsula.Itlies137kilometres(85mi)northoftheequator,southoftheMalaysianstateofJohorandnorthofIndonesia'sRiauIslands.At707.1km2(273.0sqmi
2、),Singaporeisoneoffourremainingtruecity-statesintheworld.ItisthesmallestnationinSoutheastAsia.PriortoEuropeansettlement,theislandnowknownasSingaporewasthesiteofaMalayfishingvillageatthemouthoftheSingaporeRiver.SeveralhundredindigenousOrangLautpeoplealsolivedalongthenear
3、bycoast,riversandonsmallerislands.In1819theBritishEastIndiaCompanyestablishedatradingpostontheisland,whichwasusedthereafterasastrategictradingpostalongthespiceroute.[4]SingaporewouldbecomeoneofthemostimportantcommercialandmilitarycentresoftheBritishEmpire,andthehubofBri
4、tishpowerinSoutheastAsia.ThecitywasoccupiedbytheJapaneseduringWorldWarII,whichWinstonChurchillcalled"Britain'sgreatestdefeat".[5]SingaporerevertedtoBritishruleimmediatelypostwar,in1945.Eighteenyearslaterthecity,havingachievedindependencefromBritain,mergedwithMalaya,Saba
5、handSarawaktoformMalaysia.However,lessthantwoyearslateritsecededfromthefederationandbecameanindependentrepublicon9August1965.SingaporejoinedtheUnitedNationson21Septemberthatsameyear.ItisalsoamemberoftheCommonwealthofNations.Sinceindependence,Singapore'sstandardoflivingh
6、asbeenontherise.Foreigndirectinvestmentandastate-leddrivetoindustrialisationbasedonplansdrawnupbytheDutcheconomistAlbertWinsemiushavecreatedamoderneconomyfocusedonelectronicsmanufacturing,petrochemicals,tourismandfinancialservicesalongsidetraditionalentrepôttrade.[citat
7、ionneeded]Singaporeisthe8thwealthiestcountryintheworldintermsofGDPpercapita.[6]ThissmallnationhasforeignexchangereservesofmorethanUS$177billion.[7]ThepopulationofSingaporeisapproximately4.84million.[2]ThoughSingaporeishighlycosmopolitananddiverse,ethnicChineseformthemaj
8、orityofthepopulation.Englishistheadministrativelanguageofthecountry.TheConstitutionoftheRepublicofSingaporeest
