国家英语介绍之加拿大English speaking.ppt

A New Trip To Canada Situation Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories[?terit?riz]. Located in the northern part of the continent[?k?ntin?nt], it extends from the Atlantic[?t?l?nt?k] Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9.9 million square kilometres. Canada is the worlds second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.加拿大是一个北美国家，由十个省和三个地区组成。位于北方大陆，它从大西洋东部延伸到太平洋西部，往北到北冰洋。跨越超过990万平方公里。加拿大是世界上区域占据第二，与美国共用的边界是世界上最长的陆地边界。 Flag of Canada The national flag of Canada,also known as the Maple [?meipl]Leaf,is a red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a stylized[?stailaizd] 11-pointed red maple leaf. The image of the maple leaf used on the flag was designed by Cyr.加拿大国旗，又称枫叶，在其中心有白色方形的红旗，具有程式化的11指出红色枫叶。雅克圣西尔设计形象标志并使用的枫叶。 五湖学院 多伦多大学 symbols Official symbols of Canada include the maple leaf, beaver, and the Canadian Horse. Many official symbols of the country such as the Flag of Canada have been changed or modified over the past few decades 加拿大的官方标志包括枫叶、海狸和加拿大的马。在过去的几十年里，这个国家许多官方的符号已经改变了许多，如加拿大的国旗。 Canadian art The arts have flourished[?fl?ri?] in Canada since the 20th century, and especially since the end of World War II in 1945 The works of most early Canadian painters followed European trends. A group of landscape painters called the Group of Seven developed the first distinctly Canadian style of painting. All these artists painted large, brilliantly coloured scenes of the Canadian wilderness. 自20世纪以来，特别是在1945年第二次世界大战结束以来，加拿大的艺术蓬勃发展。最早期的加拿大画家作品遵循欧洲的趋势。一组被称为七国集团的画家第一个显示着加拿大的绘画风格。所有的艺术家的画都大、描绘色彩鲜艳的场景或者加拿大的荒野。 Literature Canadian literature is often divided into French and English-language literature, which are rooted in the literary traditions of France and Britain, respectively. Canada’s literature, whether written in English or