mountain 大山

hill 小山

mountainous 多山的

hilly 小山起伏的

earth / globe 地球

hemisphere 半球

eastern hemisphere 東半球

western hemisphere 西半球

northern hemisphere 北半球

southern hemisphere 南半球

Geographically, this country is located in the southern hemisphere.

在地理上，這個(gè)國家位于南半球。

Geographically, Australia is located in the southern

hemisphere.

be located in = be in

China is in the northern hemisphere.

China is in Asia.

亞洲 Asia 歐洲 Europe 非洲 Africa

北美洲 North America 南美洲 South America

大洋洲 Oceania 南極洲 Antarctica

太平洋 Pacific Ocean 大西洋 Atlantic Ocean

印度洋 Indian Ocean 北冰洋 Arctic Ocean

It‘s a beautiful country with many large lakes.

這是一個(gè)有很多大湖的美麗國家。

名山大川 famous mountains and great rivers

泰山 Mount Tai

長江 Yangtze River

黃河 Yellow River

珠江 Pearl River

尼羅河 Nile River

亞馬遜河 Amazon River

熱帶 tropical area

電鰻 electronic eel

The western part of the country is very mountainous.

這個(gè)國家的西部是多山的。

The eastern part of the country is very flat.

The eastern part of the country is very hilly.

The land in this region is dry and parched.

這個(gè)地區(qū)的土地是干裂的。

moist 潮濕的

The land in the east is rich.

The land in the east is fertile.

The land in the west part of this country is very barren.

The mountain range has many high peaks and deep canyons. The scenery is very beautiful.

這條山脈有很多高峰和深谷，風(fēng)光美極了。

mountain range 山脈

peak 高峰

canyon 峽谷

scenery 風(fēng)景

Scenery is very beautiful.

Scenery is amazing.

Japan is made up of four large islands off the coast of Asia.

日本是由亞洲海岸外的四個(gè)大島組成的。

井 well

小溪 stream

池塘 pond

湖 lake

河 river

海 sea

洋 ocean

島 island

海灣 gulf

盆地 basin

高原 plateau

平原 plain

The ground here is stony and not good for farming.

這里的地面多石，不太適于合耕種。

The ground here is very flat and good for farming.

The ground here is very rich.

How far is it from the capital to that coastal city?

從首都到那個(gè)沿海城市有多遠(yuǎn)?

How far is it from A to B?

How far is it from the hotel to the airport?

How far is it from Beijing to Shanghai?

How far is it from China to US?

It‘s one hour flight.

It's 2 hours train ride

It's 10 minutes walk.

It's 20 minutes drive.

What‘s the longest river in the world?

世界上最長的河流是哪條?

What‘s the second largest river in the world?

What's the third largest river in the world?

It‘s Yangtse River of China.

As you travel westward, does the elevation get higher?

當(dāng)你向西部旅行時(shí)，海拔是不是逐漸變高了?

朝向 ward

westward eastward northward southward

forward backward toward

海拔 elevation

The elevation is 8848.

Mount Everest 珠穆朗瑪峰

What kind of climate do you have? Is it mild?

你們那邊的氣候怎樣?溫和嗎?

氣候 climate 天氣 weather

How‘s weather in Beijing?

How's weather in Shanghai?

How's weather in winter?

It‘s cold. It's warm and windy.

It's dry and hot. It's dry and scorching.

It's cool and cozy.

It‘s brief. It's short. It‘s very harsh.

臺風(fēng) typhoon 龍卷風(fēng) tornado

冰雹 hail 雪 snow 雨 rain

It looks like snow.

It looks like rain.

It‘s warm and sunny here. And there‘s a lot of rain.

這里的氣候溫暖而多陽光。雨水也很多。

sunny boy 運(yùn)動(dòng)男孩

What‘s the weather like today? It‘s a nice day.

今天天氣如何?今天天氣很好。

It‘s a nice day.

It's a lovely day.

It's a beautiful day.

The temperature has climbed to 32 degrees.

氣溫已經(jīng)上升到了32度。

temperature 溫度

degree 度

The weather forecast says there‘ll be showers this evening.

天氣預(yù)報(bào)說晚上會(huì)有陣雨。

shower 陣雨

storm 暴風(fēng)雨

thunder storm 雷暴

China is in the northern hemisphere. It is in the Asian continent. The land is dry and parched in the west part. In the east, it‘s rich and moist. China is a beautiful country. It has lots of famous mountains and great rivers. We have Yangtze river, yellow river and pearl river. We have a lot of famous mountains like the Mount Tai, Huangshan mountain, Songshan mountain. The weather in China is quite different from part to part. In the west, it‘s dry. In the east, it‘s moist and it‘s often raining. And in the north, it's very cold in winter. In the south, it‘s very hot in summer.