英语听力教程第三版(张民伦主编)unit4haveanicetrip听力原文.pdfVIP

Listen this way 听力教程第三册 -4 Unit 4 Have a Nice Trip Part I Getting ready Audioscript: ★ Australia is the worlds largest island and its smallest continent. Its total area of 3 000 000 square miles is about the same as that of the continental United States (excluding Alaska). ★ The area of Nepal is about 54 000 square miles. Within its borders are five of the worlds highest peaks. ★ Switzerland is a small, landlocked country, 15 944 square miles in area. Its bordered by France, Austria, and Italy. ★ More than 20 000 000 people live in Argentine. About 97 percent are of European stock. Most Argentines live on the eastern plains. Fewer than 19% live in the dry western and northwestern provinces. ★ Austria is 32 376 square miles in area. This makes it twice the size of neighboring Switzerland. There are about 7 150 000 people living in Austria. More than one third of the people live in or near Vienna, the capital city. ★ Colombia is the only country in South America with a coastline on both sides of the continent. It is a big country with an area of 439 828 square miles and about 16 300 000 persons live in Colombia. ★ Saudi Arabias area is estimated to be about 830 000 square miles. Almost all of Saudi Arabias 7 000 000 people are Arabs. Today Saudi Arabias vast oil resources are paying for the modernization of the country. Conditions there are changing more rapidly than they have for centuries. ★ Denmark proper has an area of only 16 575 square miles. It is the smallest of the Scandinavian countries -- Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But Denmarks population of over 4 600 000 is greater than that of Norway and more than half that of Sweden. Part II Canada Audioscript: Thank you for calling the Daily News Information line on Canada. Canada is a huge country, second in size only to the former Soviet Union. Yet it has only 26 million people, which is less than