旅游英语结业报告

课程结业报告课程名称：涉外旅游英语文化教程学号：08091201姓名:习琴芳老师:韩娇阳2011年6月12日Partone:abriefintroductionofthecourseThisbookfocusesonbriefintroductionofglobalculturetourismanduniquenessofdifferentcountries.Ithassixchapters,eachofwhichcanbedividedintothreeparts:briefintroduction,cultureandtourism.1.ChapteroneintroducethetourismandcultureofAsia.Asiaistheworld'slargestandmostpopulouscontinent,locatedprimarilyintheeasternandnorthernhemispheres.Itcovers8.6%oftheEarth'stotalsurfacearea(or29.9%ofitslandarea)andwithapproximately4billionpeople,ithosts60%oftheworld'scurrenthumanpopulation.Duringthe20thcenturyAsia'spopulationnearlyquadrupled.AsiaistraditionallydefinedaspartofthelandmassofEurasia—withthewesternportionofthelatteroccupiedbyEurope—locatedtotheeastoftheSuezCanal,eastoftheUralMountainsandsouthoftheCaucasusMountains(ortheKuma-ManychDepressionandtheCaspianandBlackSeas.ItisboundedontheeastbythePacificOcean,onthesouthbytheIndianOceanandonthenorthbytheArcticOcean.Givenitssizeanddiversity,Asia—atoponymdatingbacktoclassicalantiquity—ismoreaculturalconceptincorporatinganumberofregionsandpeoplesthanahomogeneousphysicalentity(seeSubregionsofAsia,Asianpeople).ThewealthofAsiadiffersverywidelyamongandwithinitsregions,duetoitsvastsizeandhugerangeofdifferentethnicgroups,cultures,environments,historicaltiesandgovernmentsystems.Asiahasbeenthehistoricalbirthplaceofallmajorworldreligions.2ChaptertwointroducethetourismandcultureofEuropeEuropeisthesixthlargestcontinentinsizeandthethirdlargestinpopulation.ItisborderedbytheMediterraneanSeatothesouth,Asiatotheeast,andtheAtlanticOceantotheWest.EuropeisawealthycontinentandisthecenteroftheWestandWesternDemocracy.Europehasbeenthehometosomeoftheearth’sgreatestcivilizationsfromAncientGreecetotheRomanEmpire.Itisalsothehometothebirthofdemocracy.Europehasalsobeenthecentralpointtwoofthebiggestwarsinmodernhistory:WWIandWWII.RecentlyEuropehasunitedunderthecommonunioncalledtheEuropeanUnion.ThisunionallowsindependentEuropeancountriestohaveasinglecurrencyandtocombinetheireconomicandmilitarypower.Europeistheworld’ssecond-smallestcontinentintermsofarea,coveringabout10,180.000squarekilometersor2%oftheearth’ssurface.Ithostsalargenumberofsovereignstates,whosepreciseamountdependsontheunderlyingdefinitionofEurope’sborder,aswellasonthein-orexclusiveofsemi-recognizedstates.OfallEuropeancountries,Russiaisthelargestbybothareaandpopulation,whiletheVaticanisthesmallest.EuropeisthethirdmostpopulouscontinentafterAsiaandAfricawithapopulationof710,000,000orabout11%oftheworld’spopulation.However,Europe’sborderandpopulationareindispute,asthetermcontinentcanrefertoaculturalandpoliticaldistinctionorphysiographicone.3ChapterthreeintroducethetourismandcultureofAfricaAfricaistheworld'ssecond-largestandsecondmost-populouscontinent,afterAsia.Atabout30.2millionkm²(11.7millionsqmi)includingadjacentislands,itcovers6%oftheEarth'stotalsurfaceareaand20.4%ofthetotallandarea.With1.0billionpeople(asof2009,seetable)in61territories,itaccountsforabout14.72%oftheworld'shumanpopulation.ThecontinentissurroundedbytheMediterraneanSeatothenorth,boththeSuezCanalandtheRedSeaalongtheSinaiPeninsulatothenortheast,theIndianOceantothesoutheast,andtheAtlanticOceantothewest.Thecontinenthas54sovereignstates,includingMadagascarandvariousislandgroups.Africa,particularlycentralEasternAfrica,iswidelyregardedwithinthescientificcommunitytobetheoriginofhumansandtheHominidaeclade(greatapes),asevidencedbythediscoveryoftheearliesthominidsandtheirancestors,aswellaslateronesthathavebeendatedtoaroundsevenmillionyearsago–includingSahelanthropustchadensis,Australopithecusafricanus,A.afarensis,Homoerectus,H.habilisandH.ergaster–withtheearliestHomosapiens(modernhuman)foundinEthiopiabeingdatedtocirca200,000yearsago.Africastraddlestheequatorandencompassesnumerousclimateareas;itistheonlycontinenttostretchfromthenortherntemperatetosoutherntemperatezones.TheAfricanexpectedeconomicgrowthrateisatabout5.0%for2010and5.5%in20114ChapterfourintroducethetourismandcultureofNorthAmericaNorthAmericaisthethirdlargestcontinentinareaandthefourtjrankedinpopulation.ItisboundedonthenorthbytheArcticOcean,onthesouthbytheCaribbeanSea,andonthewestbytheNorthPacificOcean.Itcoversanareaof9,355,000squaremiles.AsofJuly2008,itspopulationwasestimatedatnearly529millionpeople.NorthAmericaoccupiesthenorthernportionofthelandmassgenerallyreferredtoastheNewWorld,theWesternHemisphere,theAmericas,orsimplyAmerica.NorthernAmerica’sonlylandconnectionistoSouthAmericaatthenarrowIsthmusofPanama.Accordingtosomeauthorities,NorthAmericabeginsnotattheIsthmusofPanamabutatthenarrowscentralAmericaasasubcontinentorregionofNorthernAmerica.Thecontinentisfilledwithhistory,culture,touristattraction,andactivities,avacationtoAmericaofferstouriststheopportunitytoexperienceseveralculturesandexploreawidevarietyofsightsandactivities.ThemajortwocountriesofNorthernAmerica;theUnitedStatesandCanadaofferhundredsofexcitingtouristlocations.5chapterfiveintroducethetourismandcultureofSouthAmericaSouthAmericaisthefourthlargestcontinentinsizeandthefifthlargestinpo