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Geographic Position（地舆方位）
中我国公民共和国简称我国。它位于北半球，在全球最大的大陆——欧亚大陆的东部和全球最大的海洋——和平洋的西岸，西南面距印度洋不远。
我国邦畿广阔，陆地总面积约为960万
平方公里，约占全球陆地上积的1/15，亚洲面积的1/4。在世界各国中，我国的面积仅次于俄罗斯和加拿大，居第3位。
身为我国人的你可以对祖国的地舆方位并不陌生，可是你晓得怎么用英语来介绍自个祖国的方位吗？那么就来看下面的介绍吧。
1 我国地舆方位常识介绍
The People's Republic of China is located in the eastern part of the Asian continent, on the western Pacific rim. It is a vast land, covering 9.6 million square kilometers. China is approximately seventeen times the size of France, 1 million square kilometers smaller than all of Europe, and 600,000 square kilometers smaller than Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the south and central Pacific). Additional offshore territory, including territorial waters, special economic areas, and the continental shelf, totals over 3 million square kilometers, bringing China's overall territory to almost 13 million square kilometers.
Western China's Himalayan Mountains are often referred to as the roof of the world. Mount Qomolangma (known to the West as Mount Everest), over 8,800 meters in height, is the roof's highest peak. China stretches from its westernmost point on the Pamir Plateau to the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers, 5,200 kilometers to the east.
When inhabitants of eastern China are greeting the dawn, people in western China still face four more hours of darkness. The northernmost point in China is located at the midpoint of the-Heilongjiang River, north of Mohe in Heilongjiang Province. The southernmost point is located at Zengmu'ansha in the Nansha Islands, approximately 5,500 kilometers away. When northern China is still gripped in a world of ice and snow, 
flowers are already blooming in the balmy south. The Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea border China to the east and south, together forming a vast maritime area. The Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea connect directly with the Pacific Ocean, while the Bohai Sea, embraced between the two "arms" of the Liaodong and Shandong peninsulas, forms an inland sea. China's maritime territory includes 5,400 islands, which have a total area of 80,000 square kilometers. The two largest islands, Taiwan and Hainan, cover 36,000 square kilometers and 34,000 square kilometers respectively.
From north to south, China's ocean straits consist of the Bohai, Taiwan, Bashi, and Qiongzhou Straits. China possesses 20,000 kilometers of land border, plus 18,000 kilometers of coastline. Setting out from
any point on China's border and making a complete circuit back to the starting point, the distance traveled would be equivalent to circling the globe at the equator.
2 与地舆方位有关的术语
1．可以会用到的词汇、短语及有关常识
across, border, continent, face (v), landmark, lie, locate, mountain range, situate
描绘方位的用语：in, on, between, in the middle of, on the coast of, off the coast of, on the left, on the right, in front of, behind, near, next to, opposite, above, below, in the south of, to the east of
2．以east为例, 方位标明办法如下
（1）in the east标明咱们日子中和地舆方位上的必定方向，如The sun rises in the east and sets in the west。
（2）on the east标明某事物位于另一事物所朝的方向，这儿的方向指相对，如China faces the Pacific on the east。
（3）in\to\on\at the east of
◆A在B规模之内，要标明A在B的东部，用A is
in the east of B。
◆A在B规模之外，要标明A在B的东方，用A lies to the east of B。
◆A与B相接，要标明A在B的东侧，用A is on the east of B。
◆假定把方位词看作一个全体，或许当作一个地址，就用Ais at the east of B, 如：There was a big battle at the north of the Liaodong Peninsula. 在辽东半岛的北边有一场大战。
◆假定标明A位于B东面100公里处，既可以说A lies 100km to the east of B, 也可以说Alies 100km east of B。
（4）要标明方位“倾向”一般用by，如正南偏东：south by east。
3 让咱们谈谈我国的地舆方位
Ann: Guess! Guess! Guess! What is yourgift? 安妮：猜，猜，猜，我给你带来了啥？
Lily: It's a book, right? 莉莉：一本书，对吗？
Ann: Absolutely right, but do you know what kind it is? It's a magazine. 安妮：完全正确，但你晓得是啥类型的吗？是本杂志。
Lily: Oh, my god, it's National Geographic. I love it so much. Thank you. 莉莉：哦，天啊，是《国家地舆》，我太爱它了，谢谢。
Ann: Before the party
begins, you can read it in advance. 安妮：在派对初步之前，你可以先看看。
Lily: Fine. It's an old one. This book is about Tibet and it was put out very early. 莉莉：好的，这是旧的，这本书是关于西藏的，很早就出书了。
Ann: Because I know you like to read and collect it, so I asked some senior friends whether someone had National Geographic. 安妮：因为我晓得你喜爱读，喜爱搜集，所以我问了一些年长一点的兄弟是不是有《国家地舆》。
Lily: Who was the owner of this magazine? 莉莉：这是谁的呢？
Ann: Do you remember the old man we both know near the town? The other day I went to visit him and mentioned that I was looking for an old NG. 安妮：你是不是还记住咱们都知道的在镇上的那个老爷爷？那天我去造访他，说到了正在找一本旧的《国家地舆》。
Lily: So he gave this one to you. Great. I can know more about China. 莉莉：所以他就给你这本了。太好了，我可以晓得更多我国的作业。
Ann: OK, since you are so interested in China, tell me something about Geographic Position of China. 安妮：好吧，已然你对我国那么感快乐喜爱，那你告诉我一些我国地舆方位的东西吧。
Lily: It is a vast land, covering 9.6 million square kilometers. China is approximately seventeen times the size of France, 1 million square kilometers smaller than all of Europe. 莉莉：我国地域广大，面积有960万平方公里，大约是法国的17倍，只比整个欧洲小一百万平方公里。
Ann: You are amazing and remember every number. 安妮：你太凶狠了，你还记住那么大都字。
Lily: Hey, remember I am quite interested in it. If you have any question about China's geographic position, I am just the walking dictionary. 莉莉：嘿，记住了，我对这些很感快乐喜爱。假定你有任何关于我国地舆方位的疑问，我就是个活字典。
Ann: OK, OK, somebody is boasting herself. 安妮：好啦，好啦，有人在大吹大擂啦。
4 再多学点单词吧！
★continent n. 大陆，陆地
Africa is a continent.
非洲是个大陆。
★inhabitant n. 居民，居住者
The inhabitants of this island are very friendly.
这个岛上的居民很友善。
★territory n. 疆域，地图，领域
The war was carried into enemy territory.
战争已扩展到敌方疆域。
