众所周知，2014年世界杯是在巴西举办的。巴西是南美洲最大的国家，其官方语言为葡萄牙语。巴西的第一大城市是圣保罗，第二大城市为里约热内卢，首都是巴西利亚。巴西是热带雨林的故乡，著名的救世主基督像也坐落于此。巴西的国旗由绿黄蓝三种颜色组成，这三种颜色分别代表着雨林、金矿和天空。巴西也是桑巴舞和卡泼卫勒舞的起源地。狂欢节是巴西最大的庆典活动。
Brazil was the home of this year’s World Cup. Brazil is the biggest country in South America. The national language is Portuguese. The largest cities in Brazil are Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and the capital is Brasilia. It is home to the Amazon Rainforest and Christ, the Redeemer. The colors of the flag are green, yellow and blue. These colors represent the forest, the gold and the sky. It is where Samba and Capoeira developed. Carnival is Brazil’s biggest celebration.
2014 世界杯
亚马逊雨林
巴西国旗
狂欢节
巴西也是“金砖四国”成员国之一（该组织另外三个成员国分别为俄罗斯、印度和中国），它是世界上最大的民主国家之一。吉赛尔·邦辰, 世界最著名的超模之一, 即为巴西人。
Brazil is also a member of the BRIC organization Brazil,, Russia, India, China. It is one of the largest democracies in the world. One of the world’s most famous supermodels Gisele Bundchen is from Brazil.
吉赛尔·邦辰
Elementary words
Intermediate/advanced words
- 众所周知 As Everyone knows
- 举办 to host
- 故乡 homeland
- 著名 world famous
- 坐落 is located in
- 组成 make up, constitute, form
- 代表 represent
- 起源地 area of origin
- 成员国 member state/ member Country
- 庆典 celebration
- 民主 democratic
- 超模 Supermodel
