Module1Europe一提及景色壮美的阿尔卑斯山,闻名遐迩的伦敦桥,雅典神庙……我们就被带往那一片富饶且充满生机与活力的沃土——欧洲
但是,你了解欧洲吗
就让我们通过下面这篇短文去了解一下吧
EuropeisoneoftheseventraditionalcontinentsoftheEarth,theworld'ssecondsmallestcontinentintermsofarea,coveringanareaofabout10,160,000squarekilometersor2%oftheEarth'ssurface
OfallEuropeancountries,Russiaisthelargestbybothareaandpopulation,whiletheVaticanisthesmallest
EuropeisthethirdmostpopulouscontinentafterAsiaandAfricawithapopulationofabout728,000,000(2011)orabout11%oftheworld'spopulation
Europeisthebirthplaceofwesternculture
Europeannationsplayedanimportantroleinglobalaffairsfromthe16thcenturyonwards,especiallyafterthebeginningofcolonization
Bythe17thand18thcenturies,EuropeannationscontrolledmostofAfrica,America,andlargepartofAsia
WorldWarⅠandWorldWarⅡledtoadeclineinEuropeandominanceinworldaf