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.WorldWarⅠandWorldWarⅡledtoadeclineinEuropeandominanceinworldaffairs.InEurope,there'remanygreatcities.Andinthismodule,we'lllearnalotaboutthemandthey'llimpressusdeeply.1．globalaffairs全球事务2．colonizationn.殖民3．declinen.下降，减少4．dominancen.统治，支配1．Whydoesthewriterwritethetext?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2．WhichtwocontinentshavealargerpopulationthanEurope?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________【答案】1.TointroduceEuropetous.2．AsiaandAfrica.
