VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

climate (n)-气候,the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place
E.g.: a mild/temperate/warm/wet climate 温和的 / 暖和的 / 温暖的 / 潮湿的气候

topography

population growth人口增长

population density人口密度
density (n): 1-the number of people or things in a place when compared with the size of the place:
E.g.: The area has a high/low population density.

time zone (n): 时区
E.g.: Shanghai and Bangkok (曼谷)are not in the same time zone

continent (n)-大洲,one of the seven large land masses on the earth’s surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries:E..g: the North American continent
E.g.: the continents of Asia and Africa

border (n): 1- the line that divides one country from another:
E.g.: Mongolia shares its land borders with China and Russia
borders can be -sea and land borders

border(v):1-to be next to and have a border with another country:
E.g.: North Korea borders China and South Korea.

Russia’s capital city is Moscow

prime minister首相
Li Keqiang is prime minister of China