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1、TheKingdomoftheNetherlandsPositionTheNetherlandsislocatedinWesternEurope,inthesouthisBelgiumandeastisGermany,Location【国名】荷兰王国，通称荷兰TheKingdomoftheNetherlandsThefulltitleofNetherlandsisthe“KingdomoftheNetherlands”,“Netherlands”intheGermanlanguageiscalled“Holland”，whichmeans"thelo
2、w-lyingcountry",theKingdomoftheHollandisonlyabiggestprovinceinthekingdomoftheNetherlands,thereforetheancienttimesChinasaidthatitsaid“Holland”,thisnamehascontinuedtouseuntilnow.【国名释义】荷兰全称为“荷兰王国”，“荷兰”在日耳曼语中叫尼德兰，意为“低地之国”，荷兰只是尼德兰王国的一个最大的省，所以古代中国就称之曰“荷兰”，该称呼一直沿用至今。country-wide:遍及全国的
3、low-lying:低的Nationalflag:Nationalemblem:Nationalflower:tulipNationalbirds：spoonbill(琵鹭)Hollandis7,494squarekilometers(landandwaterincluded),makingitroughly13%oftheareaoftheNetherlands.Lookingatlandalone,itis5,488squarekilometersinsize.Thecombinedpopulationis6.1million.TheNether
4、landsisageographicallylow-lyingcountry,withabout27%ofitsareaand60%ofitspopulationlocatedbelowsealevel.Majorcities:Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹),thecapital,population835,000(2001).TheHague（海牙）,theseatofgovernment,population485,000(2001).TheimportantportcityofRotterdam（鹿特丹港市）,population592,59
5、7(2000).TheNetherlandsisadenselypopulatedcountry.Itisknownforitswindmills,tulips,clogs（木屐）,delftware（代夫特陶瓷）,Goudacheese（高德干酪）,visualartists,bicycles,gaymarriageCoasterDiamondFactoryTulipParkWindmillVillageDamSquareCultureandCustomsinTheNetherlandsFoundedin1614,theUniversityofGr
6、oningenenjoysaninternationalreputationasoneoftheoldestandleadingresearchuniversitiesinEurope.LocatedinthenorthoftheNetherlands,Groningenisanideal,safestudentcitywithaflourishingstudentlife.TheUniversityofGroningenisinthetop3ofEuropeanresearchuniversitiesinthefieldsof:Ecology,Ma
7、terialSciences,ChemistryandAstronomyEveryyearmorethan5,000researchpublicationsgotoprintandanaverageof260PhDstudentsareawardedtheirPhDdegree.LeidenUniversity,locatedinthecityofLeiden,istheoldestuniversityintheNetherlands.Theuniversitywasfoundedin1575byWilliam,PrinceofOrange,lead
8、eroftheDutchRevoltintheEightyYears'War.LeidenUniversit
