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1、关于加拿大的趣事1.TheborderbetweenCanadaandtheUnitedStatesiscalledthe“InternationalBoundary”.Itisthelongestborderbetweentwonations:8,890kilometers.2.At9,984,670squarekilometers,Canadaisthesecondlargestcountryintheworld,rightafterRussia.3.Canadahasthelongestcoastline
2、ofanycountryintheworldat243,000miles.Canadacontains9%oftheworld'srenewablewatersupply.4.TheofficiallanguagesofCanadaareEnglishandFrench.Quebecisthe'Frenchcity'ofCanada.5.BasketballwasinventedbyaCanadiannamedJamesNaismith,whileteachingphysicaleducationtohisst
3、udents.6.Canadaistheworld’slargestproducerofmaplesyrup.YoucanseethatthemapleleafisasymbolinCanada'sflag.7.IcehockeyisCanada'sofficialnationalgame.ThemoderngameoficehockeywasdevelopedinCanada.Anotherpopulargameislacrosse.8.Canadaisamajorproducerandconsumerofc
4、heese.Cheddarcheeseisthemostpopularone.Canadiansconsumemoremacaroniandcheesethananyothernationonearth.9.AblackbearcubfromCanadanamedWinnipeg(nickname“Winnie”)becametheinspirationforthestoriesofWinnie-the-Pooh,writtenbyA.A.Milne.Hewasinspiredbecausehisson,Chr
5、istopherRobinMilne,reallylikedthebear.10.TheWestEdmontonMallinEdmonton,Alberta,wasoncetheworld'slargestshoppingmall.Itnowranksfifth,butitstillcontainstheworld'slargestindooramusementpark.11.ForestscoverhalfofCanadaandonetenthofalltheworld’sforestsarethere.12
6、.TheTrans-CanadaHighwayisover7,604kilometersinlengthandisthelongestnationalhighwayintheentireworld.13.TheRoyalCanadianMountedPolice(RCMP),commonlyknownasMounties,isthenationalpoliceforceofCanada,andoneofthemostrecognizedofitskindintheworld.14.Accordingtostud
7、iesandresearch,Vancouver,BritishColumbiainCanadaistiedwithZurich,Switzerlandforhavingthehighestqualityoflifeofanyothercity.Canadaoverallhasgotthehighestqualityoflifeintheworld,makingitanidealplacetolive.15.CelebritiessuchasJustinBieber,Drake,AvrilLavigne,Jim
8、Carrey,andCelineDionareallCanadians!
