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1、实用阶梯英语阅读教程(旅游篇I)Unit3EthnicMinoritiesSectionAIntensiveReadingTheGreatFamlilyofNationalititesChinaisalargecountrynotedforitsdensepopulationandvastterritory.Asalargeunitedmulti-nationalstate,Chinaiscomposedof56ethnicgroups.AmongthemHanChineseaccountfor91.59%oftheoverallChinesepopulationand
2、theother55makeuptheremaining8.41%accordingtotheFifthNationalPopulationCensusof2000.Therelationshipsbetweenthedifferentethnicgroupshavebeenformedovermanyyears.HanPeopleandtheother55Chineseethnicminoritiesarelivingunderharmony.SectionAHanPeopleWithapopulationof1159.4million,theHanpeoplecan
3、befoundinalmosteverypartofChina.However,theymainlyliveinthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheYellowRiver,YangtzeRiverandthePearlRiver,andalsointheNortheastPlainRegion(SongliaoPlain).TheyformthelargestethnicgroupnotonlyinChinabutalsointheworld.Foryears,theHanpeopletogetherwithotherChineseethnicmi
4、noritieslivedmainlyonagriculture,andmadeoutstandingachievementsinthespheresofpolitics,philosophy,art,literatureandnaturalscience.TheHanpeoplehavetheirowndistinctivewayoflife.Forinstance,festivalsofHanpeoplearerichandcolorful.SectionAFifty-fiveEthnicMinoritiesThedefiningelementsofanethnic
5、grouparelanguage,homeland,andsocialvalues.53ethnicgroupsusespokenlanguagesoftheirown,and23ethnicgroupshavetheirownwrittenlanguages.AlthoughtheymakeuponlyasmallproportionoftheoverallChinesepopulation,the55minorityethnicgroupsaredistributedextensivelythroughoutdifferentregionsofChina.There
6、gionswheretheyaremostconcentratedareSouthwestChina,NorthwestChinaandNortheastChina.ThegreatestnumberofminoritiescanbefoundinYunnanProvince(25ethnicgroups).Zhuanghasthelargestpopulationofminorityethnicgroups.Besides,thepopulationsoftheethnicgroupsvarygreatlyfromonetoanother.Forexample,the
7、Zhuanghasapopulationof17million,farmorethanthatoftheHezhe,numberingonlysome4,600.WhatspecialfestivalsdoestheZhuangminorityhave?BesidessharingsimilarfestivalswiththeHan,theZhuangminorityhasitsuniqueones,includingtheDevilFestival,theOxSoulFestivalandtheSingingFestival.Secti