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1、Module1Europe-reading素材Section1BackgroundreadingsforModule11.GreeceGreeceoccupiesthesouthernmostpartoftheBalkanPeninsula.Athensisitscapitalandlargestcity.2.LisbonLisbon,capitalofPortugal.LisbonisPortugal'slargestcityanditscultural,administrative,commercial,andindustrialhub.Ithasoneo
2、fthebestharborsinEurope,handlingalargetrade,andithasbecomeamajorcruiseport.3.PortugalPortugal,officiallyPortugueseRepublic.PortugalisborderedbySpainontheeastandnorthandbytheAtlanticOceanonthewestandsouth.ThecapitalandbyfarthelargestcityisLisbon.4.IrelandIrelandisthethird-largestisla
3、ndinEurope.ItliesintheAtlanticOceanandispartoftheBritishIsles.5.ScotlandScotland,politicaldivisionofGreatBritain,comprisingthenorthernportionoftheislandofGreatBritainandmanysurroundingislands.6.WalesWalesisacountryandoneofthefourconstituentpartsoftheUnitedKingdom(alongwithEngland,Sc
4、otland,andNorthernIreland).Walesislocatedinthesouth-westofGreatBritain.7.MediterraneanAmediterraneansea,inoceanography,isamostlyenclosedseathathaslimitedexchangeofdeepwaterwithouteroceansandwherethewatercirculationisdominatedbysalinityandtemperaturedifferencesratherthanwinds.8.Alps-
5、3-Alps,greatmountainsystemofScentralEurope,c.500mi(800km)longandc.100mi(160km)wide.TheAlpsformthewatershedofmanyofEurope'srivers,includingtheRhine,theRhône,thePo,andtheDanube.9.SeineTheSeineisamajorriverofnorthernFrance,andoneofitscommercialwaterways.Itisalsoatouristattraction,parti
6、cularlywithinthecityofParis.10.EiffelTowerTheEiffelTowerisanirontowerbuiltontheChampdeMars,besidetheRiverSeine,inParis,France.ItisthemostfamousParislandmarkandisusedasasymbolofthecity.Atthetimeofitsconstructionin1889itwasthetallestbuildingintheworld,andremainedsountil1930.Namedafter
7、itsdesigner,engineerGustaveEiffel,itisapremiertouristdestination,withover5.5millionvisitorsperyear.11.LouvreTheLouvreMuseuminParis,France,isoneofthelargestandmostfamousmuseumsintheworld.Thebuilding,aformerroyalpalace,liesinthecentreofParis,betweentheSeineRiverandtheRuedeRivoli.Itsce
8、ntralcourtyard,nowo
