中国
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请用英语写一篇文章，简要介绍中国的概况。内容要点如下：
①中华人民共和国是一个有中国特色的社会主义国家。它是一个发展中国家。
②中国位于亚洲的东部，有许多邻国。北面和东北面有蒙古，俄罗斯和朝鲜；南面有越南、老挝、泰国和菲律宾；西面和西南面有缅甸、印度、尼泊尔、不丹和巴基斯坦；东面有日本，与中国隔海相望。
③中国幅员辽阔，有九百六十万平方千米。
④它有34个省、直辖市和自治区。首都是北京，位于华北。
⑤中国是世界上最大的国家之一。现在，它有12多亿人口，占世界人口的四分之一。
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China
The People＇s Republic of China is a socialism country with its own characteristics. It is one of the developing countries.
China lies in the east of Asia. It has a number of neighboring countries. To the north, northeast and northwest are the Mongolia, Russia and Korea. To the south are Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and the Philippine. To the west and southwest are India, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. To the east is Japan, which faces China across the East China Sea.
China is a country with a vast territory①. It has an area of over 9,600,000 square kilometers. It consists of 34 provinces, autonomous regions②, and municipalities directly under the Central Covernment③. Beijing, which is situated in the North China, is its capital.
The People＇s Republic of China is one of the largest countries in the world. Now it has a population of more than 1.2 billion, making up a quarter of the world population.
【词语解释】
①territory[＇terit+ri]n．领土
②autonomous region[&:＇t&n+m+s ＇ri:DN+n]自治区     
③municipality[mju:?nisi＇p$l+ti]n．市；自治城市；municipalities directly under the Central Government 直辖市
【写法指要】
1）介绍一个国家的情况可以从多方面展开。本文介绍的是中国的概况，即它的性质、地理位置、周围的邻邦、领土大小、行政区划、人口多少等。这类文章也可以介绍一个国家的历史、文化、民族等情况。
2）介绍国家、城市、村镇等时经常用到下列单词、短语和句型：
①lie, stand, sit, be, be situated, be located, to the north (south, east, etc) is…, … lies to…
②have a population of, Its population is…, The population of … is…, have a large ( small ) population
③The country has an erea of … square kilometers. It is a country with a… territory of…, …Province lies in the north (south, southeast, etc. ).