ItalyBasicInformationOfficialName:TheRepublicofItalyCapital:RomeReligion:Catholicchurch（天主教）Population:61millionNationalDay:June2nd(1946年）ThelocationofItaly

ItalyisasouthernEuropeancountry,mostinEuropefromoutsidetheMediterraneanApennineslandonthepeninsula.Northwest-Southeastarethesame,shapestrip,thewestistheoldSardinianofTheKingdomofSardinia.AndthesouthistheislandofSicily,anotherlargestislandofItaly.PutthisislandandtheItalianterritorytogetherreallylikeaHealthfeetiskickingfootball.

意大利是一個(gè)南歐國(guó)家，國(guó)土大部在歐洲伸入地中海的亞平寧半島上，西北—東南走同，形狀狹長(zhǎng)，西部的是撒丁王國(guó)的舊地撒丁島，南部的西西里島是意國(guó)另一個(gè)大的島嶼，把這個(gè)島和意大利本土一塊看，恰象一個(gè)腳在踢球顏色表現(xiàn)的三種主要的含義:

綠色=希望白色=信念紅色=仁慈以食物代表為綠色=羅勒白色=莫扎瑞拉起士紅色=番茄綠色=米蘭公國(guó)的旗幟，其圖象為綠底加雙頭蛇標(biāo)志。白色=西西里王國(guó)，其圖象為白底加西西里三曲腿標(biāo)志。紅色=威尼斯城邦，其圖象為紅底加圣馬可獅標(biāo)志。其標(biāo)志也表示為三個(gè)王國(guó)統(tǒng)一的意大利王國(guó)。NationalFlagNationalEmblem(國(guó)徽）呈圓形。中心圖案是一個(gè)帶紅邊的五角星，象征意大利共和國(guó)；五角星背后是一個(gè)大齒輪，象征勞動(dòng)者；齒輪周圍由橄欖(oliva）枝葉和橡樹葉環(huán)繞，象征和平與強(qiáng)盛。底部的紅色綬帶上用意大利文寫著“意大利共和國(guó)”(RepubblicaItaliana）。NationalFlowerDaisy(雛菊）ThefootballofItalyItalyIsWorldChampionTwenty-fouryearsafterthelasttitlewoninSpainin1982,ItalyisonceagainWorldChampioninadifficultperiodforItalianfootballandfortheFederationthat,aftertheresignationofPresidentCarraro,isledbytheextraordinarycommissionerProf.GuidoRossi.AsweallknowItalyisafamoustouristresort.Why?Italyisamodern,developednation.Itisfashioninstyle,itleadsthewaywitheachseason'sfashions.Butitisalsoacountrywhichisfullofgreatculture.Italy'sfoodsisfamousaroundtheworld.Now,takeatripwithmeinItaly!TheLeaningTowerofPisa比薩斜塔

TheLeaningTowerofPisaTheLeaningTowerofPisaLeaningTowerofPisawasbuiltin1173.Thetowertiltedtothesoutheast.TheLeaningTowerofPisaisthesymbolofPisa.IthasahugeinfluenceonthegreatarchitecturalartofItalyfrom

the11thcenturytothe14thcentury.Itwasnamedtheworld'sheritage

bytheUnitedNationsEducationalScientificandCulturalOrganization

比薩斜塔始建于1173年，塔身傾斜向東南.比薩斜塔是比薩城的標(biāo)志，由于它在11世紀(jì)至14世紀(jì)對(duì)意大利建筑藝術(shù)產(chǎn)生的巨大影響，被聯(lián)合國(guó)教育科學(xué)文化組織評(píng)選為世界遺產(chǎn)。Itisworldfamousarchitecturalwondersandtouristattractions.Itisafreestandingbelltower,locatedinthewesterncityPisa'schurchsquare.比薩斜塔是世界著名建筑奇觀和旅游勝地之一。它是一個(gè)獨(dú)立式鐘塔，坐落在意大利西部古城比薩的教堂廣場(chǎng)上。Thesquareplacedalargelawnsdottedwithagroupofreligiousbuildings,theyaretheCathedral[k?‘θidr?l],Baptistery[’b?pt?st?r?]

,BellTower(theLeaningTowerofPisa)andthecemetery(['s?m?,t?r?])

.廣場(chǎng)的大片草坪上散布著一組宗教建筑，它們是大教堂、洗禮堂、鐘樓（即比薩斜塔）和墓園。VisitorstakephotoswiththeleaningtowerofPisa~Doyoulikeit?Itseemsveryfunny~Veniceisoneofthemostimportanttouristdestinationintheworldforitscelebratedartandarchitecture.Thecityhasaverageof50000touristsaday.In2006,itwastheworld’s28thmostinternationallyvisitedcity.

Venice\Veniceislocated

inalakeintheAdriaticSea(亞得里亞海)andisbuiltonislandslinkedbymorethan400bridges.Ven-ice’smostfamousvehiclesaregondolas(岡朵拉),whichmoveslowlythroughthecity’sfamousriversasthemendrivingtheboats.Sittingingondolas,passengerscanhearartistssingingItalysongswhentheyenjoythebeautifulsceneryofVenice.

威尼斯坐落于亞得里亞海的瀉湖之上,由400多座橋梁連接而成。威尼斯最著名的交通工具就是岡朵拉,船夫駕駛岡朵拉時(shí),小舟就慢慢地在城里那些著名的河流間漂流而下。坐在岡朵拉上面,乘客可以一邊欣賞威尼斯美麗的風(fēng)景,一邊聽藝人們演奏意大利歌曲。Venice

Veniceisamagicalplace.Itisoneofafewcitiesintheworldwherethenoisesofcarsareneverheardbecausecarsarenotallowed.Instead,whenitisquiet,onecanhearthesoundofwavesrushingagainstthecity’sgreatoldbuildings.威尼斯是一個(gè)神奇的地方。它是世界上少數(shù)幾個(gè)聽不到汽車聲音的城市之一,因?yàn)樵谀抢锲囂幱诮怪?。在取而代之的寧?kù)o中,你可以聽到水浪拍打著城市里偉大的古代建筑。

VeniceBridgeofsighs(嘆息橋）

FontanadiTrevi(羅馬特雷維噴泉)FlorenceFlorenceisfamousforitshistory,It’sacentreof

medieval

European

tradeandfinanceandoneofthewealthiestcitiesofthetime,

itisconsideredthebirthplaceofthe

Renaissance,andhasbeencalled"the

Athens

ofthe

MiddleAges".InFlorence,people’sfood,sleepingandbreathesareallart.Everystreetisfulloftheexamplesofhumanartisticgenius.Dozensofmuseumsandartshopswaittobeexplored.Florenceisanartlover'sparadise.在佛羅倫薩這個(gè)城市里，吃的、睡的、和呼吸的都是藝術(shù)。人類藝術(shù)天賦的典范幾乎矗立在每一條街上，成打的博物館和美工藝品店等待著您去探索。意大利的佛羅倫薩是藝術(shù)愛好者的天堂。

Milan,duetoconstruction,fashion,art,painting,opera,economy,famousforfootball,istheworld'soneofthemostfamousinternationalmetropolis,oneoftheworld'seightmajormetropolitanareasoftheworld'slargestmetropolis,theworld'sfashionanddesignandfashioncapitalofthemostinfluentialcityinoneofthreemajormetropolitanareasinEurope,Italy'smostdevelopedcitiesandoneofthefourmajoreconomiccentersinEurope.ThelargestcityandeconomiccapitalinItaly.Milan

MilanCathedral(米蘭大教堂)MilanCathedralisthefamousCatholicchurchinItaly.It’soneofthefamouschurchintheworld.It’sthesecondintheworld.Andit’sthelargestgothicchurchintheworld,onlyrankaftertheStPeter’s.

BetweenFebruary21andMarch4,carnivalhitsthestreets.Formostpeople,carnivalmeanslargepartiesandfeasting.ButinVenice,italsomeanstraditionalmasksandclothes.Thesecostumeswerefirstmeanttohidepersonalidentities.Then,differentsocialclassescouldmixinaseaofhappiness.Alongthewaterways,peoplegreetedeachotherwith:“GoodmorningMrs.Mask!”

從2月21日至3月4日期間,狂歡節(jié)(的人群)遍布于街道之上.對(duì)絕大多數(shù)人而言,狂歡節(jié)代表著派對(duì)與盛宴.然而在威尼斯,它也意味著傳統(tǒng)的面具與服裝.這些傳統(tǒng)最初用于個(gè)人身份的隱