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Lesson 51:
Let's Learn Geography!Geography Class
DANNY:I would like to visit some of the places we studied ingeography today.
BRIAN:Have you ever been abroad,Danny?
DANNY:Yes.Jenny and I went to China.
BRIAN:Have you been to other countries in Asia?
DANNY:No,but I would love to go to Japan.
I could talk to the people there.
I speak a little Chinese.
JENNY:They speak Japanese in Japan,Danny,not Chinese.
DANNY:Have you been abroad,Brian?
BRIAN:I'm abroad now
I'm from England.Remember?
JENNY:What about other countries?
Have you visited any others?
BRIAN:No,but my father has travelled a lot.
When he was younger,he was in Africa.
For six months,he lived in a small village.
It had only thirty people!
JENNY:My mother has a pen pal who lives in a town in India.
My mother hopes to visit her some day.
It's fun to travel the world!
Asia
How big is Asia?The continent covers more than 44 millionsquare kilometres.
What countries are in Asia?
There are more than forty countries,
China is the biggest country in area and population.
How many people live in Asia?
More than three billion people live in Asia.
That's more than half the world's population!
What languages do they speak?
Chinese,Arabic,Russian,Hindi,Japanese,Malay,Bengali and manyother languages
What are the main geographical features of Asia?
The Himalayas are a mountain range.
Mount Qomolangma is in the Himalayas.
It is the highest mountain in the world.
The Yangtze River in China is the third-longest river in theworld.
What are the biggest cities in Asia?
Asia has four of the world's biggest cities.
They are Tokyo,Bombay,Shanghai and Calcutta.
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