英语翻译Land covers about one-fourthsurface.of the earth' sThe m

英语翻译
Land covers about one-fourth
surface.
of the earth' s
The major divisions of the land are called con-
tinents.People usually speak of seven continents.
They are Asia,Africa,Europe,North America,
South America,Oceania and Antarctica.But two of
them are one mass of land.They are Asia and Eu-
rope.Antarctica is the coldest continent.Asia,Eu-
rope and North America are totally in the Northern
Hemisphere.
In addition to continents,the world has
thousands of islands.Ic.e-covered Greenland is
the largest.
The land has a great variety of surface fea-
tures.They are called landforms.The most impor-
tant landforms are plains,hills,mountains and plat-
eaus.Since plains are mostly broad stretches of
fairly level land,they are the main farming areas of
the world.They are also the most densely settled
portions of the earth' s surface.
Man has learned to make good use of the
land and what is on it and what is in it.He uses
the soil to grow crops.He builds his homes with
lumber from the forests.Rock is crushed to make
concrete for highways and buildings.Coal is burn-
ed to produce electricity.Iron ore is processed to
make steel.
Here are many more ways in which man uses
the resources of the land.As time goes on,he will
learn more about the land and how it cgn be
used.This is necessary in a world in which the
population is increasing rapidly.

陆地覆盖了地球表面积的1/4.陆地的主要分区称为洲.人们经常谈到7大洲.它们分别是亚洲,非洲,欧洲,北美洲,南美洲,大洋洲以及南极洲.不过其中两个洲是同属于一块陆地.那就是亚洲跟欧洲.南极洲是最寒冷的大洲.亚洲,欧洲以及北美洲同处于北半球.除了各大洲,世界上还有数以千计的岛屿,其中被冰雪覆盖的格陵兰岛是面积最大的.陆地有着各种各样的地貌形态,也就是所谓的地形.其中最主要的地形是平原,山丘,山脉以及高原.由于平原主要是平坦陆地广阔的延伸,因而成为世界上的主要农牧区；同时也是地球表面居住人口最密集的部分.人类已经学会了很好的利用陆地表面及内部资源.比如使用土壤培植农作物；利用林木建设家园；使用压碎的岩石制作成混凝土来修建交通道路及建筑物；燃烧煤炭来获得电力；把铁矿石加工成钢材.还有更多的人类可利用资源的方式.随着时间的推移,人们会更深的了解陆地,学会如何去利用它.这对于人口快速增长的世界来说是很有必要的.