新加坡英语介绍.doc

新加坡共和国Republic of SingaporeNature Geography? 1 位于东南亚，是马来西亚半岛最南端的一个热带城市岛国。面积为693平方公里，北隔柔佛海峡与马来西亚为邻，有长堤与马来西亚的新山相通，南隔新加坡海峡与印度尼西亚相望。Singapore physical geography is located at Southeast Asia, is a Peninsular Malaysia most south tip of tropics city island country. The area is 693 square kilometers, north separates the Johore channel and Malaysia is the neighbour, has the causeway and Malaysias Johore is interlinked, south separates the Singapore channel and Indonesia faces one another 新加坡国名由来How Did Singapore Get Its Name2 加坡是一个城市国家，原意为“狮城”。据马来史籍记载，公元1150年左右，苏门答腊的室利佛逝王国王子盘那乘船到达此岛，看见一头猛兽，当地人告知为狮子，遂有“狮城”之称。新加坡是梵语“狮城”之谐音，由于当地居民受印度文化影响较深，喜欢用梵语作为地名。而狮子具有勇猛、雄健的特征，故以此作为地名是很自然的事。过去华侨多称其为“息辣”，即马来语“海峡”的意思，也有因其小而将之称为星洲、星岛的新加坡的标志与象征——鱼尾狮塑像“新加坡国父”---李光耀Singapore is a city state, the original intention is “Singapore”. According to Malaya the historical records record, about 1150, Sumatras room advantage Buddha passed kingdom prince plate that to go by boat to arrive at this island, saw a beast of prey, the native to inform for the lion, then had “Singapore” the name. Singapore is Pali “Singapore” the harmonics, because the local resident is been deep the Indian culture influence, likes taking the geographic name with Pali. But the lion has, the vigorous characteristic fiercely, therefore by this achievement geographic name is the very natural matter. In the past overseas Chinese multi-name it “the Singapore”, namely Malay “channel” meaning, also had because of its slightly, but will be called Singapore, Sing Tao. The chart makes an idol for Singapores symbol and the symbolic - - fish tail lion with “the Singapore father”---Lee Kuan Yew. 面积Area measurement?为693平方公里693 square kilometers t首都新加坡（Singapore）独立日Independence Day8月9日（1965年）官方语言official language?英语、汉语、马来语、泰米尔语English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil language行政用语英语 汉语（2006年起汉语也可作为政府行政语言）Administrative terminology: English Chinese (in 2006 Chinese may also take government administration language国家格言Majulah Singapura（前进吧，新加坡” Advance, Singap