Sweden, which lies west of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia, has a long coastline1 while Switzerland is a landlocked2 country with no coastline.
Switzerland is one of the smallest countries in Europe with the land area of 41,290 square km while Sweden has more than ten times as much area with 444,960 square km, being the largest among Scandinavian countries and 4th largest country in Europe.
Sweden has a lower population density3 of 20.6 per square km in comparison4 to Switzerland 186.5 per square km.
Switzerland has a mountainous5 landscape6 while Sweden has many lakes and developed agricultural, with increasing forest coverage7 northward.
Switzerland is known for its chocolate, cheese, banking, and precision watches while Sweden is known for car manufacturing8, pop music, and the Nobel Prize.
Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian, and RhaetoRomanic while Sweden speaks Swedish as their only official language.
Switzerland is led by a president while Sweden is led by a prime minister.
瑞典位于波羅的海和波的尼亞灣西部,有著長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的海岸線(xiàn),而瑞士是一個(gè)內(nèi)陸國(guó)家,沒(méi)有海岸線(xiàn)。
瑞士是歐洲最小的國(guó)家之一,領(lǐng)土面積為41290平方公里,而瑞典的領(lǐng)土比瑞士大10倍,達(dá)444960平方公里,是斯堪的納維亞國(guó)家中最大的國(guó)家,也是歐洲第四大國(guó)家。
瑞典的人口密度較低,每平方公里20.6人,而瑞士每平方公里有186.5人。
瑞士多山,瑞典多湖。瑞典農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)達(dá),越往北,森林覆蓋率越高。
瑞士以巧克力、奶酪、銀行業(yè)和精密手表聞名,而瑞典以汽車(chē)制造、流行音樂(lè)和諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)著稱(chēng)。
瑞士有四種官方語(yǔ)言:德語(yǔ)、法語(yǔ)、意大利語(yǔ)和拉托羅曼語(yǔ),而瑞典人說(shuō)瑞典語(yǔ),這是他們唯一的官方語(yǔ)言。
瑞士的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人是總統(tǒng),瑞典的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人是首相。
中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)·閱讀與寫(xiě)作2017年8期