英语介绍西班牙无错版Word文档下载推荐.doc
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1.History
TheKingdomofSpainwascreatedin1492withtheunificationoftheKingdomofCastileandtheKingdomofAragon.InthisyearitwasalsothefirstvoyageofChristopherColumbustotheNewWorld,beginningthedevelopmentoftheSpanishEmpire.TheInquisitionwasestablishedandJewsandMuslimswhorefusedtoconvertwereexpelledfromthecountry.
ForthenextthreecenturiesSpainwasthemostimportantcolonialpowerintheworld.ItwasthemostpowerfulstateinEuropeandtheforemostglobalpowerduringthe16thcenturyandthegreaterpartofthe17thcentury.Spanishliteratureandfinearts,scholarshipandphilosophyflourishedduringthistime.SpainestablishedavastempireintheAmericas,stretchingfromCaliforniatoPatagonia,andcoloniesinthewesternPacific.
Spain'
sEuropeanwars,however,ledtoeconomicdamage,andthelatterpartofthe17thcenturysawagradualdeclineofpowerunderanincreasinglyneglectfulandineptHabsburgregime.ThedeclineculminatedintheWarofSpanishSuccession,whichendedwiththerelegationofSpainfromthepositionofaleadingwesternpower,tothatofasecondaryone,althoughitremainedtheleadingcolonialpower.
Followingaperiodofgrowingpoliticalinstabilityintheearly20thcentury,in1936Spainwasplungedintoabloodycivilwar.Thewarendedinanationalistdictatorship,ledbyFranciscoFrancowhichcontrolledtheSpanishgovernmentuntil1975.SpainwasofficiallyneutralduringWorldWarII,althoughmanySpanishvolunteersfoughtonbothsides.Thepost-wardecadeswererelativelystable,andthecountryexperiencedrapideconomicgrowthinthe1960sandearly1970s.ThedeathofFrancoin1975resultedinthereturnoftheBourbonmonarchyheadedbyPrinceJuanCarlos.Whiletensionsremain(forexample,withMuslimimmigrantsandintheBasqueregion),modernSpainhasseenthedevelopmentofarobust,moderndemocracyasaconstitutionalmonarchywithpopularKingJuanCarlos,oneofthefastest-growingstandardsoflivinginEurope,entryintotheEuropeanCommunity,andthe1992SummerOlympics.
2.Madrid
ThecapitalofSpainsince1562islocatedatthegeographiccenteroftheIberianPeninsula.Becauseofitscentrallocationandhighaltitude,theclimateofMadridischaracterizedbywarmdrysummersandcoolwinters.
Madridisacityofgreatmonuments.AmongitshighlightsarethemedievalcentersdatingbacktotheHabsburgEmpireandthePradoMuseum.
ButMadridisnotjustaculturaldestination.Itisalsoalivelymetropoliswithmanypubs,cafes,discothequesandnightclubsopenlateintothenight.Don'
tbesurprisedifyougetstuckinatrafficjamatfourinthemorning,andthepeopleyoumeetarenotnecessarilygoingofftowork....
3.Barcelona
Barcelona,locatedattheMediterraneanSeaintheverynorthoftheSpanishcoast,iscertainlythemostcosmopolitanandeconomicallymostactivecityinthiscountry.
Ithasalwaysproveditswilltobemodern,tofollowthelatestinternationaltendenciesorbeaheadofthem.Tothetouristthisisevidentespeciallyinitsarchitecture,whichsowellreflectsthegeneralapproachtolifeinthisalwayspulsatingcity.
Ofcourse,Barcelonahasanoldhistory,andtherearemonumentsofRomanesque,GothicandRenaissanceperiodsorstillbefore,butmostcharacteristiciswhathasbeenbuiltduringthelast,say,100years.
BarcelonahasbeenacenterofModernistarchitectureandisdistinguishedespeciallybytheworksofgenialAntoninGaudi,whotogetherwithhisgreatcontemporariesgavenewandexcitinglookstoit,buthasremainedsincethenatthetopofmodernity.
4.Literature
ThetermSpanishliteraturereferstoliteraturewrittenintheSpanishlanguage,includingliteraturecomposedinSpanishbywritersnotnecessarilyfromSpain.
Duetohistoric,geographicandgenerationaldiversity,Spanishliteraturehasknownagreatnumberofinfluencesanditisverydiverse.Catalanliterature,BasqueliteratureandGalicianliterature,etc.
MigueldeCervantesisprobablySpain'
smostfamousauthorandhisDonQuixoteisconsideredthemostemblematicworkinthecanonofSpanishliteratureandafoundingclassicofWesternliterature.
5.TomatoFight
Surelytheworlds'
biggestfood-fight:
everyyeararound30,00peopledescendontheSpanishtownofBunzl(intheValenciaregionofSpain)tothrowmorethan240,000poundsoftomatoesateachother.
ThefestivalonthelastWednesdayofAugustiscalled'
theTomcatting'
andisbasicallyatown-widetomatofight.Itisthoughtthetraditionbeganin1945whenafighteruptedamongtwoyoungmem
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