Spain ____my favorite country in Europe

1. Spain ____my favorite country in Europe promontory

2. Topic • What’s your first impression of spain?

10. Tradition • Corrida (bullfight) • Flamingo

11. Corrida • What a Corrida is about • If you are not familiar to Corridas, you will find here listed chronologically everything that happens. So you may decide by yourself if you want to see one when you are visiting Spain.A Corrida starts with the paseillo, with everybody involved in the bullfight entering the ring and presenting himself to the public. Two Alguacilillos, on horse's back, direct themselves to the presidency and symbolically ask for the keys to the "puerta de los toriles". Behind that door there are the bulls.

12. Corrida • With the door being opened and the first bull entering the ring the spectacle starts. It consists of three parts, called tercios, being separated by horn-signals. There are three toreros in each Corrida, by the way, and each will have to torear two bulls.

13. Corrida • In the first tercio the bullfighter uses the capote, a quite large rag of purple and yellow color. Now enter two picadores, on horse's back and armed with a sort of lance.

14. Corrida • The second part is la suerte de banderillas. Three banderilleros have to stick a pair of banderillas into the attacking bull's back.

15. In the final "suerte suprema" the bullfighter uses the muleta, a small red rag. He has to show his faena, his masterity to dominate the bull, and to establish an artistical symbiosis between man and beast.

16. The meaning of corrida • The Corrida ends with the torero killing the bull by his sword as a signal of men’s wisdom and bravery defeating the wild animal.

19. Flamenco is a genuine Spanish art, and to be more exact an genuine Southern Spanish art. It exists in three forms: Cante, the song, Baile, the dance, and Guitarra, guitar playing.

20. Structure • Location • Size • Spain's Peninsular Condition • Background • Environment Problem • Major City

21. Location • Spain, together with Portugal, forms the westernmost of the three major peninsulas of southern Europe, an enormous octagonal promontory, at the extreme southwest of the continent. • It is situated in a temperate area, between latitudes 4347' 24''N. and 36 00' '3'' S. and between longitudes 7 00' 29'' E. and 5 36' 40'' W.

22. Location • It borders to the North on the Bay of Biscay, France and Andorra; to the East, on the Mediterranean; to the South, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and to the West on the Atlantic and Portugal.

23. Size • Out of a total of 580,825 square kilometres, Spain occupies four fifths of the Peninsula. • Peninsular Spain has a total area of 493,486 sq kilometres, to which must be added 4,992 sq km for the Balearics, 7,447 for the Canary archipelago and 32 for the Spanish towns situated in North Africa: Ceuta, with 18 sq km, and Melilla, with 14 sq km.

24. Spain's Peninsular Condition Land boundaries Climate Terrain Nature resource Land use

25. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Land boundaries: total: 1,917.8 km border countries: Andorra 63.7 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km, Morocco (Ceuta) 6.3 km, Morocco (Melilla) 9.6 km • Coastline: 4,964 km

26. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Climate:temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast. • Spain has over two thousand beaches altogether, many of them of great beauty and enjoying a pleasant climate.

27. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Climate: 西班牙大陆本土大体上位于北纬36度至43度之间。由于地形变化多端，西班牙各地的气候大相径庭。本土与地处非洲的加那利群岛的气候，简直是两个世界，不能同日而语。但一般说来，西班牙大部分地区受地中海的影响，属温带。除少数地区外，冬天不是很冷，夏天不是很热，生活比较舒适。 西班牙一年四季分明。最冷月为1至2月，平均气温是：东部、南部为摄氏8度至13度；北部2度至10度。最热月是8月，平均气温是：东部、南部为摄氏24度至36度；北部为摄氏16度至21度。 因西班牙地处南欧，受三面海洋气候的影响，东、南有来自地中海温暖而潮湿的气流，北部又有大西洋吹来的阵阵季风，加之本土地理环境复杂，崇山峻岭，林海草原，错落有致，从而形成了各自的小气候。

28. Climate: 北部和西北部沿海一带为海洋性温带气候，全年风调雨顺，植被很好，有“绿色西班牙”的美名。夏天气温不高，清凉爽快。冬天瑞雪纷纷，一片银装素裹，气温较低。中部高原为不大显著的大陆性气候，干燥少雨，夏热冬冷，但均不强烈。春、秋两季相对较长，阳光充足，风清月白，气候宜人，也适合农作物的生长。南部和东部地区为地中海型亚热带气候，日照时间长，夏季炎热，最高气温高达40多度；冬季温和，几乎全年无霜冻。 除西北部沿海一带，西班牙许多地区气候干燥，严重缺水，年降水雨量在500至1500毫米之间，东南部地区不超过500毫米，而降水大多在冬天。由于常年少雨干旱，密林较少，有些地主甚至有沙漠化趋势。

29. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Terrain:large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north • Elevation extremes:lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Pico de Teide (Tenerife) on Canary Islands 3,718 m

30. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Natural resources:coal, lignite(褐煤）, iron ore, copper（铜）, lead（铅）, zinc（锌）, uranium（铀）, tungsten（钨）, mercury（水银）, pyrites（硫化铁矿）, magnesite（苛性钾）, fluorspar（氟石）, gypsum（石膏）, sepiolite（海泡石）, kaolin（瓷土）

31. Spain's Peninsular Condition • Land use:arable land(耕地）: 26.07% permanent crops（永久性农业用地）: 9.87% other（其他）: 64.06% (2001) • Irrigated land:36,400 sq km (1998 est.)

32. Environment - current issues • pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; water quality and quantity nationwide; air pollution; deforestation; desertification

33. Culture • Population • Language • Entertainment

34. Population • The population of Spain is 39 million, according to 1991 figures, which supposes an average density of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre, that is to say, one of the lowest rates of density of the European Union

35. Population • There is a growing tendency for the population to concentrate in the coastal regions and of depopulation in the interior, with the exception of Madrid and a few other cities, owing to industrialization and urbanization.

36. Language • Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% • note: Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally

37. Entertainment • Corrida (斗牛,we can also call it bullfight) Bullfight court can be seen seemly in every Spain cities. From March to October, we will have the fight every Saturday and Sunday. In Madrid, May is the best month to have this kind of fantastic show.

38. Major City • Madrid Madrid, located in the centre of Iberian Peninsular is the capital and it’s economic, cultural and political centre. 悠闲的步道，提醒你身处於西班牙，不论白天或夜晚都是十分适合你闲逛，逛累了还可以来杯咖啡，静静地感觉这城市的脉动以及享受当地的风情。

39. 马德里是个相当适合步行漫游的城市，从太阳门往西比列斯广场，或从大广场往王宫方向，沿途尽是艺术、文化及建 宝藏，马德里着名的景点有庄严的皇宫(Palacio Real)、有委拉瑞兹、哥雅和葛雷柯名作的普拉多博物馆(Paseo del Pradio)、年轻人聚集的太阳门、16世纪时哈普斯堡王朝建造了着名的大广场(Plaza Mayor)及圣伊西卓大教堂(Catedral de San Isidro)……。到处都是观光客群聚尽情浏览古迹、世界知名的博物馆以及享受夜生活。

40. Madrid - Fiestas and Folklore • La Villa, the "village", is how the inhabitants of Madrid call their city, and in many quarters there are still alive traditions of a time before all those villages have melted together into Spain's capital.

41. The celebrations of New Year, anyhow, are spectacular. Thousands of people flock together at Puerta del Sol. In the rhythm of the beats of the big clock at midnight, everybody tries to eat twelve grapes. That shall bring good luck for the coming year, and all the Spaniards who are not there, watch the event on TV. After midnight, all the city becomes the scenery of a great party.

42. On 5th of January takes place, as in many Spanish towns, the procession of the three Magi.On May 15th there is the Fiesta de San Isidro to the honour of Madrid's patron, one of the most spectacular events in all the year with numerous concerts and other kinds of public performances, and the the best bullfights of all the season.

43. During July and August the town-hall organizes a series of cultural events for what they call Veranos de la Villa, "Summer in the Village".The festival Verbena de la Paloma, from 6th to 15th of August, shows best the popular traditions of Madrid, with regional costumes and dances, the so-called Chotis.

44. Night life • There are many people who say that Madrid were Europe's capital of Night Life. Certainly this page doesn't offer enough room to treat the subject profoundly, but be sure: here you will find something for your taste - whatever taste you may have ...

45. During September the concert-houses and theaters have their best performances, while in November you may visit Madrid's International Jazz-Festival. At the same time there are also the traditional Fiestas de la

46. Almudena.In December there is an exposition of Christmas cribs at Plaza Mayor. • Find below a few hints, about which regions are among the preferred ones by Madrid's "Nomades of the Night", and don't be surprised if somewhere, at 4 a.m. or so, you will get involved in a traffic jam. Madrileños, like all Spaniards in general, don't stay in the same local for all the night, they prefer to change all the time, from one to the other. However, at 4 a.m. few people are on their way to work!

47. Santa Ana and HuertasBetween Puerta del Sol and Plaza de Santa Ana, specially in a street called Calle Huertas, you will meet a lot of folks. This region is ideal specially when you move around without having a car, as the many pubs, taverns, theater-cafés and fashionable bars here are pretty close one to each other, and you manage very well by foot.

48. Alonso Martinez and BilbaoThus are the names of two subway-stations, both of them in the heart of very lively areas. From the first one, try the locals around Plaza de Santa Barbara. Close to the other you will find, among others, Madrid's most famous discoteque, Pacha, but with a really hard-hearted door-keeper.

49. Argüelles and Moncloa - Ciudad UniversitariaTwo more subway-stations, and also if you are not a student you may enjoy the ambience of Madrid's universitary quarter.

50. In winter: Traditional CafésThere are numerous traditional cafés in Madrid, many of them decorated in the style of La "Belle Epoque", and when the cold wind is blowing outside you may want to check out if there are still artists and writers meeting in them, like in the famous Café Gijon.