Physically, Brazil is an impressive country. It has mountains, rivers, rainforests and beaches famous around the world for their beauty. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. Brazil is also the biggest country in Latin America, and the fifth largest country in the world. But what really makes Brazil special is its people and its culture.
巴西擁有令人讚歎的地理景觀 -- 壯闊的山河、雨林和舉世聞名的美麗海灘,境內的亞馬遜河是世界最大的河流。巴西是拉丁美洲最大國,也是世界第五大國,但巴西真正與眾不同的,卻是她的人民與文化。
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Unlike every other country in Latin America, Brazil is not a Spanish-speaking country. The country's official language is Portuguese. The Portuguese first came to Brazil in the 1500s, and even though there were people living in the area, called Amerindians, who had been there for thousands of years, the Portuguese claimed Brazil as a part of Portugal. But today, Brazil is its own country.
Over the past few centuries, many groups of people have come to live in Brazil. Large groups of Africans were brought over as slaves, and many people from Europe and Asia have come to Brazil to live as well. In fact, Brazil is home to the largest group of Italians outside of Italy and the largest group of Japanese outside of Japan.
Today, most people who live in Brazil are a mixture of European, African, Asian and Amerindian, which makes Brazilians a beautiful and unique people of all colors, shapes and sizes. Racism is not tolerated in Brazil, and people who are found guilty of it go to jail. Brazil is famous for its energetic samba dancing and the huge Carnaval party held in one of the country's major cities, Rio de Janiero, every year.
不同於其他拉丁美洲國家的是,巴西並非西班牙語系國家,官方語言是葡萄牙語。葡萄牙人於十六世紀初抵巴西,當時美洲印地安人已在當地居住數千年,葡萄牙仍宣稱巴西為葡萄牙領土,但如今巴西已為獨立國家。
過去幾世紀以來有許多人移居巴西,大批的非洲人被運到此處當奴隸,更有大量歐洲人和亞洲人來此居住,事實上,巴西是義大利境外最多義大利人居住的地方,同時也是日本境外最多日本人居住的國家。
今日巴西居民多為歐、亞、非和美洲印地安人的混血,巴西人因此集環肥燕瘦、各種膚色之獨特風情於一身。巴西不容許種族歧視,任何歧視行為者將會被判入獄。熱力四射的森巴舞和每年於主要城市之一 -- 里約熱內盧舉行的盛大嘉年華會,更讓巴西聞名遐邇。
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