But kitty, confused.

但小貓咪很困惑。

Don't worry my dear, when Dr. Binox is here.

別擔心，親愛的，比諾克斯醫生來了之後

Hey friends, in today's episode, let us go around the world to explore the seven continents and learn what makes them unique.

朋友們，在今天的節目中，讓我們一起環遊世界，探索七大洲，瞭解它們的獨特之處。

The culture, the key points and most importantly, answer a 5 marks question, what are the seven continents of the world?

文化、要點，最重要的是回答一個 5 分的問題：世界七大洲是哪七塊？

When we look at a globe, it is not difficult to spot these large solid areas of land we call continents.

當我們看地球儀時，不難發現這些大片堅實的陸地，我們稱之為大陸。

They come in all shapes and sizes, from small to large and the earth has seven continents in total.

它們的形狀和大小各不相同，有大有小，地球上共有七大洲。

They are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica.

它們是亞洲、非洲、歐洲、北美洲、南美洲、澳洲和南極洲。

Although these continents are part of one world, but they all have different climatic conditions, environment, population and much more.

雖然這些大洲同屬一個世界，但它們的氣候條件、環境、人口等等都各不相同。

So, let us have a brief look at what makes these continents so different from each other.

是以，讓我們簡單瞭解一下這些大洲的不同之處。

Let's start with the largest continent of them all, Asia, covering one third of all the land on earth.

讓我們從佔地面積佔地球總面積三分之一的最大大陸--亞洲開始。

Yes, my dear friends, it is home to a whopping two thirds of the world's population, living in 48 countries.

是的，我親愛的朋友們，世界上多達三分之二的人口居住在這裡，他們生活在 48 個國家。

Among these are China and India.

其中包括中國和印度。

They hold the number one and number two spots for being the most populous countries in the world, with nearly 1 billion people each.

這兩個國家分別擁有近 10 億人口，是世界上人口最多的國家，分列第一和第二位。

Not only that, the world's highest mountain, Himalayas, as well as the highest plateau, the Tibetan Plateau, are located in the Asian continent and it is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

不僅如此，世界上最高的山峰喜馬拉雅山和最高的高原青藏高原都位於亞洲大陸，而且被太平洋、印度洋和北冰洋環繞。

Next comes the second largest continent in the world, our very own Waka Waka, Africa, that lies between the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

接下來是位於大西洋和印度洋之間的世界第二大洲，我們自己的瓦卡瓦卡，非洲。

It consists of 54 different countries that are more than any other continents.

它由 54 個不同的國家組成，比其他任何大洲都要多。

It is blessed with the world's longest river, the Nile, in the east and the northern part is engulfed with the world's largest desert, the Sahara Desert.

它的東部擁有世界上最長的河流尼羅河，北部則被世界上最大的沙漠撒哈拉沙漠吞沒。

Not only that, but this continent is also home to many wild animals, such as lions, elephants, zebras, rhinos and much more.

不僅如此，這片大陸還是許多野生動物的家園，如獅子、大象、斑馬、犀牛等等。

Next, let us visit the world's second smallest continent, and that is Europe.

接下來，讓我們訪問世界上第二小的大陸，那就是歐洲。

This place is home to one quarter of the total population in the world that stays in nearly 51 independent countries, with various ethnic groups and languages.

這裡的人口占世界總人口的四分之一，分佈在近 51 個獨立國家，擁有不同的民族和語言。

Europe's western coast is on the Atlantic Ocean, while it is divided from Africa by the Mediterranean Sea in the south.

歐洲的西海岸瀕臨大西洋，南面的地中海將其與非洲隔開。

The European part of Russia covers more area than any other country.

俄羅斯歐洲部分的面積比任何其他國家都大。

And the Vatican City is the smallest country not only in Europe, but also in the world.

梵蒂岡城不僅是歐洲最小的國家，也是世界上最小的國家。

Now, let us move forward and visit the world's third largest continent, North America.

現在，讓我們前往世界第三大洲--北美洲。

North America is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean in the north, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean.

北美洲北臨北冰洋，東臨大西洋，南臨加勒比海，西臨北太平洋。

It is made of 23 different countries, some of which are the USA, Canada, Mexico as well as the Caribbean Islands.

它由 23 個不同的國家組成，其中包括美國、加拿大、墨西哥以及加勒比群島。

This beautiful place is blessed with natural wonders such as Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon.

這個美麗的地方擁有得天獨厚的自然奇觀，如黃石國家公園和大峽谷。

The human-made Panama Canal separates North America from our next continent, South America.

人為修建的巴拿馬運河將北美洲與我們的下一個大陸--南美洲隔開。

South America is the world's fourth largest continent, bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean.

南美洲是世界第四大洲，西臨太平洋，北面和東面與大西洋接壤。

North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest.

西北面是北美洲和加勒比海。

It consists of 12 sovereign states, and some of them are famous for their soccer teams such as Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.

它由 12 個主權國家組成，其中一些國家因其足球隊而聞名，如巴西、哥倫比亞和阿根廷。

It is also blessed with the Amazon River, rainforest, the world's driest desert, the Atacama, and the world's longest mountain range, the Andes.

這裡還擁有亞馬遜河、熱帶雨林、世界上最乾旱的沙漠--阿塔卡馬沙漠，以及世界上最長的山脈--安第斯山脈。

It is also home to many unique animals such as capybara, llamas and anacondas.

這裡還有許多獨特的動物，如水豚、美洲駝和蟒蛇。

Next comes a continent which is also a country, and that is Australia.

接下來是一個大陸，它也是一個國家，那就是澳洲。

And when you add New Zealand, New Guinea and a few other islands to it, we also call this continent Australasia.

如果再加上紐西蘭、新幾內亞和其他一些島嶼，我們也稱這塊大陸為澳大拉西亞。

Australia lies between the Indian Ocean in the west and the Pacific in the east.

澳洲西瀕印度洋，東臨太平洋。

Some of the famous places in this region are the Opera House in Sydney, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Great Ocean Road, Victoria and much, much more.

悉尼歌劇院、昆士蘭大堡礁、維多利亞大洋路等等，都是該地區的名勝古蹟。

And last, let us visit the South Pole of the Earth to see the fifth largest continent of the world, Antarctica, which is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

最後，讓我們到地球的南極去看看被南大洋環繞的世界第五大洲--南極洲。

This place is almost entirely covered in ice, and the temperature can drop below minus 80 degrees Celsius.

這裡幾乎完全被冰雪覆蓋，氣溫可降至零下 80 攝氏度以下。

But despite such cold weather, this great white continent is home to many species such as seals, seabirds and many more.

不過，儘管天氣如此寒冷，這片白色大陸上卻生活著許多物種，如海豹、海鳥等等。

TRIVIA TIME!

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Did you know, sometimes people think of Europe and Asia as a single continent and call it Eurasia?

你知道嗎，有時人們把歐洲和亞洲看作一個大陸，稱之為歐亞大陸。

Also, India and many other regions around it like Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka makes the Indian subcontinent.

此外，印度及其周邊的許多其他地區，如巴基斯坦、不丹、尼泊爾、孟加拉國、馬爾地夫和斯里蘭卡，也構成了印度次大陸。

Hope you learned something new in today's episode.

希望您在今天的節目中學到了新知識。

Until next time, it's me, Dr. Binocks, Zooming out!

下次再見，是我，比諾克斯博士，Zooming out！