小时候,我所认识的中国是从书本上读来的。九百六十万平方公里的土地、十三亿人口、上下五千年辉煌的历史、五十六个民族,还有高达八千八百四十八米的世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰。那时候,祖国之于我就是这一串串脱口而出的数字,在这些数字里,我了解到它地大物博,人杰地灵,历史悠久,山河壮丽。 When I was a kid, I learned about China from books. 9.6 million square kilometers of land, 1.3 billion people, five thousand years of brilliant history, 56 ethnic groups and 8,848 meters of the world’s highest peak, Everest. At that time, the motherland was the number that I had blurted out from the strings. In these figures, I learned that it is rich in history and outstanding in geography, with a long history and magnificent mountains and rivers.