at the tip of the African continent lies 在非洲大陆的尖端
South Africa the country borders Namibia 南非该国与纳米比亚接壤
Botswana Zimbabwe and Mozambique and 博茨瓦纳津巴布韦和莫桑比克和
also surrounds lassoo - and much of 也围绕着lassoo- 以及大部分
Swaziland South Africa's current borders 斯威士兰南非目前的边界
were consolidated by the British in 1910 由英国于1910年巩固
as the Union of South Africa following 作为南非联盟的继续
the Boer wars between the United Kingdom 英国之间的布尔战争
and Dutch settlers the Drakensberg and 和荷兰定居者德拉肯斯堡和
Carew mountains rim the coastlines 卡鲁山脉沿着海岸线
separating a dry interior from a coastal 将干燥的内部与沿海分开
region which captures the majority of 捕获大部分的区域
the country's rainfall two key factors 该国降雨量的两个关键因素
distinguish South Africa from much of 将南非与大部分地区区分开来
the rest of the continent the country 这个国家的其他大陆
has a malaria free climate which 有无疟疾的气候
attracted European settlers 吸引了欧洲定居者
it also has abundant mineral resources 它还拥有丰富的矿产资源
including gold diamonds coal and 包括黄金钻石煤和
platinum in the north central interior 铂金位于中北部内陆
this mining area is a geographic core of 这个矿区是地理核心
South Africa encompassing the cities of 南非包括城市
Johannesburg Pretoria and adjoining 约翰内斯堡比勒陀利亚和毗邻
parts of Limpopo boo malanga Northwest 林波波河马朗加西北部的 部分 地区
and Freestate provinces this core is 和Freestate省这个核心是
connected by road and rail to a series 通过公路和铁路连接到一系列
of ports from Cape Town to Port 从开普敦到港口的港口
Elizabeth to Durban and Richards Bay 伊丽莎白到德班和理查兹湾
they carry goods and resources to and 他们把货物和资源带到和
from how tank the wealth generated there 从那里产生的财富如何坦克
under Wright's financial agricultural 在赖特的金融农业下
industrial and manufacturing activity 工业和制造业活动
and other parts of South Africa South 以及南非南部的其他地区
Africa's Geographic challenge is to 非洲的地理挑战是
protect the extraction of natural 保护自然的提取
resources in its interior while striving 在努力实现内部资源
to maintain sufficient employment it 它保持足够的就业
must then find ways to disperse enough 然后必须找到足够分散的方法
wealth to appease its populations in the 财富安抚其人口
housing and peripheral zones of the 住房和周边地区
country 国家
you 您