英语1000句 Section 67 Atlas, Map, Globe 地图册、地图、地球仪

Do you know the difference between an atlas, a map and a globe? 你知道地图册、地图和地球仪有什么不同？

A map usually is a plan of an area or region or town. 地图通常是一个地区或一个城镇的平面图。

We can get street maps that can help us find a way around a city or town. 街道地图可以帮助我们在城市里行走。

We can get regional maps which show us on a larger scale and area. 我们可以找到展示一个更大地区范围的地图。

Maps can cover whole countries, continents or even the world. 地图可以包括一个国家，一片陆地或是整个世界。

Without detailed maps, it would be difficult to find our way around or to a new area. 没有详细的地图，我们到一个新地方会寸步难行。

An atlas is a book of maps. 地图册一本地图书。

Usually an atlas will contain maps of each region and every country of the world. 通常，地图册会包括世界上每个国家和地区的地图。

Also an atlas may give us pictorial images of the political, demographic and environmental points of the areas covered. 地图册还会形象地告诉我们这些地区的政治、地形、环境特点。

Old maps and atlases were hand drawn by explorers and city planers. 老式的地图和地图册是开拓者和城市设计者们用手画的。

Today these maps maybe drawn by computers using the latest satellite technology. 现在，这些地图则是通过最新的卫星信息由电脑绘制的。

In the west, almost every home will contain an atlas. 在西方，几乎每家都有一本地图册。

A globe is a map of the world as it really looks. 地球仪则是世界的模型图。

An atlas is two dimensional and flat. 地图册是平面二维的。

A globe is just like the earth, round and able to spin. 地球仪则和地球一样，是圆形的、可以转动的。