历史今天:1822年巴西独立(9.7)

【英文原文】

Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil), is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a coastline of over 7,491 kilometers (4,655 mi). It is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; on the northwest by Colombia; on the west by Bolivia and Peru; on the southwest by Argentina and Paraguay and on the south by Uruguay. Numerous archipelagos are part of the Brazilian territory, such as Fernando de Noronha, Rocas Atoll, Saint Peter and Paul Rocks, and Trindade and Martim Vaz.

【中文译文】

巴西（葡萄牙语：Brasil），正式名称为巴西联邦共和国（葡萄牙语：República Federativa do Brasil），是南美的一个国家。面积和人口都是世界第五大的国家，占了南美近一半的面积，也是人口世界第四人的民主国家。东临大西洋，巴西的海岸线超过了七千四百九十一公里（4655英里）。北部与委内瑞拉，圭亚那，苏里南和法属圭亚那接壤，西北方向是哥伦比亚，西面是玻利维亚和秘鲁;西南方向是阿根廷和巴拉圭；南面则是乌拉圭。费尔南多-迪诺罗尼亚，罗考什环礁，圣彼得和保罗岩石，特林达德和马丁瓦斯群岛也都是巴西的一部分。