India

India. Written by Amanda Johnson.

《印度》。作者：阿曼达·约翰逊。

Where is it? India is a country in Asia. Much of it is surrounded by water. To the south and west is the Arabian Sea. To the south and east is the Bay of Bengal.

它在哪里呀？ 印度是亚洲的一个国家。 它的大部分领土都被水域环绕。 它的西南方向是阿拉伯海。 它的东南方向是孟加拉湾。

The capital of India is New Delhi. It is part of the much larger city of Delhi. More than 20 million people live in Delhi and New Delhi.

印度的首都是新德里。 它是更大的德里市的一部分。 有2000多万人居住在德里和新德里。

People. More than one billion people live in India. Only China has more people than India. Most Indian people live in the countryside. The cities do not have as many people. They are very crowded though.

人口： 印度生活着超过10亿人， 只有中国的人口比印度多。 大多数印度人住在乡村， 城市里的人口没那么多。 不过城市里还是非常拥挤哦。

Around half of the people in India make their living from growing food. They grow crops or raise sheep, goats, and chickens for meat. They do not raise cows for meat. Most Indians are Hindu. Herding a cow is against the Hindu religion.

印度大约有一半的人靠种植粮食为生。 他们种植庄稼，或者饲养绵羊、山羊和鸡来获取肉食。 他们不会养牛来获取牛肉。 大多数印度人都信奉印度教。 伤害牛是违反印度教教义的。

Land. India has many mountains and different kinds of flat land. The mountains are in the north. They are the highest in the world.

地貌： 印度有许多山脉，还有各种各样的平原。 这些山脉坐落在北部， 是全世界最高的山脉哦。