Have you e    1     been to Singapore? Singapore is both the name of country and its capital. It is the s    2     country in Asia. Look at the picture, it’s the symbol of Singapore. It’s half a fish and half a lion. People in Singapore call it Merlion. You can see it all over Singapore.

For many Chinese tourists, this small island in Southeast Asia is a wonderful place to take a holiday. On the one hand, more than three quarters of population(人口) are C    3    , so you can simply speak Chinese a lot of time. On the other hand, Singapore is an English-speaking country, so it’s also a good place to p    4     your English.

There are a lot of beautiful gardens and parks in Singapore, so Singapore is called the “Garden City”. One of the most interesting places to visit in Singapore is the Bird Park. There are hundreds of beautiful birds. They are from many different countries of the world. It takes about two hours to see all the birds.

One great thing about Singapore is that the temperature (温度) is almost the s    5     all year round. This is because it is so n    6     the equator(赤道).