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Mexico (墨西哥) is to the south
of the U. S. and it's a very beautiful country. Most of the people there speak
Spanish.
Mexico is one of the most
famous old cultural centers in the world. The Maya Civilization (玛雅文明) was developed
there. People can see many old buildings in Mexico, such as the Sun Pyramid and
the Moon Pyramid They are very famous places of interest, and lots of people
from the world visit them every day.
In Mexico, you can see cactuses
(仙人掌) everywhere.
There are about two thousand kinds of cactuses in the world, and you can find
more than half of them in Mexico. Some cactuses are about 17 meters tall and
40,000 kilograms! That's amazing, isn't it? So Mexico is called "The
Nation of Cactuses".
Mexico is also the home town of
corn. The Mexican usually say, "We created (创造) corn and at the same time, corn
created us."
