In the eyes of the western, the basic food closest to China isrice. Rice has long occupied so significant a position in the dietof Chinese that there is a proverb “ Even a clever housewife cannotcook a meal without rice”. Rice is grown mostly in southern Chinawhere people usually take rice as their staple food, while itcannot be planted in northern China where the climate is either toocold or too dry for rice to grow. As a result, the main crop in thenorth is wheat. In China, flour is sometimes the main ingredientfor bread but more often used to make buns and noodles。
第一句，簡單句;第二句如此以至于結(jié)構(gòu)“so... that…"注意so的用法，直接接adj. 或adv。第三句南北對比，可以用while或whereas連接，最后一句也是對比句，主語people是比較泛的大主語，考慮改寫為被動句。
中國是世界上最古老的文明之一。構(gòu)成現(xiàn)在世界基礎(chǔ)的許多元素都起源于中國。中國現(xiàn)在擁有世界上發(fā)展最快的經(jīng)濟，并經(jīng)歷著一次新的工業(yè)革命。中國還啟動了雄心勃勃的太空探索計劃，其實包括到2020年建成一個太空站。目前，中國是世界上的出口國之一，并正在吸引大量外國投資。同時，它也在海外投資數(shù)十億美元。2011年，中國超越日本成為第二大經(jīng)濟體。
China is one of the oldest cultures in the world, from whichmuch that constructs the foundation of the modern world is derived. China is witnessing the fastest development ofits economy and experiencing a new industrial revolution. Also, China has started the ambitious program forexploring the outer space, including to complete a space station by2020. Currently, being one of the largest exporters in the world,China is attracting massive foreign investment. Simultaneously, ithas invested billions of dollars overseas. In 2011, China surpassedJapan as the world’s second-largesteconomy.
解析：前兩句話都是簡單句，抓住共同點China,可以用定從合并在一起;
第三句兩個簡單句并列;
第四句注意2020是將來時間，非謂語應(yīng)采取to do 形式，如果用謂語要用將來完成時;
第五句簡單句并列，為避免單調(diào)，可以采取非謂語結(jié)構(gòu)
第六、第七句簡單句
