—It's a good place for us to ________ ourselves for the future.

Switzerland is a country with a lot of mountains. It lies1the middle south of Europe. It has 26 states and the 2 country is about 41 285 square (平方) kilometres. The people in Switzerland mainly come from Germany, France and Italy. So the people there speak German, French or 3. English isn't their first language. 4 now it is widely used in Switzerland.

Switzerland enjoys the name—Water Tower of Europe. That's because the country is 5 in water resources and there are 1 484 lakes. The 6 big rivers in Europe—the Rhine River, the Inn River and the Rhone River—come from it.

Switzerland is also7 Back Garden of Europe. About 30. 3% of the country is 8 with forests and there are 10 166 square kilometres of green belts. You can see flowers and grass9.

There are many world­famous cities in Switzerland, 10 Geneva and Zurich. They are all nice places for shopping and having a holiday.