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Globe trotting -- Mali 世界走透透: 馬利

If something is stable it is ...

a. a home for cows.

b. shaky.

c. fluid.

d. steady.



3. Traditionally, the Bedouin people do not live in one place. They are a nomadic people who move with the seasons.

If someone is nomadic they ...

a. live in a house in the city.

b. live in a house in the countryside.

c. have no fixed abode.

d. live abroad.


4. The Tugou, the native Taiwanese dog, is renowned for its ability to jump high into the air.

Renowned means ...

a. not known for.

b. known as.

c. well known for.

d. re-homed.



Ans: 1.c 2.d 3.c 4.c

ABOUT MALI 國家概況

Size: 1.24 million km2, or about 37 times the size of Taiwan

Location: West Africa

Border countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal

Capital: Bamako

Population: Around 12 million

Languages: French (official), Bambara 80 percent, numerous African languages

Government: Republic

Currency: 15 African Financial Community Francs = NT$1

面積︰一百二十四萬平方公里,約台灣的三十七倍大

位置︰西非

鄰國︰阿爾及利亞、布吉納法索、幾內亞、象牙海岸、茅利塔尼亞、尼日及塞內加爾

首都︰巴馬科

人口︰約一千兩百萬人

語言︰法語(官方語言)、班巴拉語(佔80%)、多種非洲語

政體︰共和

貨幣︰十五非洲金融共同體法郎等於新台幣一元

WHAT TIME IS IT THERE ? 現在那裡幾點?

Mali is eight hours behind Taiwan, so if it is 6pm in Taiwan then it is 10am in Mali.

馬利比台灣晚八個小時,也就是說,如果台灣現在是傍晚六點,馬利就是上午十點。

FLAG 國旗

The flag was adopted in 1961. The green stands for hope, nature and agriculture. The yellow represents Mali's

resources of gold and therefore its wealth. The red represents the blood shed by their forefathers for independence.

馬利於一九六一年採用這面國旗,綠色部份代表希望、自然與農業,黃色象徵馬利蘊含的金礦及隨之而來的財富,紅色則代表先人為爭取獨立所灑的鮮血。

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