Globe trotting -- Bolivia 世界走透透:玻利維亞

2. The most expensive thing for the school is labor. After all, how could we do anything without teachers, principals, cooks and janitorial staff?

Labor is ...

a. anything that is very expensive.

b. the group of people who work.

c. the number of people who cry.

d. something that's cheaper than dirt.

3. Nantou is a landlocked county in Taiwan. If you want to see a beach, you'll have to go somewhere else.

Landlocked means ...

a. surrounded by water.

b. surrounded by locks.

c. surrounded by land.

d. without access to land.

4. The money my grandpa saved for retirement only provides a bare subsistence. After he buys his food and pays his rent, he has nothing left.

Subsistence means ...

a. minimal resources for maintaining life.

b. excessive resources for enriching life.

c. expending resources to maximize fun.

d. destroying resources as punishment.

ANSWERS: 1.b 2. b 3. c 4. a

WHAT TIME IS IT THERE? 現在那裡幾點？

Bolivia is 12 hours behind Taiwan, so if it is 4:30pm in Taiwan, it is 4:30am in Bolivia.

玻利維亞較台灣晚十二小時。假如台灣現在是下午四點三十分，玻利維亞就是早上四點半。

ABOUT BOLIVIA 國家概況

Size: 1,098,581 km2, about 31 times the size of Taiwan

Location: South America

Border countries: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru

Capital: La Paz

Population: about 8.9 million

Languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara

Government: Republic

Currency: 1 Boliviano = NT$4.1

面積︰一百零九萬八千五百八十一人，約為台灣三十一倍

位置︰南美洲

鄰國︰巴西、巴拉圭、阿根廷、智利、祕魯

首都︰拉巴斯

人口︰約八百九十萬人

語言︰西班牙語、克丘亞語及阿依馬拉語

政體︰共和政體

貨幣︰一玻利維亞諾等於新台幣四點一元

FLAG 國旗

The Bolivian flag of today has been in use since Bolivia's independence was declared in 1825, but it only became the official flag in 1888. Article one of the flag law says the red stripe stands for patriotic bloodshed, the green for nature and the yellow for hope.