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Burma is the older English name for the country in Southeast Asia that is officially called Myanmar. They are not two countries; they are two English names for one place.
Burma是Burma這個字 the older English name for the country in Southeast Asia是東南亞這個國家比較舊的英文名稱 that is officially called Myanmar這個國家官方名稱叫Myanmar。They are not two countries它們不是兩個國家; they are two English names for one place而是同一個地方的兩個英文名字
In 1989 the military government asked the world to say Myanmar. The United Nations and most countries now do.
In 1989 1989年 the military government軍政府 asked the world to say Myanmar要求全世界改叫它Myanmar。The United Nations and most countries聯合國和大多數國家 now do現在也都這樣叫
For years Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy, kept saying Burma, because they did not accept that the army had the right to change the name. Some news organisations still say Burma; some say Myanmar; some use both. The choice can sound political, even when the speaker only means the place.
For years好幾年來 Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy翁山蘇姬和她的政黨全國民主聯盟 kept saying Burma一直堅持說Burma because they did not accept that the army had the right to change the name因為他們不承認軍方有權改名字。Some news organisations有些新聞機構 still say Burma還是說Burma; some say Myanmar有些說Myanmar; some use both有些兩個都用。The choice可以怎麼稱呼這個選擇 can sound political聽起來可能帶有政治立場 even when the speaker only means the place即使說話的人只是單純指這個地方
In Taiwan, Chinese just says 緬甸 either way, so the English fight over names can surprise students. Both English names come from the same Burmese name for the country.
In Taiwan在台灣 Chinese just says 緬甸 either way中文不管怎樣都叫緬甸 so the English fight over names所以英文裡對名字的這場爭執 can surprise students可能會讓學生感到意外。Both English names這兩個英文名字 come from the same Burmese name for the country其實都來自緬甸語裡同一個國名
組成Borrowed, first into British English, from Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), the everyday form of မြန်မာ (mranma), the same source as Myanmar. The r in Burma was not in the Burmese word and was not originally pronounced; non-rhotic English used -ur- as a way to write the soft vowel in the middle.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Burmaname/ˈbɝmə/
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A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.
- The province of Yunnan lies in the extreme southwest of the Empire, its southern and western borders forming the northern frontiers of Tongking and Burma respectively. On the north it is bordered by Szechuan, and on the east by Kweichau and Kwangsi. It is the third largest province of the Empire, its area measuring 122,000 square miles, but, as elsewhere remarked, owing to the devastatations^([sic – meaning devastations]) of the Mohammedan rebellion and ensuing plague, its population has been greatly reduced, and now is not more than 6,000,000. Yet its mineral wealth is greater and more varied than that of any other province. Its capital is Yunnan, between which town and Burma a considerable trade is carried on.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。