A country on the north-west coast of South America, with Colombia to the north, Peru to the south and east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It has about 18 million people; the capital is Quito, high up in the mountains, and the largest city is Guayaquil on the coast.

A country on the north-west coast of South America一個位於南美洲西北岸的國家， with Colombia to the north北邊是Colombia（哥倫比亞）， Peru to the south and east南邊和東邊是Peru（秘魯）， and the Pacific Ocean to the west西邊是太平洋。It has about 18 million people它大約有1800萬人口； the capital is Quito首都是Quito（基多）， high up in the mountains位在高山上， and the largest city is Guayaquil最大的城市是Guayaquil（瓜亞基爾）， on the coast在海邊。

The land changes completely as you cross it: hot flat coast, then the high Andes with snow and volcanoes, then rain forest going east into the Amazon. The Galápagos Islands, where Darwin studied the animals, belong to Ecuador too, about 1,000 km out in the ocean.

The land changes completely as you cross it這片土地隨著你穿越它會完全改變： hot flat coast先是炎熱平坦的海岸， then the high Andes with snow and volcanoes然後是有雪和火山的高聳Andes（安地斯山脈）， then rain forest going east into the Amazon再往東就是通往Amazon（亞馬遜）的雨林。The Galápagos IslandsGalápagos Islands（加拉巴哥群島）—— where Darwin studied the animalsDarwin（達爾文）研究動物的地方—— belong to Ecuador too也屬於Ecuador， about 1,000 km out in the ocean位在海上大約1000公里外。

The name means 'equator' in Spanish, because the line runs right through the country.

The name means 'equator' in Spanish這個名字在西班牙文裡的意思是「equator（赤道）」， because the line runs right through the country因為赤道線正好穿過這個國家。

Spanish is the main language, with Quichua widely spoken as well, and the country uses the US dollar as its money. The adjective and the word for a person from there is Ecuadorian.

Spanish is the main language西班牙語是主要語言， with Quichua widely spoken as wellQuichua（蓋楚瓦語）也廣泛被使用， and the country uses the US dollar as its money而且這個國家用美元當作貨幣。The adjective and the word for a person from there形容詞和指「來自那裡的人」的字 is Ecuadorian是Ecuadorian（厄瓜多的／厄瓜多人）。