Patagonia is a huge region at the southern end of South America. Learner books often pin it on southern Argentina: few people, many sheep farms, wide windy land — and that is the picture most students meet.

Patagonia is巴塔哥尼亞是 at the southern end of South America在南美洲最南端的 a huge region.一大片區域。Learner books教材 often pin it on常把它定位在 southern Argentina:阿根廷南部： few people, many sheep farms, wide windy land人很少、有很多養羊牧場、廣闊多風的土地 — and that is the picture most students meet.──這是大多數學生會遇到的印象。

Though actually, the name also covers the matching southern part of Chile, with mountains, ice, and national parks; maps do not all draw the same northern line.

Though actually,不過其實， the name這個名字 also covers也涵蓋 the matching southern part of Chile,智利對應的南部地區， with mountains, ice, and national parks;那裡有山、有冰、有國家公園； maps地圖 do not all draw畫的 the same northern line.北界不完全一樣。

In English it is a place name, so you give it a capital letter.

In English在英文裡 it is a place name,它是個地名， so you give it a capital letter.所以字首要大寫。

People stretch it too: a big outdoor-clothing company took the name, so “Patagonia” on a jacket is a brand, not a ticket south. The place still carries that feeling of far-away, empty, cold-and-windy country.

People stretch it too:大家也把這名字延伸使用： a big outdoor-clothing company一家大型戶外服飾公司 took the name,用了這個名字， so 'Patagonia' on a jacket所以外套上的「Patagonia」 is a brand,是一個品牌， not a ticket south.不是去南方的門票。The place這個地方 still carries仍然帶著 that feeling of far-away, empty, cold-and-windy country.那種遙遠、空曠、又冷又多風的感覺。