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    Tunisia is a country in North Africa, with Algeria on its west side and Libya on its east, and the Mediterranean Sea along the top. It is small compared with its neighbours — about ten to twelve million people — and the shape of life there follows the land: the north is green, with farms, olive trees and the coast where nearly everyone lives; the south runs into the desert, sand and almost empty.

    Tunisia突尼西亞 is a country in North Africa是北非的一個國家, with Algeria on its west side and Libya on its east西邊是阿爾及利亞,東邊是利比亞, and the Mediterranean Sea along the top北邊沿著地中海。It它 is small compared with its neighbours比起鄰國算小——about ten to twelve million people大約一千萬到一千兩百萬人——and the shape of life there follows the land而那裡的生活樣貌跟著地形走: the north is green北部是綠意盎然的, with farms, olive trees and the coast where nearly everyone lives有農田、橄欖樹,還有幾乎所有人居住的海岸; the south runs into the Sahara desert南部則進入撒哈拉沙漠, sand and almost empty滿是沙子,幾乎空無一人。

    The capital is . Arabic is the official language, French is widely used from the years of French rule, and most people are Muslim.

    The capital首都 is Tunis是突尼斯。Arabic阿拉伯語 is the official language是官方語言, French法語 is widely used from the years of French rule因為過去法國統治的歲月而被廣泛使用, and most people are Muslim大部分人信奉伊斯蘭教。

    Two things you may already know it for. Beach holidays — Europeans go there the way people here go to . And history: in 2010 to 2011 a protest in Tunisia grew into a revolution that removed the president, and that event set off the wave of uprisings across the Arab world that news reports called the Arab Spring.

    Two things兩件事 you may already know it for是你可能早就知道、卻不知道跟它有關的。Beach holidays海灘度假——Europeans歐洲人 go there的方式 the way people here go to Okinawa就像這裡的人去沖繩一樣。And history還有歷史: in 2010 to 2011在2010到2011年間 a protest in Tunisia突尼西亞的一場抗議 grew into a revolution演變成一場革命 that removed the president推翻了總統, and that event而這件事 set off the wave of uprisings across the Arab world引爆了整個阿拉伯世界的一連串起義 that news reports called the Arab Spring也就是新聞報導所稱的「阿拉伯之春」。

    Capital letter, no 'the', like most country names: 'she lives in Tunisia'.

    Capital letter大寫開頭, no 'the'不加 'the', like most country names就像大部分國名一樣: 'she lives in Tunisia'「她住在突尼西亞」。

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組成Tunis (the capital city) + -ia, the ending English uses to build a country name out of a place name — the same ending in Australia, Russia, Malaysia.

同家族的字

  • Tunisthe capital city; the country name was built from it
  • TunisianTunisia + -an, meaning a person from Tunisia, or 'of Tunisia'
  • Malaysiaalso a place name plus the country-making ending -ia

原始詞典資料3 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。

Tunisianame/tjuːˈnɪzi.ə/

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    A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis.

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    historicalA country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis.

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    historicalA country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。