明報新聞網海外版-明報加東版(多倫多) - Ming Pao Canada Toronto Chinese Newspaper
[ 前往新版面 ]
 
主頁    要聞     加國新聞     地產新頁     中國     國際     港聞     經濟     體育     影視     副刊    工商專業    股市行情  
即時新聞網 ·  醫事網 ·  車網 ·  樂在明廚 ·  置業頻道 ·  FAN club ·  分類網 ·  特刊專區 ·  香港股市行情
   
 
圖片
放大
 
放大
 
Luis Suarez (蘇亞雷斯)
放大
 

其他新聞
Animal﹕Manta ray (角鵬)
Break time﹕Llama & alpaca
Answers, Break time
DIY﹕Finger puppet
Around the world﹕May the false be with you
[顯示全部題目]

[昔日明報]

 
港聞
 Travelling﹕Uruguay

【明報專訊】Uruguay (烏拉圭) is sandwiched between Argentina and Brazil. It was the host country of the first World Cup in 1930 and has two trophies under its belt.

Flag's tale

The personified sun in the flag is called "Sun of May". It represents Inti, who was the sun god in ancient Inca (印加) mythology and is in the form of a gold disk. Uruguay was part of the Brazilian Empire. The horizontal white and blue stripes represent the original nine departments (省), which formed the basis of the newly established republic in 1830 after its independence.

Sightseeing

Punta del Este (埃斯特角城) is a resort town in Maldonado, a southeast department of Uruguay. If you want to rent a villa for your long holiday, this is the place. A sculpture named La Mano de Punta del Este, looking like five human fingers, is an artistic landmark as well as a tourist hot spot in the region.

◆World Cup titbit

Luis Suarez (蘇亞雷斯) is a well known Uruguayan striker (前鋒) who shocked the soccer world by biting an Italian footballer in the last World Cup. In fact, that was not the first time he had bitten others in a match!

Eager to make a triumphant return in the coming months, he said early this year that "I want this to be my World Cup". But he was also cautious, foreseeing that the matches with rivals in the same group would be "difficult and complicated".

(Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, MARCA)

■English highway﹕make

The word can mean "cause something to be a success".

e.g. The hike really made my day.

■Quiz

1. Uruguay is the host country of the coming World Cup. True/False

2. Suarez said it is easy to win the World Cup. True/False

3. Which word in the passage refers to a house where people stay on vacation?

______________________

(Answers on next text)

■Glossary

personify (v) 擬人化

landmark (n) 地標

cautious (adj) 警覺的

rival (n) 競爭對手

[Smarties' Power English 第216期]

 
 
今日相關新聞
Travelling﹕Uruguay
Answers, Travelling
[顯示全部題目]



引用明報

引用明報(加拿大)內容收費準則:(包括:報章,各類附刊,數碼及任何名下之內容)

文字:每100字(含標點符號) 30元
特別內容如獨家新聞,名家約稿等另按情況收費

圖片:每張50元
獨家,合成圖片,圖樣設計另議。

凡未於收費表列明之項目而屬明報(加拿大)內容者,引用者請先行查詢收費。

舉報剽竊內容獎勵辦法:

凡舉報可能剽竊明報(加拿大)內容者,若有關舉報能成功令明報(加拿大)追討有關費用,在扣除追討費用後,舉報者可獲有關金額的15%作為酬勞。

 
廣告 advertisement
廣告 advertisement
 
 
 
 
主頁 ,  誠聘 , 待聘 ,
房屋出租  ,  招生  , 
服務  ,  買賣  ,  其他