管窥：埃塞俄比亚1

太阳 · 正晴

在我们的旅行计划中，非洲的埃塞俄比亚是首选。

Ethiopia in Africa is at the top of our travel list.

　　埃塞俄比亚的国旗和国徽。

The flag and emblem of Ethiopia.

　　埃塞俄比亚的全称是埃塞俄比亚联邦民主共和国，面积110万平方公里，人口1.12亿，有80多个民族，首都亚的斯亚贝巴，通用英语。

Ethiopia's full name is the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, an area of 1.1 million square kilometers, 112 million people, there are more than 80 ethnic groups, the capital Addis Ababa ,general English.

　　埃塞俄比亚是世界上最不发达的国家之一，人均GDP不足一千美元，国民生活水平非常低。

Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries in the world, with a per capita GDP of less than us $1,000 and a very low standard of living.

　　埃塞俄比亚人普遍肤色较深，但你要是说他们是黑人，他们肯定会很生气，因为这个国家的国名意为“晒黑了的脸蛋”。她们认为自己是“晒黑了的白人”。

Ethiopians generally have darker skin, but they would be offended if you told them they were black because the country's name means "sunburnt face". They think of themselves as "tanned white".

　　实际上，埃塞俄比亚人确实有闪米特人的血统，五官和真正的黑人区别很大，但是这黝黑的皮肤很难让人把他们和中东的闪米特人联系起来。

In fact, ethiopians do have Semitic blood, and their features are quite different from those of real blacks, but their dark skin makes them hard to associate with the Semitic people of the Middle East.

　　来到非洲的大国，我们游览了首都亚的斯亚贝巴，参观了世界文化遗产岩石教堂，驱车深入了东非大裂谷埃塞段，看到了偏远地区的居民生活，和一些当地人进行了初步的交流。

Coming to a big country in Africa, we visited the capital Addis Ababa, visited the World Cultural heritage rock church, drove deep into the Ethiopian section of the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, saw the lives of residents in remote areas, and had a preliminary exchange with some local people.

　　旅行埃塞俄比亚，看到并了解了很多不一样的历史、自然、生活和文化，感觉不错。

Traveling to Ethiopia and seeing and learning about so much different history, nature, life and culture has been rewarding.

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