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Vocabulary
Ghana ['ɡɑ:nə] n.加纳(非洲西部国家)
Ghanaian [ɡəˈneɪən] a./n.加纳人
Brong Ahafo Region布朗阿哈福地区
Irrespective of不论,不管
subsistence farmer: [柯林斯] a farmer who consumes most of the produce he grows, leaving little or nothing to be marketed(自产自销,自给自足;个体小农经济)
junior secondary school (即Kofi Twum通过了加纳基础教育证书考试)
hawk v.兜售,沿街叫卖
yam n.山药,白薯
Africa
Renewal《非洲振兴》(杂志)
Nkoranza 恩科兰扎(加纳中北部的城镇)
Hop vt. [牛津] (North American informal) Jump on to (a moving vehicle)
a street
preacher 街头传教士
Burkina Faso 布基纳法索(西非国家)
Agadez, Niger 尼日尔阿加德兹市(尼日尔,非洲中西部国家)
in convoy [牛津] as a group,
together(一道,一起)
Borkou region 波尔库区
death-defying a.
1. Willing to face or risk death. 2. Perceived as highly dangerous to undertake
or attempt.(出生入死,九死一生)
extortionate a. 敲诈的,勒索的,要价过高的
Muammar Gaddafi 穆哈迈尔·卡扎菲(利比亚革命警卫队上校,前利比亚最高领导人)
Evacuate v. 撤离,疏散
International
Organization for Migration 国际移民组织
Stranded a.搁浅的,陷入困境的
Confer v.授予,给予
Remittance n.汇款
Ministry of the
Interior内政部
African
Development Bank非洲开发银行
African
Economic Outlook非洲经济展望
external
finance外来资金
Background
Ghanaian educational system: [维基] The Ghanaian education system is divided in three parts:"Basic Education" (Age 4-15), secondary cycle (3 years) and tertiary Education (3 years).
Basic Education: Kindergarten (2
years), primary school(2 modules of 3 years) and Junior High school(3 years). The
junior high school(JHS) ends on the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).