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Casablanca

Casablanca is a city of northwest Morocco on the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Tangier. Founded by its Portuguese in the 16^th century, it became a center of French influence in Africa after 1907. It is now Morocco’s largest city. Casablanca is a modern city --- and beautiful in its own respect. It gets the name from Spanish, means “white house”, and the Hollywood film Casablanca made this white city more famous all over the world. Among the most visible aspects of Casablanca are the wide boulevards flanked by white, tall buildings. The streets run out as the leaves of a fan from the Place des Nations Unies. This place is the focal point of downtown Casablanca. The old city of Casablanca is conveniently located --- just off the main town square from where avenues radiate, and near the sea.

Questions:

1. The people from where founded the city of Casablanca?

A. France

B. Britain

C. Spain

D. Portugal

2. The most appealing part of Casablanca is ________.

A. the white building

B. the wide boulevard

C. the Place des Unies

D. tall building

Keys:

1. D

2. B

【難詞詳解】

boulevard :  n. a wide road in a town or city, often with trees along the sides   林蔭大道

flank :  v. to be on both sides of someone or something  兩側有……，位于……兩側

e.g.   mountains flanking the road    公路兩旁的群山

focal point : n. the person or thing that you pay most attention to （注意力的）焦點，重點

radiate ：v. if things radiate from a central point, they spread out in different directions from that point   [ + from / out ]   從中心散開

【背景知識】

卡薩布蘭卡(Casablanca)得名于西班牙語，意即為“白色的房子”�？ㄋ_布蘭卡是摩洛哥第一大城市。美國電影《卡薩布蘭卡》更是讓這座白色之城聞名世界。由于“卡薩布蘭卡”實在響亮，知道城市原名“達爾貝達”(DarelBeida)的人反倒不多了�？ㄋ_布蘭卡是摩洛哥最大港口城市，瀕臨大西洋。原稱卡薩布蘭卡，摩洛哥獨立后改稱達爾貝達（阿拉伯語：الدار البيضاء）達爾貝達是摩洛哥的最大城市和主要港口，也是摩洛哥的商業金融中心地。