1·Madagascar is the most fascinating place I have ever been to.
马达加斯加是我去过的最迷人的地方。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Called by some the "island that time forgot", Madagascar is home to a vast array of unique, exotic creatures.
马达加斯加被一些人称为“被时间遗忘的岛屿”，是众多独特外来生物的家园。
3·Undaunted, he remained south of the equator, keeping himself busy by studying the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar before setting off to observe the next transit in the Philippines.
他毫不气馁，继续留在赤道以南，在动身前往菲律宾观察下一个过境点之前，他一直忙于研究毛里求斯和马达加斯加群岛。
4·Tananarive is the capital of Madagascar.
塔那那利佛是马达加斯加的首都。
5·But he also managed to botanize on Madagascar and the Cape.
但他也努力地在马达加斯加和开普敦研究植物。
1·Now considered part of Africa, Madagascar split from what's now India about 94 million years ago. (Learn about plate tectonics.)
马达加斯加岛如今是非洲的一部分，9400万年前，它从今天印度所在的位置分离出来。
2·The Coco de Mer belongs to the Coryphoidae subfamily and tribe Borasseae. Borasseae is represented by four genera in Madagascar and one in Seychelles out of the seven worldwide.
Coco de Mer tree是棕榈科复椰子属的植物，这个植物群在马达加斯加岛(非洲岛国)有四个种属 塞舌尔的种类约占世界上七分之一，分布于印度洋的沿海地区及其岛屿上。
3·In the last 11 years, experts in Madagascar have found 615 kinds of new plant and animal species, including lemurs, the world's smallest primates, and a kind of colored gecko.
在过去的11年里，专家在马达加斯加岛发现615种新的动植物物种，其中包括世界上最小的灵长目动物狐猴和一种变色壁虎。
4·Their vanilla, for example, comes from Madagascar; their macadamia nuts from Hawaii.
例如，他们用的香草来自马达加斯加岛；马卡达姆坚果则是出自夏威夷。
5·Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou are well on course to take part in next year's African Cup of Nations after Ivory Coast defeated Madagascar comfortably on Sunday.
上周日德罗巴和卡劳所在的科特迪瓦国家队轻松战胜马达加斯加岛，进军明年非洲杯的希望越来越大。