2014年12月英語四級考試聽力第二部分的第三篇文章為各位考生科普了有關安道爾這個小國家的知識——這個位于法國和西班牙之間的效果面積還沒有半個紐約大，而且直到上世紀三十年代，安道爾才有了公路。目前，安道爾正吸引越來越多的外國游客，人們很喜歡那里山區(qū)的風景和寧靜的生活。同時，在安道爾購物也很便宜，因為稅費很低。現(xiàn)在，且看滬江小編為你詳解，關于安道爾，你可能不知道的8件事。

1.?Andorra?is a country.
1、安道爾是一個國家。

OK, maybe most of you probably know this, but there are a lot of people out there that have no clue that Andorra is actually a country. Yes, it does exists and has been around in some form for almost 1,000 years. It has a seat in the United Nations, an Olympic team and diplomatic relations with other countries.
好吧，也許你們中的大多數(shù)都知道這個，但事實上有很多人并不了解，其實安道爾是一個國家。是的，它已經(jīng)存在了約1000年，是聯(lián)合國成員，有奧運會代表隊，也與其他國家建立了外交關系。

2. Andorra is small.
2、安道爾很小。

It is the 16th smallest country in the world by land and the 11th smallest by population. It is only about 40km to drive from one side of the country to the other. Total population of Andorra is about 85,000 which includes citizens and residents.
從面積上看，安道爾是世界第16小的國家；從人口上看，它是第11小的國家。從國家的一側到另外一側只有約40公里的距離；安道爾的人口總數(shù)約為8萬5千人，包括公民和居民在內。

3. Andorra produces a lot of Tobacco.
3、安道爾生產(chǎn)大量煙草。

One thing that surprised me here is how much tobacco is produced in Andorra. There used to be a cigarette factory in Andorra and because of its status as a tax haven, you can purchase cigarettes here much cheaper than you can in Spain or France.
我感到非常驚訝的一點是，安道爾生產(chǎn)大量煙草。曾經(jīng)在安道爾有一個卷煙廠，同時，由于安道爾是個稅費天堂，你在這里買煙的價格會比在西班牙或法國便宜很多。

4. Andorra is the world’s only co-principality.
4、安道爾是世界唯一的二元制君主立憲制國家。

A principality is a place ruled by a prince. Monaco is an example of a principality. Andorra, however, is a co-principality. They have two princes who jointly share the position of prince.
公國是由君主統(tǒng)治，摩納哥公國就是這樣的。但安道爾是二元君主立憲制國家，由兩個君主共同管理國家。

5. Andorra is the only country in the world with Catalan as its official language.
5、安道爾是全世界唯一一個將加泰羅尼亞語作為官方語言的國家。

Catalan is spoken in Spain, bits of France and a even smaller hunk of Sardinia. However, the only country where it is the official language is in Andorra.
加泰羅尼亞語通行于西班牙、法國的部分地區(qū)以及撒丁島的小范圍地區(qū)。但只有安道爾將這種語言作為官方語言。

6. Andorra has never been in a war in almost 1,000 years.
6、安道爾在近1000年的時間里沒有經(jīng)歷過戰(zhàn)爭。

Given its non-strategic location in the Pyrenees Mountains and lack of natural resources, Andorra has been without conflict almost since Charlemagne came through to fight the Moors. Technically, Andorra did declare war on Germany in WWI but never sent anyone into the conflict.
安道爾位于比利牛斯山脈，鑒于地處非戰(zhàn)略要地且自然資源匱乏，安道爾從查理曼大帝攻打摩爾人開始就一直遠離戰(zhàn)爭沖突。確切地說，安道爾在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)時確實對德國宣戰(zhàn)了，但從未送任何人上戰(zhàn)場。

7. Andorra has no national bank and has never had its own currency.
7、安道爾沒有國家銀行，也從來沒有過自己的貨幣。

Andorra currently used the Euro as its currency. Before that it primarily used the Spanish Peseta and sometimes the French Franc.
目前，安道爾使用歐元作為自己的貨幣。以前，安道爾用西班牙比塞塔作為自己的貨幣，有時也用法郎。

8. Andorra is not part of the EU, EFTA or the Euro zone.
8、安道爾不是歐盟成員，不是歐洲自由貿易區(qū)成員，也不是歐元區(qū)成員。

Andorra is not a member of most of the major European associations. Even though they use the Euro, they are not technically part of the Eurozone. They have a special relationship with the EU which they follow their trade rules for industry but not for agriculture. They are also not a party to the Schengen Treaty, however, you can only access Andorra via Spain and France which are party to the treaty and they don’t have an airport, so no one worries about them.
安道爾并沒有加入歐洲的幾個主要組織。雖然以歐元作為自己的貨幣，但確切來說，安道爾并不是歐元區(qū)成員。他們同歐盟的關系很特殊，在貿易上他們遵循歐盟規(guī)定，但在農業(yè)上他們并不遵循歐盟規(guī)定。他們也不是申根國，你只能通過申根國西班牙和法國進入安道爾。不過由于安道爾并沒有自己的機場，所以沒有人會為此擔心。