1. Ecuador provides a perfect introduction to South America; it's a continent in miniature. 厄瓜多尔是南美的一个绝佳概览；它是整个大陆的缩影。
2. The greenback provided financial stability and made Ecuador attractive to foreign players and coaches. 美钞提供了财政稳定，并让厄瓜多尔吸引了外籍球员和教练。
3. The aircraft belonged to Ecuador Airline, but it had been chartered by Air France for the route from Bogota to the Ecuadorian capital Quito. 该飞机属于厄瓜多尔航空公司，但由法航租用，用于从波哥大飞往厄瓜多尔首都基多的航线。
4. 55,000 reptile skins from India, 19,000 big-eye thresher shark fins in Ecuador and 23 metric tonnes of pangolin in Asia have all been seized. 来自印度的55000张爬行动物皮、厄瓜多尔的19000只大眼长尾鲨鳍和亚洲的23吨穿山甲都被查获。
5. It was on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador that Darwin found creatures that made him wonder about how species develop and change. 正是在厄瓜多尔海岸之外的加拉帕哥斯群岛上，达尔文发现了一些生物，这使他思考物种是如何发展和变化的。
