英语澳门资料.ppt

The name of Macau is derided from the word Magao (A-Ma Temple), which were shrines dedicated to Mazu. It was said that in the middle of sixteenth century when the Portuguese first set foot there, one of the officers asked a fisherman the name of the land. The man misunderstanding the officer’s meaning, answered ‘Magao’ –the name of A-Ma Temple in front them. The word became the name of the land. Macau is one of the two Special Administrative Districts (another one is Hong Kong), locates on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta. Macau covers an area of 32.8 square meters with