| 词汇 | cuba |
| 释义 | Cuba noun uk /ˈkjuː.bə/ us /ˈkjuː.bə/ an island country in the Caribbean古巴 Countries, nationalities & continents: country names Afghanistan Albania Albion Algeria Andorra Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Mauritius Melanesia Mexico Micronesia Moldova St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland the Federated States of Micronesia After Cuba freed itself from Spain in 1898, it came under the political and economic influence of the USA. After the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the USA placed a strict trade embargo on Cuba, causing serious food shortages. Cuba has shown us a lot can be done with very little. Cuba’s success shows that it’s possible for a whole country to feed itself without help and even improve production, using small local gardens and no chemicals. For most of the twentieth century Cuba was famous for two things: cigars and rum. From this point on, Cuba produced sugar for the Soviet Union and imported much of its food and agricultural technology from there in return. However, with the sudden fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba lost its main trading partner. In Cuba, for example, you’re an adult at 16, but in Egypt, you don’t become an adult in all ways until you’re 21. The US trade embargo was still in place, and Cuba found itself without enough food to feed its people. This made Cuba depend economically on the USA for its basic needs. Cuba suffered from its geographic aloofness. It took the war to make her realise that, with the exception of the United States, Cuba and Hawaii, all the sugar-cane areas of the world are within the imperial confines. The Captain-General of Cuba about May last issued a proclamation authorizing search to be made of vessels on the high seas. The Indians of Jamaica and Cuba employed this fish as falconers do hawks. The affairs of Cuba are still occupying a very important place in the eyes of the world. |
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