見出しは、 Can You Guess the Country? A New Geography Photo Quiz for Students
で、2024年５月29日 のものです。編集は、ジョン・オティス（John Otis）記者です。
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Ore Huiying for The New York Times
The Supertree Grove, vertical （垂直の）gardens that contain more than 160,000 types of plants, is a popular tourist destination in what country?
Brunei
Kuwait
Panama
Singapore
16万種類以上の植物を集めた垂直庭園、スーパーツリー・グローブは、どこの国の人気観光地ですか？
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👩ここから解説と正解です。
Gardens by the Bay is a nature park that is at once lush and futuristic. The 250-acre grounds encompass （様々なものを含む）themed （テーマが決められた）conservatories（温室）, winding （曲がりくねった）trails and Supertrees, or vertical gardens rising up to 16 stories that are threaded together by suspended walkways.
Baobabs are one of the most charismatic trees on Earth, thanks in part to their unusual appearance. The Avenue of the Baobabs is a famous natural reserve in the western part of what country?
Madagascar’s west coast is hot and dry, characterized by dusty roads, rocky outcrops （岩礁）and giant baobab trees. The Avenue of the Baobabs was designated as （～に指定された）a protected zone in 2007 after a sugar factory flooded the area with water for several years.
The ancient ruins （遺跡）of Mada'in Saleh, which include many tombs with Greek- and Egyptian-inspired facades, are carved into the soft sandstone cliffs that rise dramatically out of the desert. Where are they located?
Mada’in Saleh is a collection of more than 100 towering tombs carved into hillsides that takes on the glow of burnished gold at sunset.
This was the southern reach of the realm of the Nabateans, who carved Petra, the famous sandstone city in Jordan. The tombs date back two millenniums, and many Saudis believe them to be cursed（呪われている）, the abode （住処）of supernatural beings known as jinn.
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