WhenChristopherColumbuslandedonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelandmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRicawhichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.
ThoughlittlegoldwasfoundCostaRicatodayisindeedrichwithcoffeeandbananas.CoffeeisthemostimportantproductinCostaRicaandmostofitisexported(出口)toothercountrieslikeAmericaandGermany.Bananasarethecountry’ssecondmostimportantexport.
CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruitscornandbeansfortheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecolorsandtheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcolors.
EducationisveryimportanttotheCostaRicans.Almosteveryvillagehasaschoolandeducationisamustforchildrenbetweensevenandfourteenyearsofage.Boysandgirlsgotoseparate(单独的)schools.ClassesbegininMarchandendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsoftheyearareharvesttimeandthechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.
小题1: What’sthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?