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英语必修五第二单元课文翻译

Unit 2 The United Kingdom
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PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY
People may wonder why different words are used to describe these
four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can
clarify this question if you study British history.
人们可能会奇怪为什么用不同的词语来描述英格兰、
威尔士、
苏< br>格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家。
如果你研究英国的历史，
你就能够弄明
白这个问题 。

First
there
was
England.
Wales
was
linked
to
it
in
the
thirteenth
century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as
well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth
century and the name was changed to
accomplished
without
conflict
when
King
James
of
Scotland
became
King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried
in
the
early
twentieth
century
to
form
the
United
Kingdom
by
getting
Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part
of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So
only
Northern
Ireland
joined
with
England,
Wales
and
Scotland
to
become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new
flag called the Union Jack.
首先是英格兰。威尔士于公元
13
世纪就同英格兰联合起来了。
如今只要有人提起英格兰，
你就会发现威尔士总是包括在内的。
然后，
于
17
世纪英格兰、威尔士同苏格兰联合起来，名字改为大不列颠。
令人庆幸的是，当苏格兰的詹姆士 国王成为英格兰和威尔士的国王
时，这三个国家在无
(
军事
)
冲突的 情况下实现了联合。最后在
20
世
纪初通过同样的和平方式，
英国政府尽力把 爱尔兰也纳入进来，
组成
了联合王国。
然而，
爱尔兰的南部却不情愿这样并分 离出去建立了自
己的政府。因此只有北爱尔兰同英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰联合起来组
成了联合王 国，这一点从新的联合王国国旗
(
“联合杰克”
)
上就可以
看得出来 。

To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg,
the currency and international relations), but they still have very different
institutions.
For
example,
Northern
Ireland,
England
and
Scotland
have
different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams
for competitions like the World Cup!
值得称赞的是
:
这四个国家在一些方面
(
比方说在货币和 国际关
系上
)
，它们的确是共同合作的，但是有些制度仍然区别很大。例如，
北爱尔兰、英格兰和苏格兰在教育体制和立法体制上都存在着差异，
并且它们有着各自的足球队参加像世 界杯之类的比赛
!

England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is
divided
roughly
into
three
zones.
The
zone
nearest
France
is
called
the
South
of
England,
the
middle
zone
is
called
the
Midlands
and
the
one
nearest
to
Scotland
is
known
as
the
North.
You
find
most
of
the
population
settled
in
the
south,
but
most
of
the
industrial
cities
in
the
Midlands
and
the
North
of
England.
Although,
nationwide,
these
cities
are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams
and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built
in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical architecture
you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you
will find out more about British history and culture.
在这四个国家中，
英格兰是最 大的。为了方便，它大致可以划分
为三个地区。
最靠近法国的那个地区叫做英格兰南部，
中部地区叫英
格兰中部，
最靠近苏格兰的那个地区叫英格兰北部。
你会发现大部分< br>人口居住在南部，
但是大部分工业城市在中部和北部。
虽然就全国范
围来说，< br>这些城市都不像中国的城市那样大，
但是它们都有着世界闻
名的足球队，有的城市甚至还 有两个队
!
令人遗憾的是这些建于
19
世纪的工业城市对游客并没有吸引力。

要找历史性建筑你得去更古
老的、

比较小些的由古罗马人建造的城镇。

在那儿你才可能找到更
多的有关英国历史和文化的东西。


The
greatest historical treasure of
all
is London
with its
museums,
art collections, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of national
government
and
its
administration.
It
has
the
oldest
port
built
by
the
Romans
in
the
first
century
AD,
the
oldest
building
begun
by
the
Anglo-Saxons
in
the
1060s
and
the
oldest
castle
constructed
by
later