【優(yōu)質(zhì)】5分鐘了解英國

1、Welcome to The Un ited Kin gdom (And a whole lot more) Exp lai ned by me, C.G. P.Grey.歡迎收看我的英國（以及更多）介紹。Un ited Kin gdom, En gla nd. Great Brita in? Are these three the same p lace? Are they differe nt p laces? Do British people secretly laugh those who use the terms m gonna tellin correctly? Who kno

2、ws the an swers to these questi ons? I do, and I you right now.英國” 英格蘭” 大不列顛”？這三個詞指的是同一個，還是不同地方？如果有人用錯了 詞，英國人會偷笑嗎？誰知道這些問題的答案？我知道，我現(xiàn)在來給你們解釋。For the lost: this is the world, this is the Euro pean con ti nent and this is the p lace we have to untan gle.給那些不認地圖的：這是世界，這是歐洲，這里就是讓我們糾結(jié)的地方。The area show n in

3、 purple is the Un ited Kin gdom. Part of the con fusi on is that theUn ited Kin gdom is not a sin gle country but it in stead is a country of coun tries. Itcontains in side of it four co-equal andsovereig nn ati ons.紫色的區(qū)域就是英國，讓人疑惑的可能是，英國并不是一個單一的國家，而是聯(lián)合王國。它包含了四個地位平等的主權(quán)國家。The first of these is En gla

4、ndshow n here in red. En gla nd is ofte n con fused withthe Un ited Kin gdom as awhole, because its the largest and most populous ofthe n ati ons and contains thede facto cap ital city, London.首先是英格蘭，紅色的部分。英格蘭經(jīng)常被誤認是英國整體的代稱，因為它最大，人口最多,以及擁有英國首都倫敦。To the n orth is Scotla ndshow n in blue, and to the we

5、st is Walesshow n inwhite. And whats often forgotten even by those who live in the United Kingdom,is Norther n Irela nd show n in oran ge.西面是威爾士，標成白色，另外，經(jīng)常被人甚至是英國人遺忘的是，北愛爾蘭，橙色部分。 -IE /禮A Zk、嗎-y 廠AK-X冷八空 J粹Vy ft*J-0Nu=-I ;-.-7攻5I 4XI%歲 L- 過&J ggc密2水 用 丁齋j 虧 1二迄 P： ；Each country has a local term for t

6、he popu lati on. While you can call them all British , it s not recomme nded as the four coun tries gen erally dont like eachother.每個國家都有自己的民族名稱。雖然你可以都叫他們英國人”但是我不建議這樣，因為四個地方的人們并不喜歡彼此。The Norther n Irish, Scottish and Welsh regard the En glish as slave-drivi ngcolon iai mastersno matter that all thre

7、e have theirown devolved Parliaments, and are allowed to vote on English laws despite thereverse not being trueand the En glish gen erally regard therest asrural yokels who spend too much time with their sheep.盡管它們?nèi)齻€都擁有獨北愛爾蘭，蘇格蘭和威爾士人認為英格蘭人是驅(qū)使奴隸的殖民者立的地方議會，可以投票表決英國法案，而英格蘭就沒有。英格蘭人也常常認為其他三個地t have their

8、 own p ass ports, they方的人們是農(nóng)村來的土包子，花太多時間和羊待在一起。However, as the four con stitue nt coun tries don are all British Citize ns, like it or not. They are British Citize ns of the Un itedKin gdom, whose full n ame by the way is the Un ited Kin gdom of Great Brita in and Norther n Irela nd.盡管如此，這四個國家并沒有獨立的

9、護照。他們都是英國公民，不管喜歡不喜歡聯(lián)合王國,全稱是大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國。So where s Great Britain hiding?那么大不列顛在哪？Right here: the area covered in black is Great Brita in. Uni ike En gla nd, Scotla nd,Wales and Norther n Irela nd, Great Brita in is a geogra phical rather tha n aP olitical term. Great Brita in is the largest isla nd

10、 among the British Isles.這里，畫出黑色的地圖是大不列顛。不像英格蘭，蘇格蘭，威爾士和北愛爾蘭，大不列顛是一個地理概念，而不是政治概念。大不列顛是不列顛群島中最大的島嶼。Within the Un ited Kin gdom, the term Great Britainis often used to refer toEn gla nd, Scotla nd and Wales alone, with the inten ti onal exclusi on of Norther nIrela nd. This is mostly, but not comp lete

11、ly true, as all three con stitue nt coun tries have isla nds that are not part of Great Brita in, such as The Isle ofWight, part of En gla nd, the Welsh Isle of An glesey, the Scottish Hebrides, theShetla nd Isla nds, the Orkney Isla nds and the Isla nds of the Clyde.在英國，大不列顛”通常指英格蘭，蘇格蘭和威爾士，北愛爾蘭被故意排

12、除在外。這點大部像懷特島、錫利群島和蘭迪島分是對的，但不全對，因為他們都有不屬于不列顛島的小島,屬于英格蘭，安格爾西島屬于威爾士，赫布里底群島、設(shè)德蘭群島、奧克尼群島和克萊德群島屬于蘇格蘭。The sec ond biggest isla nd in the British Isles is Irela nd.不列顛群島中的第二大島是愛爾蘭島。It is worth no ti ng at this point that Irela nd is not a coun try. Like Great Brita in, it s a geographical, not political ter

13、m.愛爾蘭”并不是一個國家。像不列顛一樣，它是一個地理概念，不是政治概念。The Isla nd of Irela nd contains on it two coun tries: Norther n Irela nd, which we have already discussed and the Rep ublic of Irela nd.和愛爾蘭共和國。愛爾蘭島上有兩個國家：北愛爾蘭一一我們之前談過了 - 3.叫h * 4C -1 1 -Az4When people say they are Irish, they are referri ng to the Rep ublic of

14、Irela nd.which is a sep arate country from the Un ited Kin gdom.當人們提到 愛爾蘭人”，通常指的是愛爾蘭共和國，它是一個不屬于聯(lián)合王國的獨立國家。However, both the Rep ublic of Irela nd and the Un ited Kin gdom are members of the Euro pean Union, eve n though En gla nd in p articular likes to p rete nd that it an Isla nd in the Mid-Atla nt

15、ic, rather tha n 50 kilometers off the coast of France.But that s a story for another time.愛爾蘭共和國和英國都是歐盟成員，雖然英國經(jīng)常假裝自己是一個位于大西洋中部的孤島,而不是離法國海岸只有 50公里的歐洲的一部分。這就是另一個故事了。To review:復習一下:The two largest isla nds in the British Isles are Irela nd and Great Brita in. I rela nd has on it two coun tries: the Re

16、p ublic of Irela nd and Norther n Irela nd, whileGreat Brita in mostly contains three: En gla nd, Scotla nd and Wales. These last three, whe n comb ined with Norther n Irela nd, form the Un ited Kin gdom.不列顛群島中兩個最大的島是不列顛島和愛爾蘭島。愛爾蘭島上有兩個國家：愛爾蘭共和國和北愛爾蘭，而不列顛島上又三個：英格蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾士。后三個加上北愛爾蘭組成了聯(lián)合王國英國。Fini shed

17、? No. There are still many unan swered questi ons, such as: Why, whe n you travel to Can ada, is there British Royalty on the mon ey?完了嗎？沒有。還有一些未解的問題，比如，當你到加拿大旅游時，為什么鈔票上印有英國女王?To an swer this, we n eed to talk about Empire.為了解答這個問題，我們必須談?wù)動⒌蹏?。You can t have gone to school in the English-sp eak ing wo

18、rld without havi nglearned that the British Empire once spanned a 1/4th worlds land and governednearly a 1/4th world s people.如果你在英語圈上的學，就不可能不知道，英帝國曾經(jīng)占有世界四分之一的土地,統(tǒng)治全球近四分之一的人口。While it s easy to remember the parts of the British Empire that broke awayviole ntly, we often forget how many n ati ons gained independence throughdipIo macy, notbloodshed .那