【英语翻译AsyouarestudentsofEnglish,it’sverypossiblethatyou’llbeinterestedinEngland.That’swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderifyouknowwhatth】

　　英语翻译

　　AsyouarestudentsofEnglish,it’sverypossiblethatyou’llbeinterestedinEngland.That’swherethelanguagewasfirstspoken.ButEnglandisoftencalledbyothernames.ThisoftenconfusespeopleandIwonderifyouknowwhatthesenamesmean.So,nowIwouldliketotellyouaboutthismatterofnames.Ibelievethatyouhaveheardpeopleusethenames-England,BritainorGreatBritain.Let’sseewhateachofthesenamesmeans.

　　IfyoulookatamapofEurope,you’llseeagroupofislands-onelargerislandoffthenorthwestcoast,onesmallerandmanytinyones.ThesemakeupwhatiscalledtheBritishIsles.ThelargestislandoftheBritishIslesisBritain.ItisalsocalledGreatBritain.ThesmallerislandisIreland.

　　Britainisdividedintothreeparts:Scotland,WalesandEngland.Butsometimestheword“England”isusedinsteadof“Britain”.Whyso?

　　Inancienttimes,whatisBritainnowusedtobethreedifferentcountries.Peopleinthesedifferentcountriesspokedifferentlanguages.Overmanyyearsthethreecountriesbecameone.Englandisthelargestandrichestofthethreeandithasthemostpeople.SotheEnglishpeopletakeitforgrantedthattheirownnamestandsforthewholeisland.

　　There’sanotherthingthatconfusespeople:sometimesyoumayhearpeoplesay“theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”.Thatistheofficialnameofthecountry.NorthernIrelandisonlyonesixthoftheislandorIreland.Therestoftheislandisanindependentstate,calledtheRepublicofIreland.Sowehavethenamesof“England”,“Britain”,“GreatBritain”,and“theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland”.Nowdoyouknowwhateachofthemmeans?