【优质】5分钟了解英国

1、Welcome to The Un ited Kin gdom (And a whole lot more) Exp lai ned by me, C.G. P.Grey.欢迎收看我的英国（以及更多）介绍。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.英国” 英格兰” 大不列颠”？这三个词指的是同一个，还是不同地方？如果有人用错了 词，英国人会偷笑吗？谁知道这些问题的答案？我知道，我现在来给你们解释。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.给那些不认地图的：这是世界，这是欧洲，这里就是让我们纠结的地方。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.紫色的区域就是英国，让人疑惑的可能是，英国并不是一个单一的国家，而是联合王国。它包含了四个地位平等的主权国家。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.首先是英格兰，红色的部分。英格兰经常被误认是英国整体的代称，因为它最大，人口最多,以及拥有英国首都伦敦。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.西面是威尔士，标成白色，另外，经常被人甚至是英国人遗忘的是，北爱尔兰，橙色部分。 -IE /礼A Zk、吗-y 厂AK-X冷八空 J粹Vy ft*J-0Nu=-I ;-.-7攻5I 4XI%岁 L- 过&J ggc密2水 用 丁齋j 亏 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.每个国家都有自己的民族名称。虽然你可以都叫他们英国人”但是我不建议这样，因为四个地方的人们并不喜欢彼此。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.尽管它们三个都拥有独北爱尔兰，苏格兰和威尔士人认为英格兰人是驱使奴隶的殖民者立的地方议会，可以投票表决英国法案，而英格兰就没有。英格兰人也常常认为其他三个地t have their

8、 own p ass ports, they方的人们是农村来的土包子，花太多时间和羊待在一起。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.尽管如此，这四个国家并没有独立的

9、护照。他们都是英国公民，不管喜欢不喜欢联合王国,全称是大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国。So where s Great Britain hiding?那么大不列颠在哪？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.这里，画出黑色的地图是大不列颠。不像英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和北爱尔兰，大不列颠是一个地理概念，而不是政治概念。大不列颠是不列颠群岛中最大的岛屿。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.在英国，大不列颠”通常指英格兰，苏格兰和威尔士，北爱尔兰被故意排

12、除在外。这点大部像怀特岛、锡利群岛和兰迪岛分是对的，但不全对，因为他们都有不属于不列颠岛的小岛,属于英格兰，安格尔西岛属于威尔士，赫布里底群岛、设德兰群岛、奥克尼群岛和克莱德群岛属于苏格兰。The sec ond biggest isla nd in the British Isles is Irela nd.不列颠群岛中的第二大岛是爱尔兰岛。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.爱尔兰”并不是一个国家。像不列颠一样，它是一个地理概念，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.和爱尔兰共和国。爱尔兰岛上有两个国家：北爱尔兰一一我们之前谈过了 - 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.当人们提到 爱尔兰人”，通常指的是爱尔兰共和国，它是一个不属于联合王国的独立国家。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.爱尔兰共和国和英国都是欧盟成员，虽然英国经常假装自己是一个位于大西洋中部的孤岛,而不是离法国海岸只有 50公里的欧洲的一部分。这就是另一个故事了。To review:复习一下: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.不列颠群岛中两个最大的岛是不列颠岛和爱尔兰岛。爱尔兰岛上有两个国家：爱尔兰共和国和北爱尔兰，而不列颠岛上又三个：英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士。后三个加上北爱尔兰组成了联合王国英国。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?完了吗？没有。还有一些未解的问题，比如，当你到加拿大旅游时，为什么钞票上印有英国女王?To an swer this, we n eed to talk about Empire.为了解答这个问题，我们必须谈谈英帝国。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.如果你在英语圈上的学，就不可能不知道，英帝国曾经占有世界四分之一的土地,统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