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English and its history
英語發展簡史
All through history, people from many different countries and cultures have lived together in Britain.
在整個歷史進程中，來自很多國家并具有不同文化的人們曾共同生活在不列顛。
The English language is made up of the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain.
英語語言是由這些進入不列顛的人群所說語言中的語法和詞匯構成的。
That is why English has so many difficult rules that confuse people.
這就是英語為何有那么多復雜規則而讓人困惑的原因。
Old English
古英語
Old English is very different from the English we speak nowadays.
古英語和我們如今所講的英語有很大的不同。
In fact, we would not be able to understand it if we heard it today.
實際上，如果我們現在去聽古英語，我們也會不知其所云。
Before the middle of the 5th century, people in Britain all spoke a language called Celtic.
公元5世紀中葉之前，不列顛所有的人都說一種叫做凱爾特語的語言。
Then two Germanic groups from the European mainland--the Angles and the Saxons--occupied Britain.
然后，來自歐洲大陸的兩個日耳曼民資——盎格魯人和撒克遜人--占領了不列顛。
Old English consisted of a mixture of their languages.(Both the English language and the English people are named after the Angles; the word Angle was spelt Engle in Old English.)
古英語是他們語言的混合。（英語語言和英國人都是以盎格魯人命名的；單詞//“Angle”在古英語中的拼寫為“Engle”。）
