Chapter 1

Land and People

英國的國土與人民

I. Different Names for Britain and its Parts

英國的不同名稱及其各組成部分

1.Geographical names: the British Isles, Great Britain and England.

地理名稱：不列顛群島，大不列顛和英格蘭*z@m=@&fKuUVY8。

2.Official name: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

官方正式名稱：大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國(uALxsb]cvECR688。

3.The British Isles are made up of two large islands-Great Britain (the larger one) and Ireland, and hundreds of small ones.

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4.Three political divisions on the island of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Wales.

大不列顛島上有三個政治區：英格蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾士0F7O;YT6&MLW@4u#V。

(1) England is in the southern part of Great Britain. It is the largest, most populous section.

英格蘭位于大不列顛島南部，是最大，人口最稠密的地區f5JpE9np9*HBJQ|Q。

(2) Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. It has three natural zones (the Highlands in the north; the Central lowlands; the south Uplands) Capital: Edinburgh

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(3) Wales is in the west of Great Britain. Capital: Cardiff

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(4) Northern Ireland is the fourth region of the UK. Capital: Belfast.

北愛爾蘭是英國第四個區域9Wxy8DtXEToEf。首府：貝爾法斯特6P&msu#|iW3TGS。

5.The Commonwealth (of nations) is a free association of independent countries that were once colonies of Britain. It was founded in 1931, and has 50 member countries until 1991.

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