16. the English are Anglo-Saxons, but the welsh, Scots and Irish are Celts.
英格蘭人是安各魯-撒克遜人。而威爾士、蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭人是凱爾特人。
17. The Celts of Wales defended their freedom for 1000 years and were not conquered by the English until 1536. today about a quarter of the welsh population still speak welsh as their first language and about one percent speak only welsh.
威爾士的凱爾特人為自由戰斗了1000年,直到1536年才被英格蘭人征服。今天有大約四分之一的威爾士人把威爾士語當作第一語言,大約1%的人只講威爾士語。
18. though the Gaelic language is still heard in the Highlands and western isles, the English language is spoken all over the Scotland.
盡管在高地和西部島嶼還能聽到蓋爾語,但英語卻遍及全蘇格蘭。
19. Since then, there has been bitter fighting between the Protestants who are the dominant group, and the Roman Catholics who are seeking more social and economic opportunities.
從那時起,新教徒和羅馬天主教徒間展開了艱苦的斗爭,新教徒是統治者,而羅馬教徒要求更多社會和經濟機會。
20. About three million have came to live and find work since world war second. They are mainly from the West Indies, India and Pakistan.
自二戰以來,約有三百萬人來到英國居住,他們主要來自西印度群島,印度和巴基斯坦。
n. 人口 ,(全體)居民,人數