英國的國土與人民

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。

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

官方正式名稱：大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國。

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

不列顛群島由兩個(gè)大島-大不列顛島(較大的一個(gè))和愛爾蘭島，及成千上萬個(gè)小島組成。

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

大不列顛島上有三個(gè)政治區(qū)：英格蘭、蘇格蘭和威爾士。

(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，人口最稠密的地區(qū)。

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

蘇格蘭位于大不列顛的北部。它有三大自然區(qū)：北部高地，中部低地及南部山陵。首府：愛丁堡。

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

威爾士位于大不列顛的西部。首府：加的夫

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

北愛爾蘭是英國第四個(gè)區(qū)域。首府：貝爾法斯特。

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

英聯(lián)邦是曾為英國殖民地的、但現(xiàn)已獨(dú)立國家所構(gòu)成的自由聯(lián)合體。它成立于1931年，至1990年止已有50個(gè)成員國。