2016高中英语 译英语.pptVIP

Reading PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries：England，Wales，Scotland and Northern Ireland.You can clarify this question if you study British history. First there was England.Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well.Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”．Happily this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.Finally