【双语】苏格兰、英格兰闹离婚？细数英国那些事儿.pdfVIP

智 课 网 雅 思 备 考 资 料 【双语】苏格兰、英格兰闹离婚？细数英国那些事儿 英国要分裂？苏格兰要独立？没错！苏格兰即将开始公投，如果投 赞成票的选民居多，那么从今以后中国人概念中的英国将不复存在！小 伙伴赶紧学好雅思，去英国见证这一历史性的时刻吧！ The United Kingdom ranks as one of the mostsuccessful marriages in history. England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland have survived ancienthatreds, tribal rivalry and war. Each nation has beenenriched by a journey of enlightenment, empire,shared energy and enterprise. 联合王国(United Kingdom)是史上最成功的联姻之一。英格兰、 苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰经历过历史恩怨、部落敌对和战争，却最终 走到了一起。启蒙运动、帝国的辉煌、共同的活力与进取，这段旅程让 其中的每个民族都得到了丰富。 In seven days, this splendid mess of a union, toquote Simon Schama, the British historian, risks being separated into its national parts.Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide whether to stay in the UK or sunder bondsstretching back to 1707. Opinion polls suggest the result is too close to call, a prospect whichhas alarmed financial markets, wrongfooted allies and sent a complacent coalition governmentscrambling to find a last-minute sweetener to win over the Scots. 几天后，这个“伟大而混乱的联盟”(借用英国历史学家西蒙•沙玛( Simon Schama)的说法)就有可能分裂为不同的民族国家。苏格兰将在9 月18日举行公投，投票决定是继续留在英国，还是割裂苏格兰与英格兰 自1707年起结成的联盟。民意调查结果显示 ，支持和反对独立的票数可 能过于接近、难有清晰的胜负。这一前景让金融市场陷入了动荡 ，让英 国的盟友慌了神 ，让原本自命不凡的英国联合政府急急忙忙寻找最后时 刻的笼络手段，以争取苏格兰人留下。 Empires and nation states are not immune to break-up, but there is little precedent for ahitherto stable modern democracy splitting in peacetime, in the middle of an economicrecovery. This is not the time for recrimination. For the moment, it is enough for thisnewspaper to declare that the path of separation is a fool’s errand, one fraught with dangerand uncertainty. 帝国和民族国家有时不免会分裂，但一个迄今为止稳定的现代民主 国家 ，在和平时期和经济复苏进程中分裂，这样的先例少之又少。眼下 不是相互指责的时候。就目前而言 ，英国《金融时报》认为 ，仅仅这样 说就足够了——分裂是一件徒劳无益、充满了危险和不确定的事情。 Scotland is a proud and vibrant nation. Scots have contributed disproportionately to the union.They have played a leading role in arts, commerce, literature, the military, politics and sport.But a v