人教版高中英语必修五unit2课文重点练习详解概要1.docVIP

Unit 2. The United Kingdom PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY People may wonder（=want to know/ be surprised） why different words are used(主动如何表达) to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question (means: the question will be clear if…) if you study British history. First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to (=mention/speak of) England you find (that) Wales (is) included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to Great