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第一部分???英国第一章??英国地理1.??The?official?name?of?the?United?Kingdom?is?the?United?Kingdom?of?Great?Britain?and?Northern?Ireland.2.?There?are?three?political?divisions?on?the?islands?of?Great?Britain:?England,?Scotland?and?Wales.3.?About?a?hundred?years?ago,?Britain?ruled?an?empire?that?had?one?fourth?of?the?world’s?people?and?one?fourth?of?the?world’s?land?area.4.?The?Britain?Empire?was?replaced?by?the?Britain?commonwealth?in?1931,which?is?a?free?association?of?independent?counties?that?were?once?colonies?of?Britain.5.?Britain?is?separated?from?the?rest?of?Europe?by?the?English?Channel?in?the?