人教版高中英语必修五unit2课文重点练习详解.pdf

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 toScotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to Great Britain. Happily this was accomplished without conflict (peacefully/in a peaceful way) when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom bygetting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shownto the world in a new flagcalled the Union Jack. To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they will have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal system as well as different football terms for competitions like the World Cup! England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughlyinto three zones. The zone nearest France is called