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高中英语必修三课文翻译 高中英语必修五Unit2课文详解 【--英语演讲稿】 必修五 Unit 2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY地理之谜 人们也许会奇怪：为 什么用不同的词汇来描述这四个国家：英国、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰。【注释： ①wonder v.tr.（及物动词）To feel curiosity or be in doubt about:感到好奇或怀疑： eg. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.他 很奇怪为什么人们本可以造出漂亮的房屋,而偏偏建造出 __房子来。 n. Its a wonder难得；奇怪的是eg. Its a wonder you recognized me.难得你还认得我。 (2)(Its) no wonder 难怪；并不奇怪；当然 eg. No wonder he is not hungry; he has been eating sweets all day.难怪他不饿，他整天在吃糖果。 ②use sth. to do …用…做…; eg. You’d better use a stick to stir the paint. 你最好用棒来搅漆。】如果你研究英国历史，就能阐明这个问题。【注释：clarify:解释；澄清；阐明 eg. The government has time and again clarified its position on equal pay for women?政府已经反复阐明政府对男女同工同酬的立场。】 13世纪，威尔士加入进来。【注释：link vt., vi.（常与together, to, with连用）连接 eg. The two towns are linked by a railway.这两个城镇由一条铁路连接起来。 (2)挽着;（与on, to, in to连用）联合】 当人们谈到英格兰，你就会发现威尔士也包括进来。【注释：①refer to谈到； speak of, mention这三个词均表示“谈到；说起”，其主语均为“sb.”，而e to表示 “谈到”讲时，仅用于句型“when it es to sb./ sth.” “当一谈到…” 试题： When it ___ music, Kate is always excited. A.refers to B. speaks of C. mentions D. es to ②as well也，倒不如, 还是...的好， 最好...还是(It will be as well to stop that young screamer. 但是最好还是让那个大哭大叫的孩子住声。)】 Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the 接下来，在17世纪，英格兰和威尔士加入到苏格兰，名字改为 “大英帝国”。【注释：be joined : To put or bring into close association or relationship:使结合，缔交：使?结合或联合形成密切联系或关系 eg. they were joined by marriage;.他们结 成夫妻；】Happily this was aomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became 高兴的是，当苏格兰国王詹姆斯成为英格兰和威尔士国王时，也是在没有发生冲突的情况下完成的。【注释：aomplish 完成 eg. You should aomplish the task within the allotted time.你们必须在规定时间内完成这项任务。】 在20世纪初，英国政府想通过以和平方式将爱尔兰加入进来，形成联合王国。【注释： getting Ireland connected系为get sth. done结构，意为“让人…做某事”】 然而，爱尔兰南部地区不愿意加入，脱离并成立了自己的政府。【注释：break away (1)逃走；逃脱 eg. 1) The robbery suspect broke away from the lockup.抢劫嫌疑犯从拘留所逃脱了。2) Modern music like jazz has broken away from the old traditio