爱尔兰英文介绍.pdf

Asfarastouristappealgoes,thesmallislandofIrelandpunchesfaraboveitsownweight.

Thecountryissopackedwithdelightsthatvisitorsareoftenreducedtodescribingits

charmsinhyperbolicclichés:itisthegreenestcountry,fullofthefriendliestpeople,allof

whomwouldbegeniusesiftheywerentdistractedbythelureofthepub.

Irelandisindeedagreencountry-somuchrainfallmusthaveitsbenefits-andthepeople

arejustifiablyrenownedfortheirfriendliness.Asforthegeniuses,well,theIrishwill

proudlypointtotheirfourNobelLaureatesforLiteratureanddeclarethatthesuccessrate

isunmatchedinanyothercountryofitssize,allthewhileensuringthatthesacredround

system(whereeveryonebuysadrinkforeveryoneelseinturn)isstrictlyadheredto.

YetIrelandscharmsrunfardeeperthanthelegendarycraicofthepuborthe

accomplishmentsofabunchof(mostly)deadwriters.Ithasaremarkablehistorythatis

wovenintovirtuallyeverything,fromtheprehistoricstonemonumentsoftheBoyneValley

tothemonumentshonouringitsfallenpatriots,menandwomenwhodaredchallengethe

imperiousmightofitslongtimeoccupierandcontemporaryfriend,Britain.

Ithasavibrantanddynamiccapital,Dublin,whichhasspearheadedastunningperiodof

economicgrowththathasseenthecountrytransformedfromruralbackwatertotheenvy

ofEurope.Asaresult,theIrishhavegrowninworldlinessthatcontinuestopropelthemto

greaterheightsofachievement.Eventhethorniestissueofall-NorthernIreland-has

seenakindofresolutionandIrelandlookstothefuturewithuntrammelledconfidence.

位于欧洲西部的爱尔兰岛南部。西濒大西洋，东北与英国的北爱尔兰接壤，东隔爱尔兰海与

英国相望。最长的河流香农河，最大的湖泊为科里布湖。属温带海洋性气候。爱尔兰素有“翡

翠岛国”之称。

古老的爱尔兰已经拥有六千多年的历史，山峰和峡谷见证了新石器时代农民在田地里耕种的

景象，平原则见证了众多军队准备战斗的情景。还有一些偏远的岛屿比如位于凯里沿岸的斯

凯林斯和布拉斯克特，一些将爱尔兰变成“圣徒和学者之岛”的人曾经就居住在这里，那里也

曾经是欧洲的基督教中心。此外，爱尔兰共有三处被列入联合国世界遗产名录的景点.

爱尔兰分成尚属英国管辖的北爱尔兰(Northern-Ireland)和已独立管制的爱尔兰共和国