私家英语吴 B2 U4 一文多用（教师版）(1).docxVIP

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WHAT’SINANAME?

TheUnitedKingdom,GreatBritain,Britain,England—manypeopleareconfusedbywhatthesedifferentnamesmean.GettingtoknowalittlebitaboutBritishhistorywillhelpyousolvethis1.

Inthe16thcentury,thenearbycountryofWaleswas2totheKingdomofEngland.Later,thecountriesScotlandandtheKingdomofIrelandwereaddedtocreatetheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandIreland.Finally,inthe20thcentury,thesouthernpartofIreland3theUK,whichresultedinthefullnamewehavetoday:theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.PeoplefromtheUKarecalled“British”,whichmeanstheUKisalsooften4asBritainorGreatBritain.

Thefourcountriesthat5theUnitedKingdomworktogetherinsomeareas.Theyusethesameflag,knownastheUnionJack,6sharethesamecurrencyand7defence.However,theyalsohavesomedifferences.Forexample,England,Wales,Scotland,andNorthernIrelandallhavedifferenteducationsystemsand8systems.Theyalsohavetheirown9,liketheirownnationaldaysandnationaldishes.AndtheyevenhavetheirownfootballteamsforcompetitionsliketheWorldCup!

TheUnitedKingdomhasalongandinterestinghistoryto10,whichcanhelpyouunderstandmuchmoreaboutthecountryanditstraditions.AlmosteverywhereyougointheUK,youwillbe11by12offourdifferentgroupsofpeoplewho13atdifferenttimesthroughouthistory.Thefirstgroup,theRomans,cameinthefirstcentury.Someoftheirgreat14includedbuildingtownsandroads.Next,theAnglo-Saxons,inthefifthcentury,introducedthebeginningsoftheEnglishlanguage,andchangedthewaypeoplebuilthouses.TheVikingscameintheeighthcentury,leftbehindlotsofnewvocabulary,andalsothenamesofmany15acrosstheUK.ThelastgroupweretheNormans.They