必修五Unit 2 PUZZLES IN GEOGRAPHY地理之谜unite vi. &vt.联合；团结the United Kingdom联合王国（英）consist vi.组成；一致consist of 由…组成divide …into…把…分成puzzle n.难题；迷vt.使迷惑debate vi. & n. 争论；辩论clarify vt.澄清；阐明break away (from)挣脱（束缚）；脱离the Union Jack英国国旗relation n.关系；联系educational adj.教育的legal adj.法律的；合法的convenience n.便利；方便roughly adv.粗略地；粗糙地Midlands 英格兰中部地区Industrial adj.工业的；产业的historical adj.历史上的；有关历史的attraction n.吸引；吸引力；吸引人的事物collection n.收藏品；珍藏；收集construct vt.建造；构造；创立influence vt.影响；改变n.Viking n.北欧海盗leave out 省去；遗漏；不考虑project n.科研学习项目；课题；计划；工程take the place of代替break down (机器)损坏；破坏arrange vt.筹备；安排；整理wedding n.婚礼fold vt.折叠；对折sightseeing n.观光；游览available adj.可利用的；有用的delight n.快乐；高兴；喜悦royal adj.王室的；皇家的occasion n.场合；时刻；时机uniform n.制服splendid adj.壮丽的；辉煌的；极好的statue n.塑像；雕像longitude n.经线；经度navigation n.导航；航行communism n.共产主义original adj.最初的；原始的；thrill vt.使激动；使胆战心惊unfair adj.不公平的；违反规划的smart adj.漂亮的；时髦的；聪明的tense n.时态consistent adj.一致的error n.错误；过失；谬误pot n.罐；壶People may wonder why different words are used to describe these fourcountries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.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,而偏偏建造出丑陋的房子来。
n. It'sa wonder难得；奇怪的是eg. It's a wonder you recognized me.难得你还认得我。
(2)(It's) no wonder难怪；并不奇怪；当然eg. No wonder he is not hungry; he hasbeen 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。
】You can clarify this question if you study British history.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。
】First there was England.首先有英格兰。
Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century.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】Now when people refer to England, you find Wales included as well.现在，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come to表示“谈到”讲时，仅用于句型“when it comes 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. comes 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 seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". 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；】Happilythis was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well.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：accomplish完成eg. You should accomplish the task within the allotted time.你们必须在规定时间内完成这项任务。
】Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way.最后，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”】However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government.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 traditional rules. (喻)现代音乐如爵士乐摆脱了旧的传统规则。
(2)断裂；开裂eg. A large piece of ice broke away from the main block.一大块冰从整个大冰块上断裂开来。
试题：The young man ____ the two policemen who were holding him.A. got away withB. broke away fromC. come up withD. caught up with 】So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland tobecome the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a newflag called the Union Jack.所以只有北爱尔兰加入到英格兰、威尔士和苏格兰行列，从而成为联合王国，这在英国国旗上可以向世人表现出来。
To their credit, the four countries do work together in some areas (eg,the currency and international relations), but they still have very differentinstitutions.为了表示信任，这四个国家在一些领域团结协作，（如流通和国际关系），但他们依然有各自不同的机构。
For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!例如，北爱尔兰，英格兰和苏格兰，除了有不同的足球队参加象世界杯之类的比赛之外，他们还有不同的教育体系和不同的法律体系。
【注释：as well as(1)adv. 又，也。
(2)conj.（连接词）eg. And in addition:既…又：eg. courageous as well as strong.既健康又勇敢(3)prep.（介词）: In addition to:都，除...之外（包含之后的内容）：eg. The editors as well as the proofreaders are working overtime编辑和校对者都在加班工作(4)和…一样好eg. He speaks English as well as Tom. 考题：1. (94全-28) John plays football ____ , if not better than, David.A. as wellB. as well asC. as wellD. such well2. (93全-20) She doesn’t speak ____ her friend, but her written work is excellent.A. as well asB. so often asC. so much asD. as good as BA】England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones.英格兰是四个国家中最大的国家，为了方便，它大致被划分为三个区域。