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The United Kingdom Puzzles in geography 地理之謎 People may wonder (why different words are used to describe these four countries): England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this question (if you study British history). why 引導(dǎo)賓語從句 be used to do sth被用來做某事 。闡明 if引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句 First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to Great Britain. 與 ...連接 13世紀(jì) (序數(shù)詞前加 the) 提到 。提及 find+賓語 +賓補(bǔ) 也;又;還 連接到 17世紀(jì) be done被動 大不列顛 para2 Happily this was acplished without conflict 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 by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. 20世紀(jì)早期 介詞 +doing get+賓語 +賓補(bǔ) be done被動 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 bee the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag (called the Union Jack). 脫離 聯(lián)合王國 v. 襲擊 Ved分詞做后置定語 To their credit the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for petitions like the World Cup! 值得贊揚(yáng)的是 表示強(qiáng)調(diào) n. 區(qū)域 n. 貨幣 國際關(guān)系 n. 制度 例如 adj. 教育的 法律體系 和 ;競賽 para4: England is the largest of the four countries, and for convenience it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France is called t