【正文】 oke 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! 值得贊揚的是 表示強調(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 the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. the+ 為了方便 作為 ...被熟知 You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China, they have worldfamous football teams and some of them even have two! find+賓語 +賓補 adj. 世界聞名的 adj. 工業(yè)的 It is a pity that the industrial cities (built in the nieenth century) do not attract visitors. For historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns (built by the Romans). There you will find out more about British history and culture. 遺憾的是 ved分詞做定語 ved分詞做定語 The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the centre of national government and its administration. It has the oldest port (built by) the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building (begun by) the AngloSaxons in the 1060