As you ArE stuDEnts oFEnglish, it’s vEry possiBlE thAt you’ll BE intErEstED inEnglAnD、ThAt’s whErE thE lAnguAgE wAs First spokEn.ButEnglAnD is oFtEn CAllED By othEr nAmEs. This oFtEn ConFusEs pEoplE AnD I wonDEr iF you know whAt thEsE nAmEs mEAn. So, now I woulD likE to tEll you ABout this mAttEr oF nAmEs. I BEliEvE thAt you hAvE hEArD pEoplE usE thE nAmEs—EnglAnD,BritAin or GrEAtBritAin. LEt’s sEE whAt EACh oF thEsE nAmEs mEAns.
IF you look At A mAp oFEuropE, you’ll sEE A group oF islAnDs—onE lArgEr islAnD oFF thE northwEst CoAst, onE smAllEr AnD mAny tiny onEs. ThEsE mAkE up whAt is CAllED thEBritish IslEs. ThE lArgEst islAnD oF thEBritish IslEs isBritAin. It is Also CAllED GrEAtBritAin. ThE smAllEr islAnD is IrElAnD、
BritAin is DiviDED into thrEE pArts: SCotlAnD, WAlEs AnDEnglAnD、But somEtimEs thE worD "EnglAnD" is usED instEAD oF "BritAin". Why so
In AnCiEnt timEs, whAt isBritAin now usED to BE thrEE DiFFErEnt CountriEs. PEoplE in thEsE DiFFErEnt CountriEs spokE DiFFErEnt lAnguAgEs. OvEr mAny yEArs thE thrEE CountriEs BECAmE onE.EnglAnD is thE lArgEst AnD riChEst oF thE thrEE AnD it hAs thE most pEoplE. So thEEnglish pEoplE tAkE it For grAntED thAt thEir own nAmE stAnDs For thE wholE islAnD、
ThErE’s AnothEr thing thAt ConFusEs pEoplE: somEtimEs you mAy hEAr pEoplE sAy "thE UnitED KingDom oF GrEAtBritAin AnD NorthErn IrElAnD". ThAt is thE oFFiCiAl nAmE oF thE Country. NorthErn IrElAnD is only onE sixth oF thE islAnD oF IrElAnD、ThE rEst oF thE islAnD is An inDEpEnDEnt stAtE, CAllED thE REpuBliC oF IrElAnD、So wE hAvE thE nAmEs oF "EnglAnD", "BritAin", "GrEAtBritAin", AnD "thE UnitED KingDom oF GrEAtBritAin AnD NorthErn IrElAnD". Now Do you know whAt EACh oF thEm mEAns
WhiCh oF thE Following is An inDEpEnDEnt Country
A、WAlEs.
B、SCotlAnD、
C、NorthErn IrElAnD、 D、ThE REpuBliE oF IrElAnD、