Номер 23, страница 61, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Вербицкая, Гаярделли

Track fifty-three.

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England or Great Britain?

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, but never England. George Mecheff.

This is one of the many questions people ask about the country situated on an island lying off the western coast of Europe.

People are puzzled by so many names related to the place: The United Kingdom, Great Britain, Britain, England. Is there any difference between them all?

Are these the names of one and the same geographical place?

And what are the people living there called? The British? The English?

Let us start from the beginning.

Geographically, we speak of the British Isles. It is a group of islands to the west of continental Europe. It includes the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and over six thousand smaller Isles.

Politically, there are two states situated on the British Isles. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, or simply Ireland or Eire.

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, are the countries within the United Kingdom.

Great Britain is not the same as England. They refer to different areas. Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. England is therefore only one part of Great Britain.

If you use the place name England when speaking about the whole of the UK or the British Isles, you'll make a mistake and may hurt the feelings of those who live in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

People living in the UK are called British. People from England are English. If you refer to Welsh and Scottish people as English, they may feel hurt.