Номер 5, страница 64, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 6 класс учебник Вербицкая, Гаярделли

Часть 1. Unit 7. A postcard from another country - номер 5, страница 64.

Условие.

5 T056 Listen and read. Then find on the map below all the geographical names mentioned in the text.

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 Mikes

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 6,000 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.

Vocabulary
area
to be situated
to include
to relate
to refer
to hurt the feelings

Patrick Donovan

Sophie Mackenzie

Daniel Davis

Tamsin Haines

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh

NORTHERN IRELAND

Belfast

EIRE

Dublin

WALES

Cardiff

ENGLAND

London

North Sea

Irish Sea

English Channel

Решение.

Решение 2.

Англия или Великобритания?

Ответ:

England and Great Britain are not the same. Great Britain is the island that includes England, Scotland and Wales. England is therefore only one part of Great Britain. The United Kingdom (the UK) is a political state that includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland. People living in the UK are called British. People from England are English.

Англия и Великобритания — это не одно и то же. Великобритания — это остров, который включает в себя Англию, Шотландию и Уэльс. Следовательно, Англия — это лишь одна часть Великобритании. Соединенное Королевство (the UK) — это политическое государство, которое включает в себя Великобританию и Северную Ирландию. Людей, живущих в Соединенном Королевстве, называют британцами. Жителей Англии называют англичанами.