英國 United Kingdom

Although we have learned English for several years, and we have some knowledge about the English-speaking countries, there are still many people can not distinguish the relationships between England, Britain and United Kingdom. UK is the short form of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or commonly known as Britain. UK is composed of four parts. They are: England, Scotland, Welsh and Northern Ireland. London is the capital of UK. UK is a constitutional monarchy, and the head of state is a king or a queen. The United Kingdom is governed, in the name of the Sovereign by His or Her Majesty's Government.

盡管我們學(xué)了幾年英語，對英語國家也有一些了解，但是，仍然有很多人無法區(qū)分英格蘭，不列顛和英國。英國是大不列顛和北愛爾蘭聯(lián)合王國的簡稱，通常也叫英國。英國由四部分組成，即英格蘭，蘇格蘭，威爾士和北愛爾蘭。倫敦是英國的首都。英國是一個君主立憲制國家，國家的首腦是國王或女王。英國是由國王或女王及其管轄的政府統(tǒng)治的。