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You find most of the population settled in the south,
你可以看到英国的大部分人口聚居在南部，
but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England.
而多数大工业城市都位于中部和北部。
Although, nationwide, these cities are not as large as those in China,
尽管，英国任何一个城市都不像中国的城市那样大，
they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two!
但是他们都有着自己的享有威名的足球队，有的城市甚至还有两个队。
It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors.
很遗憾，这些建于19世纪的工业城市对游客并没有吸引力。
For historical architecture you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans.
要找历史性建筑你得去更古老的、比较小些的由古罗马人建造的城镇。
There you will find out more about British history and culture.
在那儿你才可能找到更多的有关英国历史和文化的东西。
The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings.
最具历史意义的宝地是伦敦。那儿有博物馆，有艺术珍品、剧院、公园和各种建筑物。
It is the centre of national government and its administration.
它是全国的政治中心。
It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD,
它有公元一世纪由罗马人建造的最古老的港口，
the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066.
有由盎格鲁——撒克逊人始建于11世纪60年代的最古老的建筑，还有公元1066年由后来的诺曼人统治者建造的最古老的城堡。
There has been four sets of invaders of England.
曾经有四批侵略者到过英国。
The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads.
第一批入侵者是古罗马人，留下了他们的城镇和道路。
The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government.
接着是盎格鲁——撒克逊人，留下了他们的语言和政体。
The third, the Vikings, influenced the vocabulary and place-names of the North of England,
第三是斯堪的纳维亚人，他们对词汇和北部的地名造成了一定影响；
and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.
第四是诺曼人，他们留下了城堡和食物名称的新词语。
If you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these invaders.
如果你到英国乡间去看看，你就会找到所有这些入侵者的痕迹。
You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and worthwhile.
如果想使你的英国之旅不虚此行又有意义，你就必须留心观察。
