So where are you from? Scotland. Are you Scottish too?

你来自哪里?苏格兰。你也是苏格兰人吗?

Well, no, I‘m English actually, but, you know, it‘s all, like, the same thing, isn‘t it? Not exactly.

不，我其实是英国人，但是，你知道，这都是一样的，不是吗?并不是。

Go on! Isn‘t Scotland just like, well, a bit of England? No, it is not!

为什么这样说！难道苏格兰不是英格兰的一部分吗？不，并不是！

Sorry, Britain I mean. Britain is not England!

抱歉，我是说不列颠。不列颠也不是英国。

Well, yeah, I know that. I‘m not stupid or anything, but Britain‘s, like, England, Scotland and Wales, isn‘t it? Not exactly.

嗯，是的，我知道。我不傻，但是不列颠就是英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士，不是吗?并不完全是。

Yeah, it is the UK, the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

对，是 UK ，联合王国。联合王国包括苏格兰、英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰。

Oh, I see, but we‘re all, like, the same nation, aren‘t we? Not really. Four nations, one state.

哦，我明白了，但是我们都是一个国家，对吗?并不是。四个民族，一个国家。

Oh, I get it! So the UK (is), like, the same as Great Britain. Great Britain is a geographical term, it‘s a big island with Scotland, England and Wales on it.

哦，我懂了！所以联合王国和大不列颠是一回事。大不列颠是一个地理名词，它是一个有苏格兰、英格兰和威尔士的大岛。

All right, but we all have the same prime minister, don‘t we? Yes, and the same head of state.

好吧，但我们都有同一个首相，不是吗?没错，以及同一个国家领导。

The Queen! Exactly.

女王！没错！

And the same government? Well, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own local parliaments.

以及同一个政府？苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰都有自己的地方议会。

Oh. I see. It‘s complicated.

哦，好吧。很复杂。

Yeah, I can see that.

是啊，我也看出来了。