不列颠诸岛

The British Isles are made up of two large islands and hundreds of small ones.

二：不列颠诸岛是由两个大岛和几百个小岛组成的。

In modern times, people throughout the British isles speak English .

现在，整个不列颠诸岛的人都说英语。

But his ambition extended well beyond the confines of the British Isles.

但他的雄心远超越了不列颠诸岛的范围。

People form different parts of northern Europe settled in the British Isles and brought their own culture and language with them.

从北欧不同地区来的人们在不列颠诸岛定居下来并随之带来了他们的文化和语言。

The raids on the Frankish kingdoms and the British Isles brought increased contact with Christianity.

据报道，在法兰克王国和不列颠诸岛带来更多接触基督教。

Scandinavian immigration had a greater impact on the more sparsely-populated areas of the British Isles, especially the Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

斯堪的纳维亚的移民有较大的影响更人烟稀少的地区不列颠诸岛，尤其是北方和赫布里底群岛。

The only countries of Western Europe which had been Christianized were Italy, Spain, Gaul, and part of the British Isles.

当时的圣本笃的死亡（角543 ）唯一的西欧国家已Christianized是意大利，西班牙，高卢人，以及部分不列颠诸岛。

However, when his younger brother Hakon claimed the kingship with the support of Athelstan of Wessex, Eric moved to the British Isles.

然而，当他的弟弟哈孔伯爵声称国王的支持下阿特斯坦的威塞克斯，埃里克移至不列颠诸岛。

The expansion of the authority of the kingdom of Wessex posed a threat to all the smaller kingdoms in the British Isles, and Athelstan faced a repeated alliance between native rulers such as the kings of the Scots and Strathclyde with Viking rulers of the Dublin dynasty.

扩大权力王国威塞克斯构成威胁所有的小王国的不列颠诸岛，并一再阿特斯坦面临同盟关系，如本地的统治者，国王的苏格兰斯特拉斯克莱德与海盗统治者都柏林王朝。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。