基础英语轻松学【105】“意大利”的历史
<p> 本课您将学到：小小<span word="tip">tip</span>学问多，<span word="sth">sth</span>. <span word="by">by</span> <span word="sth">sth</span>.句型</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="old">old</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="documents">documents</span>（用文件证明） <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 5<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="BC">BC</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="territory">territory</span>（领土） <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tip">tip</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boot">boot</span>-<span word="shaped">shaped</span>（靴子形） <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span>（半岛） <span word="that">that</span> <span word="extends">extends</span>（延伸） <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</span> <span word="Sea">Sea</span>（地中海）. <span word="Historians">Historians</span>（历史学家） <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="legendary">legendary</span>（传奇的） <span word="king">king</span>, <span word="Italo">Italo</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="ingenious">ingenious</span>（独创的） <span word="and">and</span> <span word="improbable">improbable</span>（不大可能的） <span word="theories">theories</span>（理论） <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="explain">explain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="origin">origin</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span>.</p><p> <span word="No">No</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="origins">origins</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="territory">territory</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tip">tip</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boot">boot</span> <span word="spreads">spreads</span>（使延伸）, <span word="little">little</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="little">little</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="indicate">indicate</span>（象征） <span word="the">the</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="AD">AD</span>1000 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="designated">designated</span>（表明） <span word="a">a</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dialect">dialect</span>（方言）, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="culture">culture</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-19<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="united">united</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="given">given</span>.</p><p> 「读书笔记」</p><p> 意大利这一名字极其古老。它最早被用在公元前5世纪的文件中，指延伸进地中海的靴形半岛顶端的那一小块领土。历史学家过去一直认为它取自一位传奇国王-意大洛的名字。人们还提出许多有独创性但却不大可能的理论来解释这一名字的来源。</p>
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