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本课您将学到：小小tip学问多，sth. by sth.句型 The name Italy is extremely old. It seems to have been used first in documents（用文件证明） of the 5th century BC. To describe a small territory（领土） at the tip of the boot-shaped（靴子形） peninsula（半岛） that extends（延伸） into the Mediterranean Sea（地中海）. Historians（历史学家） used to think that the name came from that of a legendary（传奇的） king, Italo. Many other ingenious（独创的） and improbable（不大可能的） theories（理论） have been suggested to explain the origin of the name. No matter what its origins, the name of that small territory at the tip of the boot spreads（使延伸）, little by little, to indicate（象征） the whole peninsula. By about AD1000 the name designated（表明） a region, a dialect（方言）, and a culture. But it was not until the mid-19th century that the many separate nations on the peninsula were united into one nation, the nation to which the ancient name Italy was given. 「读书笔记」 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。 | 
