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    爱尔兰共和国，简称“爱尔兰”，位于欧洲大陆西北海岸，西临大西洋，东靠爱尔兰海，与英国隔海相望，是北美通向欧洲的通道。绿树成荫，绿草遍野，故有“翡翠岛国”、“绿宝石”及“绿岛”之美誉。山峦环抱的中原地区多为丘陵和平原。海岸线上绵延崎岖的山崖，翠绿的乡村，蜿蜒的湖岸和纵横的河流。其中香农河是不列颠群岛最长的河流，全长约400公里，贯穿整个爱尔兰岛，发源于奎尔卡山西麓的香农潭，向南流经中央低地，起伏于丘陵之间，穿过湖泊和沼泽泥炭地带，下游转而向西，注入大西洋，是爱尔兰自古以来的重要水道。爱尔兰受墨西哥暖流影响，属典型温带海洋性气候，温和湿润，长年多雨。年平均气温4℃到20℃，四季区别不明显。气温相对均衡，全国气温基本一致。
    约翰·斯科特尼著的《爱尔兰（英文版）》带你感受精彩的爱尔兰探索之旅。

Ireland
Introduction
Key Facts
Chapter 01  LAND & PEOPLE
  Geography and Climate
  Irish Society and People
  The Importance of History to the Irish
  The Making of Modern Ireland
  The Main Irish Cities
  Politics
Chapter  02  VALUES & ATTITUDES
  Irishness
  The Irish View of the Outside World
  Ireland Today
  Sex and Morality
  Censorship and Bad Longunge
  Social Attitudes and the TV Screen
Chapter 03  RELIGION & TRADITION
  Religion Is Important
  The Catholic Church in Ireland
  Education
  The Irish Way of Death
  The Church of Ireland
  Ecumenism
  The Presbyterian Church
  Methodists and Others
  The Religious Orders
  Irish Saints
  Pilgrimage Sites
  The Irish Language
  Mythology
  Irish Fairy Lore
Chapter 04  Getting On With the Irish
  Home Life
Chapter 05  CULTURAL LIFE
  Music, Song, and Dance
  Traditional Music
  Literature and the Bardic Tradition
  Irish Novelists
  Film
  Festivals
Chapter 06  TIME OUT
  Food and Eating Out
  Drinking and Pubs
  The Sporting Life
Chapter 07  The Economy
  Internationalism
  Business Etiquette
  Women in Business
  Management Style
  Meetings, Negotiations, and Communication
  Teams and Teamwork
  Business Entertaining
  Business, Shopping, and Banking Hours, and Public Holidays
Chaater 08  COMMUNICATING
  A Love of the Language
  The Importance of Understatement
  Watch Out for Gossip!
  Accent and Idiom
  The Media
  Communicating and Getting Around
  Conclusion
Appendices
  Places
  People
Exercises