Anguilla is a small island in the Caribbean Sea. It belongs to the UK — a British overseas territory, not an independent country. The capital is The Valley. Only about sixteen thousand people live there (a 2014 count was 15,754), so it is quiet compared with famous holiday islands nearby.

Anguilla is a small island in the Caribbean SeaAnguilla是加勒比海裡的一座小島。 It belongs to the UK它屬於英國—— a British overseas territory, not an independent country是英國的海外屬地，不是獨立國家。 The capital is The Valley首都是The Valley。 Only about sixteen thousand people live there那裡大約只住了一萬六千人 (a 2014 count was 15,754)（2014年的統計是15,754人）， so it is quiet compared with famous holiday islands nearby跟附近那些有名的度假島嶼比起來，這裡安靜得多。

The name is not random: it was borrowed from Latin anguilla, “eel,” because the island is long and thin, like that fish. People go for beaches and a slower kind of holiday. English is the main language.

The name is not random這個名字不是隨便取的： it was borrowed from Latin anguilla, “eel,”它借自拉丁文anguilla，意思是「鰻魚」， because the island is long and thin, like that fish因為這座島又長又細，就像那種魚。 People go for beaches and a slower kind of holiday人們來這裡是為了海灘和比較悠閒的假期。 English is the main language英語是主要語言。

Though actually, the messy part for learners is the map, not the beaches. This is not Angola in Africa, and it is not Anguilla the eel in a biology book — that Latin animal name is how the island got its shape-name, but in everyday English the fish is just called an eel. If you hear it in a quiz, picture a long British island in the Caribbean, with a tiny capital called The Valley.

Though actually, the messy part for learners is the map, not the beaches不過其實，對學生來說容易搞混的是地圖，不是海灘。 This is not Angola in Africa這不是非洲的Angola（安哥拉）， and it is not Anguilla the eel in a biology book也不是生物課本裡那種叫Anguilla的鰻魚—— that Latin animal name is how the island got its shape-name那個拉丁文動物名字正是這座島得到「形狀名字」的由來， but in everyday English the fish is just called an eel但日常英文裡，那種魚就直接叫eel。 If you hear it in a quiz如果你在益智問答裡聽到這個字， picture a long British island in the Caribbean就想像一座又長的英國屬地，在加勒比海上， with a tiny capital called The Valley首都是一個叫The Valley的小地方。