Greece is a country in southeast Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Athens. It is a member of the EU.

Greece希臘 is是 in southeast Europe歐洲東南部、on the Mediterranean Sea臨地中海 a country的一個國家。 Its capital它的首都 is Athens是雅典。 It它 is a member of the EU是歐盟的成員。

About eleven million people lived there in 2014; the number moves a little with time. The land is mountains, a long coast, and a great many islands — and those islands, with the old cities, draw huge numbers of tourists.

in 2014 2014年時 About eleven million people大約有一千一百萬人 lived there住在那裡；the number這個數字 with time隨著時間 moves a little會小小變動。 The land這片土地 is mountains是山、a long coast長長的海岸 and a great many islands和非常多的島嶼——and those islands而那些島，with the old cities連同古老的城市，draw huge numbers of tourists吸引大批大批的觀光客。

When people say Greece they may mean the modern country, with its present life and government; or they may be thinking of ancient Greece, whose ideas about how to live together, how to think, how to make art and buildings and stories and science, still shape how Europe thinks. Those two “Greeces” get mixed in speech, though actually they are thousands of years apart.

When people say Greece當人們說 Greece 的時候，they may mean他們可能指 the modern country現代的這個國家，with its present life and government連同它現在的生活和政府；or或者 they may be thinking of他們想的是 ancient Greece古希臘——whose它 about how to live together關於怎麼一起生活、how to think怎麼思考、how to make art and buildings and stories and science怎麼創作藝術、建築、故事和科學 ideas的那些想法，still仍然 shape how Europe thinks塑造著歐洲的思考方式。 Those two “Greeces”那兩個「希臘」 in speech在說話時 get mixed會被混在一起，though actually不過其實 they它們 are thousands of years apart相隔了幾千年。

English took the name through French and Latin, from an ancient Greek name for the people, and mostly stopped using the older English name Greekland.

English英語 through French and Latin經由法語和拉丁語、from an ancient Greek name for the people從古希臘語裡稱呼這個民族的名字，took the name取得了這個名字，and mostly stopped using並且大多不再使用 the older English name Greekland更早的那個英語名字。

Formal when you talk about the state; warm and ordinary when you talk about a holiday there.

when you talk about the state談這個國家的時候 Formal是正式的；when you talk about a holiday there談去那裡度假的時候 warm and ordinary就溫暖又平常。