Powys is a county in the middle of Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is a place name, so it takes a capital P.

PowysPowys(波伊斯) is a county in the middle of Wales是威爾斯中部的一個郡, in the United Kingdom位於英國。It is a place name這是個地名, so it takes a capital P所以字首要大寫P。

A lot of it is hills, small towns, and countryside rather than one famous city — though actually that is part of the point: it covers a very large piece of land, and people who live there often talk about distance, farms, and market towns more than nightlife. The name is older than the modern county map; it comes from an old Welsh kingdom.

A lot of it這裡大部分 is hills, small towns, and countryside是丘陵、小鎮和鄉間, rather than one famous city而不是一個知名的城市 — though actually that is part of the point不過其實這正是重點所在: it covers a very large piece of land它涵蓋了很大一片土地, and people who live there而住在那裡的人 often talk about distance, farms, and market towns more than nightlife聊天時常常講的是距離、農場和市集小鎮，而不是夜生活。The name這個名字 is older than the modern county map比現代的郡界地圖還要古老; it comes from an old Welsh kingdom它來自一個古老的威爾斯王國。

You will meet it in geography, travel writing, and local-government news. You will not hear it much in Taiwan unless someone is talking about Wales.

You will meet it你會在 in geography, travel writing, and local-government news地理、旅遊寫作，還有地方政府新聞裡遇到它。You will not hear it much in Taiwan你在台灣不太會聽到這個字 unless someone is talking about Wales除非有人在講威爾斯的事。

One messy bit the tidy spelling hides: it is not said like "po-wiss" with a long o. In English the first part is like pow in "pow!" — roughly POW-iss.

One messy bit the tidy spelling hides整齊的拼法藏了一個容易搞混的地方: it is not said like 'po-wiss' with a long o它不是唸成長音的'po-wiss'。In English在英文裡 the first part is like pow in 'pow!'前半段唸起來像'pow!'(碰!)裡的pow — roughly POW-iss大概是POW-iss這樣的音。