Somerset is a county — one of the areas England is divided into — in the southwest of the country, not far from Bristol and the sea. It is mostly green farming land: fields, cows, apple trees, and the Somerset Levels, which are very flat and very wet, so flooding is normal news there.

Somerset薩默塞特 is是 England is divided into英格蘭劃分出的 one of the areas其中一個 a county郡 in the southwest of the country在該國西南部，not far from Bristol and the sea離布里斯托和海不遠。It它 is mostly大多 green farming land是綠色農地：fields, cows, apple trees田野、牛、蘋果樹，and the Somerset Levels還有薩默塞特平原，which are very flat and very wet非常平坦又潮濕，so flooding is normal news there所以淹水在當地是常見新聞。

Its main town for local government is Taunton, and the famous cathedral city of Wells is there too.

Its main town for local government它地方政府的主要城鎮 is Taunton是Taunton，and而 the famous cathedral city of Wells著名的大教堂城市Wells is there too也在那裡。

The thing Somerset is best known for is cider — apple wine, quite strong — and old-style farm cider there is called scrumpy.

The thing Somerset is best known for Somerset最有名的東西 is cider — apple wine, quite strong就是cider，也就是相當烈的蘋果酒 — and而 old-style farm cider there當地老式的農場cider is called叫做 scrumpyscrumpy。

English people also hear Somerset in the accent: the West Country way of speaking, with a strong r sound, which sadly gets used in films to mean 'farmer, slow, country person'. That is a lazy joke, not a fact about the people.

English people also hear Somerset in the accent英國人也會從口音聽出Somerset：the West Country way of speaking西南部的說話方式，with a strong r sound帶有很重的r音，which sadly gets used in films可惜電影常用它 to mean 'farmer, slow, country person'來代表『農夫、遲鈍、鄉下人』。That is a lazy joke這是一種偷懶的玩笑，not a fact about the people不是關於當地人的事實。

One more thing worth knowing: Glastonbury, the biggest music festival in Britain, happens on a farm in Somerset every summer, so young people may know the county from music before they know it from cider.

One more thing worth knowing還有一件值得知道的事：Glastonbury, the biggest music festival in BritainGlastonbury，英國最大的音樂節，happens on a farm in Somerset every summer每年夏天在Somerset的一座農場舉行，so young people may know the county from music所以年輕人可能先從音樂認識這個郡，before they know it from cider才從cider認識它。

Note that a somersault (rolling head over heels) has nothing to do with this place; the two words only look like family.

Note that要注意，a somersault (rolling head over heels)somersault（翻跟斗） has nothing to do with this place跟這個地方沒有關係；the two words only look like family這兩個字只是長得像親戚。