A place name in the middle of Scotland — both a small old city and the county around it. It sits at the narrow waist of Scotland, at the lowest point where people could cross the River Forth, so for centuries whoever held Stirling held the road between the south and the Highlands. That is why it has a big castle on a rock and why several famous battles were fought beside it.

A place name in the middle of Scotland蘇格蘭中部的一個地名 — both a small old city and the county around it既是一座古老的小城市，也是周圍那個郡的名字. It它 sits at the narrow waist of Scotland位在蘇格蘭最窄的『腰部』, at the lowest point where people could cross the River Forth是人們可以跨越福斯河的最低點, so for centuries whoever held Stirling held the road between the south and the Highlands所以幾世紀以來，誰控制了史特靈，誰就控制了通往南方和高地之間的道路. That這 is why it has a big castle on a rock就是為什麼那裡有一座蓋在岩石上的大城堡, and why several famous battles were fought beside it也是為什麼好幾場有名的戰役都在附近打過.

Today it is known mostly for the castle, the tall Wallace Monument on the hill, and its university.

Today今天 it它 is known mostly for the castle主要以城堡聞名, the tall Wallace Monument on the hill山丘上高聳的華勒斯紀念塔, and its university還有它的大學而聞名.

As a word for your students, the useful thing is the shape: it is a proper noun, so it always takes a capital S, and it takes no 'the' — you say 'in Stirling', not 'in the Stirling'.

As a word for your students對你的學生來說, the useful thing is the shape這個字有用的地方是它的『形狀』: it是 a proper noun專有名詞, so it always takes a capital S所以S永遠要大寫, and it takes no 'the'而且前面不加'the' — you say 'in Stirling', not 'in the Stirling'你會說'in Stirling'，而不是'in the Stirling'.

You will also meet it as a family name, and inside 'Stirling engine', a kind of engine named after a Scottish minister called Robert Stirling. Say it STIR-ling, two beats.

You你 will also meet it as a family name也會看到它當作姓氏出現, and inside 'Stirling engine'還有在'Stirling engine'（史特靈引擎）裡, a kind of engine named after a Scottish minister called Robert Stirling這是一種以一位叫羅伯特·史特靈的蘇格蘭牧師命名的引擎. Say it STIR-ling, two beats唸法是STIR-ling，兩個音節.