对我们大部分英国人来说，爱尔兰显然有很多地方值得敬仰：它的经济增长，它在文学和音乐方面的复兴，还有它对全世界各地移民的吸引力（目前移民占全国人口的17 % ） 。
There is certainly much for us British to admire in Ireland today: its economic growth, its cultural renaissance in literature and music, its appeal to immigrants from around the world, who now comprise 17% of the country’s population.