Looking Back on Britain’s European Journey

回顾英国欧盟之旅

withdraw 抽出，撤回

Brexit脱欧

entrance入口

currency货币

Conservative保守党

oppose反对，地址

Auld Lang Syne 友谊地久天长

As February begins, Britain is no longer a member of the European Union (EU). 

The British withdrawal from the EU comes 3 and a half years after the country's voters decided to leave the union.

The move, known in news reports as Brexit, was one of the biggest issues in the history of the 62-year-old political and economic partnership. Britain was never a full EU member. It always had its own national currency, but no one actually believed it would ever leave the EU. But the idea grew within Britain's Conservative Party, which had a small group of people who opposed EU membership.

新闻来源：VOA