6. Listen and read this text about Wales.
Wales is a country of hills and mountains, with deep rivers and valleys. Cardiff is the capital of Wales. The most important towns and cities are Swansea and Newport. Wales has been united with England for seven hundred years. Prince Charles became the Prince of Wales in 1969.
Wales has its own Welsh language. About 20% of the people in Wales speak Welsh and children learn it in Welsh schools.
Wales is
famous for its production of coal and steel. Wales is an important
centre for electronics and steel production. The main activities
are sheep and cattle rearing, and dairy farming. Wales
attracts many tourists. There are three National Parks there.
The most popular sport in Wales is rugby.
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Principal towns ........................
Principal industries ..................
Languages...............................
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8. Read and find out about the national emblem of Wales. The national emblem of Wales
On the first of March each year one can see people walking around London with leeks pinned to their coats. A leek is the national emblem of Wales. The many Welsh people who live in London or in other cities outside Wales — like to show their solidarity on their national day. The day is actually called Saint David's Day, after a sixth century abbot who became patron saint of Wales. David is the nearest English equivalent to the saint's name, Dawi.
The saint was known traditionally as the Waterman, which perhaps means that he and his monks were teetotalers. A teetotalers is someone who drinks no kind of alcohol, but it does not mean that he drinks only tea, as many people seem to think.
In spite of the leeks mentioned earlier, Saint David's emblem is not that, but a dove. No one, not even the Welsh, can explain why they took leek to symbolize their country. After all, they can't pin a dove to their coat!
9. Talk about the national emblem of Wales, mind the prepositions.
10. Listen and read this text about Scotland
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area Scotland is more than half as big as England.
The principal cities are: its capital Edinburgh and the main industrial centre Glasgow. Scottish towns look very different from English towns.
Scotland was an independent Kingdom, often at war with England until 1603.
In 1603 King James VI of Scotland became the King of England too, as James I, and from that time the countries were under the same monarch. In 1707 the Act of Union incorporated Scotland with England in the United Kingdom.
Although Scotland has its own language —Gaelic, most Scottish people speak English. The English language is spoken all over Scotland with a variety of regional accents, but all of these can be at once recognized as Scottish, with the sounds pronounced more nearly as written than in standard English.
The sport of golf originated in Scotland.