7. Translate sentences into English.

1. Британські острови – це географічна назва всіх островів північно-західного узбережжя Європейського континенту.

2. Гімн Великобританії – «Боже, бережи Королеву / Короля».

3. Вікінги прийшли з Данії та Норвегії.

4. На півночі Великобританія омивається Атлантичним океаном.

5. Англійці дуже ввічливі та дисципліновані і ніколи не показують свої емоції.

6. Жителі Великобританії дуже люблять домашніх тварин.

Lesson 2

Population of great britain

1. New words and word-combinations to be remembered

suburbs uneven sparsely populated to constitute Iberian succession in search of cockney Gaelic revival

передмістя, околиці нерівномірне рідко заселений складати іберійський, (іберійці – стародавнє населення Британських островів) послідовність в пошуках чогось кокні, лондонський говір галльська мова відродження

2. Read and translate the text

The population of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is over 57 million people. The population lives mostly in towns and cities and their suburbs. Four out of every five people live in towns.

The distribution of the population is rather uneven. Over 46 million people live in England, over 3 million in Wales, a little over 5 million in Scotland and about 1.5 million in Northern Ireland.

Greater London, the south and the southeast are the most densely populated areas. London's population is nearly 7 million. Most of the mountainous part of the UK including much of Scotland, Wales Northern Ireland and the Pennine Chain in northern England are very sparsely populated.

The UK is inhabited by the English, the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish who constitute the British nation. The British are the descendents of different peoples who settled in British Isles at different times.

The earliest known people of Britain were of Iberian origin. Then followed the long succession of invaders including the Celts, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Danes and at last in 1066 the Normans. It was the last time Britain was invaded.

Now there are also many people of all colours and races in the UK. These are mostly former inhabitants of the former British colonies. These people, called 'the coloureds', came to the UK in search of better living standards.

English is the official language of the UK. Besides standard literary English there are many regional and social dialects. A well-known example is the cockney of East Londoners. The Scottish and Irish forms of Gaelic survive in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.

Wales is officially bilingual, Welsh is spoken by about a fifth of its population. Welsh is the first language in most of the western counties of Wales and at least formally has the same status as English. Nowadays there is a growing movement in Wales and Scotland for a revival of national culture and languages.