SCOTLAND Bere centre GD vv [ew1 This is Scotland ‘There is nowhere lke Scotlond, Scoriand is the country north of England, part of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and ‘of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). [tsa country ins county. Ieiscoften cold and grey. It alot, Bue many visitors love this country very much. They love the as beautiful empey hills oF the nor, ‘They love the sea and the islands. ‘They love the hig cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. They love ‘the people. The country is special and Scottish people are special too: swacm and friendly, and funny Scotland is differen, very diffecent. Come with vs now om a visit to Scotland. Seorland is magic.el 2. Scotland today There are more chan fie milion people in soland, Most Scots ive nthe south nna he of Fainburgh and Glasgow (ee the nap poe 19). Mesto he orth of Ex country is very empty = act ‘many people ve there. Aberdcen = the ol ety of Scotland isehe only big i the moh South peopl are called Sots bur moe Scotch: Scorch a dik rade in Scotland (se ge 17). Scot people are Bish, besause Scot is pac of Brtin, but lose) Tasco) bonnie Megmunay boy on nal) beta ins of why, Engish ‘ereyoneipeats engin ove ‘nse he day cand rg ae ne — scotland = ont call hem Englsh'The Scots can be warm at team be cld and and the Engh are deren, ‘v3, 0, and inthe winter the dass “Tay everyone in Scortnd are short and there ca be snow: peaks Englsh (some word ia Foe many yeas Ssotand was 2 Scoland ate dfferen). Bat at ome poor country ba tovay iis geting time, poople othe north and west chee. People in many countees fofScorland didnot, They hae a drik Scorch whisky sn dis ings Allfrent langage» beautfal money to Scoland. There is il and language called Gael, Abou isin the wea etween Sealand and 60,000 people speak Gaelic voxay, Noxway. Visioes being money ‘but many more waae Gaslie to lve: the county too because there ace icispurtofthe gory of Seotand. lots of things see and do. And ‘Scotlnd is noe a very bot Sctlond ie fee sow wich ts own country sotake sme warn clothes patlatrent in Edinburgh, Lie can swith you wh you go. In he ‘sohard, bt foe many people thie summer the daysare laegandit ave geting bette.= 3. Scotland's past There are many impurtane peuple inthe seo of Scotian — here Barwen 106 and 1328, shee were many bas between ‘England ané Scotland T1316, the Scontsh ‘ater the King, Robert she Bruce, ‘eee eat the English a the Battle of Bannockburn. 10,000 Englishmen died and som afer, Scotland was free, For many Seas, ‘oer sone ofthe most important pop the sary 0f Sevan 1582, a ge called Mary became Quoon of Scotland: she was ‘on werk old. Mary, Quen of Sots bocame tl an beastful woos bur she was no very good Queen ‘She had theo usbonds before she seas rwony-fo, Many Sous sa they did nor wont hee 10 be queen. ‘Mary ashes the Engh Ques, lzabeth co elp hes, but Elizabeth put ice in prison for nineren years. Marys son, James Staet bec ay meno ots King of Scotland, Late when ‘Qaeen Elizabeth ded without chide be cane King James Tof England, too. Ten in 1707, che wo counites becane Great Brian, In 1745, the King of ingland aud Scotland was a German From Hanover called George. Chak ‘Stuart, Bonnie Prinee Carli, eae fon Feance wo Scotland: he was the _randon of Janes Ps grandson anc hh warned ro be King of Scotland and England to. At the Base of ‘Culloden in 1746, near Invemesy i Boglsh bea: Charles andthe ‘Seoes After the bats, the English soldiers tried to catch Charles bot they did find it, The people ‘ofthe Highlands and ee islands hapa! him to go back wo France. Scotland Scotland stayed in Great Britain fom that ime ro ody. (There are Visitor Gentes at Gallen and at Bannockburn where you can lesen more abou he bats.) Many imporent men and women come from Scodard The rman who msde ths fist telephones Alexander Geahacn Bell, was bor in Scotland John Loge Baird who nade theft television, wae Scotih too. There are many other Famous Sot=—— —EE — Scotland —z 4 Edinburgh iy taan.Andif you havent sy Sees nome, you cn by ha a ies Rnb ang wea tartan too!) Nee casile you see over mont of the Princes Stratis Charlotte Square wih sey bent and he Gi. Coates ok ret on b Gate Mes oh eee famous one o'clock gun. Hemakes a sctnes ent Seoionc ad fren lo Smear Nesp cetacsulyyrag kaburth Fava he ia ies feral the wr wih ded “he OW Town” Go dou he falter terior wld, opal Mie ovoedhomehe lo Ate (Quant boa whet shecomat> Dau te ded for three weeks, you can ce the Einargh Military Tatoo net to the castle, wth solders and vemos yon Y a ee ele AritoSctandofientgasin Royal loro iar Seti Edabugh econ cipot Se NerTownSome shoe cll Seal tibepsonlcky dnktncSeeih teed imeteg gs Ae thane Landon tag th so they cio isin Bn whch goes you come o Edegh by wach da te tht Be San fyou + yoo hen youn Woe Ine Seth Seon Eb Cat faa, sean high over the ct. Seldiees in ils take vistors ronal a tll he nary asta and wear the1 5 Glasgow Giang the bigest cy in iad biguest in Britain afte London and Birmingham. fis no: very fae from Fdinburgh abou fify minus by train = bu it is wer diferent “The river Clyde runs through the centre of Glasgous andthe river {Clyde made Giasgow an importane city. Two hundred years ao, Glasgow war a small town. Thea, Bris ships began to go all over the world and sbipbuleing became very important, Glasgow became a city of shipbuilder You cam see some of the Beauifl bil feoan that tz in George Square. Today there isnot meh Shipbuilding and thece are many people who have no work. But things are changing in Glasgow People from Glasgow (Glaswegians} say that Glasgow is the friendliest city in Briain. Many people sy cis one of the most exciting. Glasgow has universities and ‘museums it as many pubs and lows of things to do a night, Like dinborgh, cis geen city Irs in Briain z00 ——— snttend — seventy par, us ike Edobergh, ills fora the you can often sce cere of the cy [eis cy of masums, You em sce many beautiful piceares in the Glasgow Ciy Museum and Art Gallery: and in the Bucrell Meseurn snd at Fook Hows, south ofthe Clyde leis the city of Charles Rennie “Mackintoch. Mackincosh was one ofthe men who beg anew look Gp ttscam and et hey in building abou a hundred years ago: art mownean. Musa of his best work isn Glasgow His Glasgow School of Art “Thea you can havea coffe at the Willow Tea Room, alo by Mackintosh, om Ssuchichall Steet, ‘And Glasgow is football city ‘You can watch Glasgow Calc play at Parkhead or Glesgow Rangers play ae the Ibrox Seadium most Sacurdays between August and Mas: on Renew Sete:ro — 6 The Highlands “Togononh wthe Highlands eke the tsi rom Edinburgh across the River For om the Forth Bridge. You can goon by want evenness and from thereto Kyle of Lochalsh,o frm Fore Wiliam to “Malki, ovo ofthe most ‘wonder eiajoureys ia the work. Or you can goby rad past the beaul Lock Lomond and through Glencoe to Foet Willams: or troush Sting tothe CCaiengorm Hil ‘The Highlands are fr people who lave ra be aude they are 00d for walking, or climbing, for fishing and for many cube things, Scotland —— The ills re not very high — Bex [Nevis che highes, i 1,344 metres ~ but they can somesins be ica and dangerous for walkers inthe winter, and i the summer two, Somesimes cold weather comes fren the north and so ics Jenpoctane eo be warm and aways swesey things aca and dink Why isthe north and westof Seatand so besuifl? Because the kil ae eompty nd beets the rocks. kn the north-west of Scotland and in de Heb Jalan, sone of de rock is more ‘thas 2,700 milion years old, some ofthe oldesrin the worl. Fics cold wher yoo walle ont Ther aze sur many ees onthe ils but theres beautiful heater. The swat n the loch scold and dark, ‘The animals ate beautiful. You can see red der here and golden cages. Perhaps yu can see an ‘osprey caching its diane When yoo love the rod, ouare soon in fan empty country where shee is nothing ber che il and ce ses, the bide and the annalsmre 7 The Islands ‘Scotland as bundceds of lands. “The sea and te land are inyportant ta Scotland and they are never fa aw [nthe sout-we, icis easy 10 go from Glasgow rothe Jule of Arran for a day. Inthe west, things ar very cliff from the ‘ite ofthe south: the island towas are smalls many ofthe people on Skye andthe other lands ofthe Hebries speak Gaels; they do not work oF watch TV on Sundays In the wort, the Orkneys and Shetlands are n0t far from Norway br very far fra London! Life is iferen ers “Togo the islands take the ferry. From Oban, you can g9t0 sore ofthe sande the Taner Hebvids. Hore you can see sea nim octers and sels You san se seabids. You can go sang, theory te es rom Oban you can goto Mall and then take 3 soaller boat to Staffa or to lons. On the smal iaknd of lon, yu can see where Sent Columbo, the man wi browght Christy to the Wes of Ssotland, came inthe year $63 from Ireland. Tokay, ema isan impocant Carian centre again and half a million people come her every years You can also 100 Sky, pechaps the most famous and dhe moat heal of the islands of Scotland and se the Cuilin ils coming up for ee sea. kis easier 0 go 1 Skye no" because there isa bridge tothe ‘sland fom Kyle of Local, From Ullapool, you can take the fecry to Laws in the Outer obries. There are long, white, empty beaches here. Now we are far fom Edinburgh. Our lst vic istothe Five housand year old stone il at Cellanish oo Lewis There ae fity sanding tones a Callanish. eis quit hee. Time es more slowly. Tis also a special place he Outer ers Secalandaa 8 Traditional Scotland When they think about Scots teadtion many people think st shout the hk Kits age geod 29 ‘wearin Sotlnd because they ae swarm! Nota Scots havea Lie, bur more and more Sot inthe Higands and bias wear one somtimes, because ilo good sd Hecate Sees wane show other people tha they are Sorts. ‘Tomakea ki, you need aboucsix metres of tartan! Different families, called clans, have differen tons. “When une ofthe bg clams (lan Donald, MacKenzie, teva, hae big meting, people come from many countries, anid may of the wet il when chey come rom May to September, vistors to Scotland can got one of a bounced or more Hight Gates (Gatherings. There a bigone very sinc in Braemar—the ‘Queen oten goes Here you can a Scotland see lors of people in kilts! Youcan alo seo big men teasing the caber people playing Scott msi on the bagpipes ad traditional Scotch dancing, Sean Scosh eadtions are importante many Seats, some are rot Some traditions aze more for vistors the Loch Nese Monster foe ritors? An old story says that thor is. very big nial in Loch Ness Many people gocher every yee 2 look fet hut “Nessie dot tor come. It ere? Go and se! For many Seas, mach more important tradition i gol. Golf is ‘ery popular in Scotland ie enot very expensing and there are many beautfl golfeowrses: more than four handed? tn the surnmer you «an pay rom seven inthe morning totem stright. Golf sarin Seeland Mary, Queen of Seo played golf just after hor second husband ied! The gf eaital of Scotand ie Se Andrews, a small iy eae Edinburg7 9 Eating ‘When yu vse Scotland you can sy ina hoe rina B&B (were you gt bed and beable, ba nor dimer. Thy ae wally very warm and fencly ard the foods usualy good, Here are five things to cat in Scorlandt Forbert ith porcige with i 1 yon fet hungry in the mile ‘ofse meting, have some Seth shorn with yr coffe For lunch, you cin have slnion focm a Scotsh iver or diner you sa st Scotch beef =the Score say it ithe Best in the world, Oe you cam try the faa Scotch agg a ar the people inthe hotel what iin fit and drinking “The word whisky comes from the Gaelic wicge- beara ~the wate of le, Scola is fares or whisky. hore are over one hundeod Alsilleries in Seoland making, and every whisky islifeent. There ae dss everywhere in Scorland ~some near Ediaburgh and Glasgow in the south, one on Skye, and wo inthe Orkneys inthe north Thete are sion the sal ‘land of slay? About hal ofthe silleres are near the River Spey, near Inverness, and many people go ‘there 10 visit the disieres and 10 inka Kil of some ofthe Abferent whiskies. Visitors 0 Edinburgh can vst the Seotch Whisky Heviage Cente nea the casei, Dar don't dink oo mach: ‘whisky is very strong! ‘Whisky is gon but theres mother dik in Scola which is beter: water! The whisky is good besos the water Frm the hills sod. After along hot doy walking, 2 deine of Sots ill water can bethe best rink in the word!a] — = _ 10. Scotland tomorrow Scotland isa counnry of Aiferencs. is a counery of yesterday and of today Visitors ‘fen go there tosee the old reations but many Scots want ‘Acountyof things to change. Mel ctzan in teaver tence: tany Seats do ‘por wear kilts, they do nor eat haggis, they do noe belong toa clan, Many Sco love thei couney+ past bt hey wan Sota to be a rich, modern county too. Many Scors today are happy 10 be par of Grae Brian but many want free Scotland too. And some Scots want Scotland to leave Gest Bean, “Tsay hinge are changing in Sceland, There is new ile bere: nev business, ew cinema, new inusic. The bg ces are exiting The county is beautiful. Scotland nme. Scotland —0} - : Exercises 1A Checking your understanding Pager 148. Weite amaers othe sions Why i Setlnd ‘a county sm a county? How many peopl liven Seen? How many people sete Gael? Whar ie Sch? ages 4-5. Hove atl cam you romember? Check your ence "Which Sct king heat the English t dhe Hate of Bannockburn? ‘Which Scottish qucen had tee busbands? Which Scctsh hing was the ist to be King of land oo? Which Semis prince dd he Pag beara the Hate of Calder? y+ 67 In Edinburgh whats the nome ofthe Queens hows? inher an you se the one o'ock gun? Shere can you buy Seoetihertns? shee can yo 68 solders nd musicians every Angus? ages 14-18 Aro shoe comonce ra (Tor fle (88 1 You ocd sin mts oF tartan to make a kik 2 Oly prone ing in Soran an pw clan meting. 5. Golfin Scotland is very expensive 4 Thogalf eal of Scolns Edinburgh Pages 16-17 Howe mac ca you rember? Check your anseers 1 Forbreakfot in Sceland, you can ext 2 With your morsig coffee, you can haves 3 Scorch whisky is made in 4 ARSE" ia kindof cheap hore] whete you ye and 1 2 3 4 a 4 . Scotland ——— 'B Working with language 1 Complete thes sentones with information from pages 12 ond 13 1 othenort, the Orkneys and Sheands ar nt far rv Norway 2 Onsthe stall itn of loa, you ci 50 3. Textay, Fora fan impose Chan centre aga and 4 Keisener to goto Sive row haute 5 There ae fy sanding 2 Put together the beings ane endings ofthese seutences. Check your seer om page 1 1 Scotland 8 couitey cofyesterday 2 Vitors often go there osee ald tations, 3. Many cot do aot wear 5 butimany Sees washings to change. 6 1 butthey wort Seotand t be 2 8ch, mode county 0, 7 sx and of today ka, 4 Many Scot love thot 5 they do na ext hag they do somone’ past, notbelong oa clan, © Aativities 1 Whar do you most want 2 ce in Sond? 2. You arcom holiday in Scoclnd, Writes post ta read shou wht you dod D Project work You and your fisnds are ging ovis Scotland, Where wil you gn? Flow will you go fom one ples to another? How long wil you say i diffrent places? 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