Scotland

a place to celebrate
Culture focus
Lesson objectives
• To read tourist information to check
predictions and for specific facts
• To talk about preferences and
discuss celebrations
• To get aware about Scotland’s
culture and traditions
• To listen to the famous Scottish
song “Auld Lang Syne” by Robert
Burns
• To do the culture focus test
 Scotland’s geography
Scotland forms the northern part of Great
Britain and is about two-thirds the size of
England and Wales. It is surrounded by
sea on three sides: to the west and north
by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by
the North Sea. Scotland's landscape is
famous for its variety, including the
highest mountain in the UK, Ben Nevis, in
the north and gentle countryside in the
south.
Scotland’s rivers and lakes are well-known
for their mythical monsters, such as Loch
Ness monster, and have always been a
source of inspiration for poets, artists and
song-writers.
Scotland's weather through the year might
really affect your holiday - come rain, snow
or sunshine... and midges!
 Cities of Scotland

Edinburgh Glasgow

Aberdeen Stirling

Dundee Inverness
 New words to know:
• Hogmanay / / New Year’s Eve
• throughout the night = all the night
• haggis / / Scottish national dish
• liver – печінка
• cereal – крупа
• stomach – шлунок
• hammer – молоток
• toss = throw – кидати, штовхати
• caber = tree-trunk – стовбур дерева
Match the verbs and nouns related to
Scotland and its history (Ex. 1 p.31)
1. eat a) the bagpipes
2. wear b) to the Festival
3. play c) first footing
4. toss d) king
5. go e) the Military Tattoo
6. celebrate f) haggis
7. build g) the caber
8. become h) a kilt
9. watch i) a wall
10.go j) Burn’s Night
 Complete the sentences with the word combinations
from Ex. 1. Use the correct tense forms

1. ‘Have you ever eaten haggis ?’ – ‘Yes, I have. It

was delicious!’
2. The Romans ___________________ between
Scotland and England. It was 118 km long!
3. My cousin can __________________. I like
listening to him now, but it was terrible when he
first started!
4. When we lived in Scotland, we _______________
every New Year’s Eve. We visited all our friends
and neighbours.
 Complete the sentences with the word combinations
from Ex. 1. Use the correct tense forms
5. ‘Do you ______________________?’ ‘Yes, we do.
We have a special dinner and we listen to his
poems and songs.’
6. Scottish men only ________________ on special
occasions, for example at weddings or at
Hogmanay. They don’t wear one every day.
7. When we go to Edindurgh, we’re going to _____
________________ in Edinburgh. It’s supposed
to be spectacular.
8. Last year I _________________ in Edinburgh. We
saw lots of good films and concerts, it was fun.
 Giving advice

 You should ……
 You shouldn’t ……
 You can ……
 You don’t have to …

 It’s a good idea to …

 It isn’t a good idea to …
 Preferences
• It would be interesting for me to go
to … because …
• I would like to go to … because …
love
prefer
be glad
 Auld Lang Syne
by Robert Burns
• Should we forget old friends
and never remember them?
• Should we forget old friends
and times gone by?
• For times gone by, my dear,
for times gone by.
• We’ll drink a cup of kindness,
for times gone by.
 Home task: Ex. 3 p.31 (LP)
Comparing Cultures, p. 47 (SB)