Practice:
1. Look at the Wales factfile and do the quiz (Ex.3, p. 196 by Oksana Karpiuk's textbook).
Wales is a country that lies
to the west of England, and shares a border with it.
It has a population of just under 3 million people. The official languages are Welsh and English. About 20% of the population speak Welsh. The capital city is Cardiff.
Much of Wales is mountainous.
The highest mountain is Snowdon (1,085 m).
The patron saint is St David [ˈdeɪvɪd].
He is known as “David, the water drinker” since he drank only water and didn’t
eat meat. He was a vegetarian for spiritual reasons. He lived for over a
hundred years.
The symbols of Wales are the
red Welsh dragon, the leek and the daffodil. The most popular sport is rugby. Wales
is known for its sheep farming.
People call Wales “the land of
song” probably because of their sing-song intonation and also because the Welsh
are very musical. Singers Shirley Bassey [ˈʃɜːli ˈbæsi] and Tom Jones are Welsh and so
is the pop group the Manic Street Preachers.
One of the most popular
children’s authors, Roald Dahl [ˈrəʊəld dɑːl], was born in Wales
(his parents were Norwegian) and Dylan Thomas [ˈdɪlən ˈtɒməs] was a famous Welsh
writer poet.
Here are some famous actors
from Wales: Richard Burton, Timothy Dalton, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Mount Everest was named after
the Welshman Sir George Everest
1 Wales is a part of Great
Britain and it is in
a the north.
b the south.
c the east.
d the west.
2 What’s the capital of Wales?
a Liverpool
b Cardiff
c London
d Glasgow
3 Who is the patron saint of
Wales?
a St Patrick
b St David
c St George
d St Andrew
4 Which of these symbols is
not Welsh?
a the leek
b the rose
c the
daffodil
d the red
dragon
5 Which of these actors is not
Welsh?
a Anthony
Hopkins
b Sean
Connery
c Timothy
Dalton
d Catherine
Zeta-Jones
2. Complete the sentences to
make up questions and answer them (Ex.4, p. 197 by Oksana Karpiuk's textbook).
1. Where _______ ?
2. _______ speak Welsh?
3. _______ capital _______?
4. _______ the patron saint _______?
5. _______ symbols _______?
6. Why _______ “the land of song”?
7. _______ inhabitants _______?
8. ______official languages ______?
9. _______ the highest mountain _______?
10. _______ eat meat?
11. _______ sport?
12. _______ famous actors _______ ?
3. Listen to Cathy and Mark and write out the things from the box they mention. Put the lines in the correct order to make sense. (Ex.5, p. 198-199 by Oksana Karpiuk's textbook).
3.1. Dinosaur
Park [ˈdaɪnəʊsɔː
pɑːk], the Bronze Age [ðə brɒnz eɪʤ], Snowdon [ˈsnəʊdən], the Welsh dragon [ðə wɛlʃ ˈdrægən],
the underground tour, Cardiff [ˈkɑːdɪf], coal mine, Bone Cave [bəʊn keɪv],
Big Pit, Dan-yr-Ogof [ˈdan ər ˈoːɡɔv]
3.2. a lamp weighing
about 5 kilos. If you visit Dan-yr-Ogof
life-size dinosaur models. In the Bone
Cave you’ll see
Big
Pit was once a coal mine but now it’s a museum. If you take the underground
showcaves, you’ll see the Cathedral Cave,
Bone Cave and the Dinosaur
tour, you will go 90 metres underground
with a helmet on and carrying
human bones which date back to the Bronze
Age.
park, which is one of the largest in the
world with a hundred
4. Read and number the
sentences of B in the correct order to
make up a dialogue between A and B (Ex.6, p. 199-200 by Oksana Karpiuk's
textbook).
A
1. Hi, Nataly, haven’t seen you for a long time!
What have you been doing?
2. Wales? What can be interesting about it? No
big cities, no beautiful scenery, no interesting facts…
3. What do you mean? Don’t the Welsh speak
English?
4. Is Welsh different from
English?
5. Interesting. And what about
the cities? I heard that there are few cities there, rather small ones.
6. (Looking through the book):
You are right. It says, “Cardiff is an industrial city, which also has a
castle, a cathedral, a university.” OK. But what about the scenery?
7. I’ve always thought that Wales
is a kind of green fields, forests and farms.
8. Tell me a few words about
the Mount Snowdon.
B
a. Ann, you are wrong here.
The book I’m reading says, “When visitors cross the border from England into
Wales, they soon understand that they are entering a country with its own
geography, culture, traditions and language.”
b. They do. But the Welsh
language is spoken widely here, too.
c. I’ve been working on my
report about Wales and have spent a lot of time in the library.
d. Very much so. Welsh is one
of the Celtic languages, like Scottish and Irish are Gaelic.
e. The west coast, mid Wales
and North Wales are wild and beautiful. Wales has high mountains, including
Snowdon, the 2nd highest mountain in Britain.
f. Let’s not argue. I know at
least one big city in Wales. It’s Cardiff, the capital and the main port.
g. Got interested? OK. Here are
my notes. I made them during the lecture by Mr Roger Davis, a visiting
professor from Wales. If you’re really interested you can look through my notes.
And now I am sorry, Ann. I’ve got to run. See you!
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