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Темы в англ.ita. 9 класс

Great Britain

"Great Britain" has several different names. Some people say "Britain", or "the United Kingdom", or just UK". There are four different countries in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Altogether more than 56 million people live in Britain, many of them in big industrial cities like London, Liverpool и Manchester, but people are often удивлен тем, by how much of Britain is open country, with lonely hills and woods, quiet, rivers, lakes and farmlands.

Many people think that the weather is cold and wet in Britain all the year round. But it isn't! Правда, sometimes it дожди snows and even for days and days, but every year there are weeks of beautiful sunny weather then the British take off their sweaters and go out to sunbathe.

Britain is only a small country, but every part is different. Scotland is a land of mountains, lakes and romantic castles. The winters are cold, with plenty of snow, but the summers are often warm and sunny. Most farmers keep sheep, and they're many small factories, which make fine sweaters from their wool. In some parts of Scotland, there are very few people. Deer live in the hills and the rivers are full of salmon. Но Глазго и Эдинбург имеет both large and busy, with all that is good (and bad) в modern cities.

Northern Ireland has it problems, but it has beauty, too. In the warm, wet climate, the grass grows a brilliant green, and much of the land is farming country. Belfast is a large industrial city with many fine buildings and big port, ships from which come and go to Scotland and England. Но Belfast has had many difficulty years, and it is not the busy place it once was.

A hundred years ago the north of England was промышленного heart of the country. From the factories камеры cloth, wool, автоматы, engines and china. The old factories came have gone now and the workers have to look for jobs in the new "хай-тек" industries. Outside the towns, much of this part of England is beautiful countryside, with green hills, lakes and sandy beaches. Fishing is still a big industry in the North East, and every night (except Sunday) the fishing лодки go out to sea.

The centre of England (the "Мидлендс") is also an важно industrial area, especially near the huge cities of Ковентри и Бирмингем, the centre of the car industry. But everyone, even in the heart of the modern city, there are зданий в older Britain – cathedrals, castles, and houses built hundred years ago.