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2 Read the text and match the headings in the box with the paragraphs (A-D).

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Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false?

I cm undmtmd Information in a yuidcbook.

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Wales is an independent State.

There are 11 million people in Wales.

Britain's highest mountain is in Wales.

About 600,000 people speak Welsh.

Morę people in north Wales speak Welsh as their first language than English.

Sheep farmers make a lot of money.

4 $ 1.24 Listen to a radio programme about life in north Wales. Who wants to:

1    leave north Wales?

2    stay in north Wales?

3    stay, but thinks it will be difficult?

a Bryn

b Gareth

c Bethan

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ęi 1.24 Listen again and answer the ąuestions.

What is Bryn’s first language?

What does Bryn's father do?

What two disadvantages of life on the farm does Bryn mention? Why do tourists visit Uangollen?

Why doesn’t Gareth enjoy living there any morę?

What does Gareth plan to do in Cardiff or London?

Where is Caernarfon?

8    Why are young people leaving Caernarfon?

9    Is Bethan happy to go and live in another place?

6 HJrfelitlłM Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

What are the advantages of living in your village, town or city? What are the disadvantages?

Have you lived in the same place all your life?

Do you want to live where you are now for the rest of your life? Why?/Why not?

North Wales

Q Wales isn‘t an independent State - it is part of the UK. It is situated in the west of Britain. It has a population of about three million and the Capital is Cardiff. Most of the population live in the industrial south of the country.

©The north of Wales is one of the most beautiful parts of Britain. There are spectacular lakes, valleys and rivers There are also wonderful mountains - induding Snowdon, Britain's second-highest mountain.

©Two languages are spoken in Wales: English and Welsh. Welsh is a Celtic language and is one of the oldest languages in Europę. Only 20% of the total population of Wales speak Welsh, but in the smali villages and towns of west and north Wales, about 75% of people speak it as their first language.

© The two main industries in the north are tourism and farming. Many people come to walk and dimb in the mountains or go kayaking on the nvers. There are lots of sheep farms in the hills, but it is difficult to make money from sheep farming, and many farms are dosing. Young people have difficulty finding jobs in north Wales and many of them are leaving to get jobs in the city.

The village with the longest name in the world is in north Wales: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogocl The name means: the church of St Mary in a valley of white hazel trees near a fast Whirlpool by the church of St Tysilio of the red cave.

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There are 3 million people in Wales and 11 million sheep.

26 j Unit 3 • Town and country

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