Nick: This is London
and( 1) _______________ me are the Houses of Parliament. Parts of these
buildings are more than nine hundred years old. This is where the laws of the
UK are (2) __________and created.
The United Kingdom is actually (3) __________of four different countries;
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each nation has its own culture
and heritage.
The population of
England is around (4)
____________ million people. The English are known for drinking tea, The Queen
and (5)____________________.
But what are we really like?
Priest: The English
are a(6) ____________ people.
Woman 1 : They’re
just ____________
(7) .
Woman 2 : The
English people are very nice.
Woman 3 : They’re so(8)
____________
and so friendly.
Nick:
(9) ____________
is in the North of Britain. Just over five
million people live there.
It’s been part of the UK since(10) ____________
. Edinburgh is the capital city and home to
the Scottish Parliament. The Parliament building is a work of art in itself!
Scotland has some unique customs: wearing tartan (11) _____________….
playing the bag-pipes…. and tossing the caber; a very large(12) _____________.
For over sixty years, The Edinburgh Festival has celebrated.(13) __________________________.
(14) _____________is on the Western
edge of Britain.
It also used to be a separate country but has been part of the UK for over
four hundred years.
(15) _____________three million people live in Wales.
One of its symbols is a red dragon, found on the national flag. The Welsh
parliament is in the capital city,(16) _____________. The Welsh are proud to
have their language and twenty per cent of the people (17) _____________Cymraeg.
Most signs are in English and Welsh.
Singing is an important tradition in Wales. People working in coal mines in
Wales originally formed male-only(18) _____________, they are still popular
today.
Old Welsh Man: (19)
Why did the old Welsh man joined the choir?
Young Welsh Man:
(20) do you have to be Welsh to be a member of the choir?
Nick: (
21) _____________is also part of the United
Kingdom. The country is home to just under two million people. The capital is (22)
_____________and for many years, Northern Ireland was a place of conflict.
This beautiful country was considered a dangerous place to visit. The (23)
_____________ lasted until recent years when the peace process brought both
sides together. Now, (24) ________________ share power in the Northern Ireland
assembly.
The flag most often used for Northern Ireland shows the(25) _____________; a
symbol with a long history in this part of Ireland and a (26) _____________which
shows links to the rest of the UK.
The culture in Northern Ireland is rich in myth and legend.
(27)One story says that………...
Irish dancing is popular in Northern and Southern Ireland and has been
exported around the (28) _____________.
Irish Dancer: Irish
dancing is special because you have to have good posture, arms by your side and
crossed feet. I love Irish dancing because it’s(29) _____________ exercise and
a lot of fun.
Nick: The four
countries of the UK have different traditions. But those differences are also
(30) _____________and make the UK what it is today.
