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Culture! A journey around the UK
4 Loch Ness 5 Edinburgh
Loch Ness is a lake in In Edinburgh, the capital
Scotland. A story says that of Scotland, you can hear
a monster lives there. Is it the “bagpipes” –
real or not? You decide! a Scottish musical
instrument.
6 Liverpool
The Beatles were from
Liverpool. In the 1960s,
they were the most
popular band in
the world.
7 Stratford-upon-Avon
3 Belfast Shakespeare, Britain’s
In Belfast, you can visit greatest writer, was from
the Titanic Museum. Stratford. Romeo and Juliet is
Shipbuilding was important his most famous play.
here, and the Titanic
was Belfast’s most www.english0905.com
famous ship.
2 Cardiff
The Millenium Stadium in
Cardiff is the home 8 London
of rugby, Wales’s 1 Stonehenge London is the capital of
national sport. STAR T This circle of stones is England. You can visit
5,000 years old. But Buckingham Palace, the
what was it for? Nobody home of Britain’s kings
knows. It’s a mystery! and queens.
1 What do you know about the UK? In pairs, think of 3 2.61 Listen to Anna, Mark and Jessica.
two or three facts. Compare your ideas as a class. Which place in the UK do they want to visit
and why?
2 2.60 Read and listen to the text about the UK.
Answer the questions. 4 Work in groups of three. Ask and answer the
question below. Make notes and share the
1 What is Stonehenge and how old is it?
results with the class.
2 What sport do people play in Wales?
Which place in the UK would you like to visit
3 Where can you learn about a famous ship?
and why?
4 What lives in a lake in Scotland?
Two people in our group would like to visit …
5 What are “bagpipes”?
because …
6 Where were the Beatles from?
7 Who was William Shakespeare?
8 Where do England’s kings and queens live?
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