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2 CLIL / Geography

True or F for False. Then listen, read and check 
A. What do you know about Scotland? Write T for
your answers.
1. The capital city is the largest city.

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2. It was called Scotland in the 5 century.
3. The highest mountain is Ben Nevis.

4. Lakes in Scotland are called lochs.

B. Now look at the highlighted words in the text and
find their definitions in a dictionary.

SCOTLAND

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The capital city is Edinburgh, but the largest city is surrounded by the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the
Glasgow, with approximately 606,000 people. The Atlantic Ocean. There are also many lochs (lakes),
population of Scotland is 5.4 million. and Loch Ness is the most famous one because of
The history of Scotland began when the Romans its mythical monster, Nessie.
invaded Britain in the 1 century AD. They called The climate in Scotland is temperate and oceanic
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the land Caledonia, and in the 5 century Celtic and varies between regions. The country’s high
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immigrants from Ireland, called Scots, settled there latitude means that winter days are short, and
and named the country Scotia — land of the Scots. during the summer, people in Scotland experience
In about the 10 century the land became known as extended twilight and no complete darkness,
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Scotland. especially in far northern areas.
Scotland is divided into three topographic areas: The currency is the pound sterling, and the national
the Southern Uplands — an agricultural region — lag of Scotland is blue with a white St Andrew’s
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the Central Lowlands — an industrial region — and Cross.
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C. Read again and complete the Fact File.
Fact File: Scotland
Capital:
Largest city:
Population:
Climate:
Currency:
D. Discuss the following.
Would you like to visit Scotland?
Project Why / Why not?
Look at the fact file about Scotland again and prepare a similar fact file about your country.
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