2015年12月7日月曜日

Scotland

                 Scotland is the country north of England, part of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom. It is a country in a country. It is often cold and grey. It rains a lot. There are more than five million people in Scotland. Most Scots live in the south, in or near the big cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Today everyone speak s English.

Contents
1. This is Scotland
2. Scotland today
3. Scotland's past
4. Edinburgh
5. Glasgow
6. The Highlands
7. The Islands
8. Traditional Scotland
9. Eating... and drinking...
10. Scotland tomorrow

Chapter 8: Traditional Scotland

Kilt: Kilt are good wear in Scotland because more and more Scots in the Highlands and Islands wear sometimes, because it looks good. To make a kilt, you need a six metres of tartan! Different families, called clans, have different tartans,. When one of the big clans has a big meeting, people come from many countries, and many of them wear kilts when they come.

Every summer in Braemar: From May to September, visitors to Scotland can go to one of a hundred or more Highland Games or Gatherings. There is a big one ever summer in Braemar - the Queen often goes. You can also see big men tossing the caber; people playing Scottish music on the bagpipes; and traditional Scottish dancing.


Chapter 9: Eating ... and drinking...

Eating: Here are five things to eat in Scotland! For breakfast, start with porridge with milk. If you feel hungry in the middle of the morning, have some Scottish shortbread with your coffee. For lunch, you can have salmon from a Scottish river. For dinner, you can eat Scottish beef - the Scots say it is the best in the world. Or you can try the famous Scottish haggis.

drinking: The word whisky comes from the Gaelic uisge-beatha - the water of life.

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