Red Line 3, Coursebook

66 s i xty - s i x C Visit Wales! 1 Facts about Wales North Wales Famous singers Welsh North Wales Tourists love North Wales for its landscape of lakes and mountains (although the highest one, Snowdon, is only 1,085 metres high) and its beautiful castles. Today there are also lots of new industries in the region. For example, the wings of the European Airbus plane come from North Wales. South Wales In the past South Wales had dirty coal mines, factories and heavy industry. But now it has changed. The old mines have gone and there are lots of mobile phone factories. The biggest cities in South Wales, Cardiff and Swansea, have new shops and modern buildings. South Wales also has great beaches. South Wales He is a singer whose voice is powerful. GRAMMAR ➝ G20 2 Wales and Welsh Put the parts of the sentences together. 1. Tourists 2. People 3. The European Airbus is a plane 4. One famous person 5. Bryn is a singer 6. SouthWales is a region whose wings come from NorthWales. whose choirs are famous. whose first language isWelsh is Bryn Terfel. whose CDs are very popular. whose English is OK won’t have problems inWales. whose first language isWelsh speak English, too. S h b) Write three or four sentences about Wales to say how it has changed. Use your chart. 1 Facts about Wales a) Make a chart like this in your exercise book. Landscapes Cities Industries Traditions N: lakes, … … … … Welsh Wales has always had a different language, Welsh . It is a very old language, but it is becoming more and more popular. There are TV programmes in Welsh and children learn it at school. B t don’t worry – even people whose first language is Welsh speak English, too! Famous singers There is a strong tradition of choirs in South Wales and there are lots of Welsh singers . One of the most famous ones is Bryn Terfel, a big man whose powerful voice has made him famous all around the world. Bryn has made CDs of songs in English, German and Italian. And Welsh! ➝ WB 43, 3 ➝ WB 43, 1 – 2 4 Check-in Language 1 Talkwise Text Wordwise Check-out Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv