Number 49, exercise 25.0:05
Listen to the first part of the text, Scotland the Beautiful, and try to read it in the same manner.0:10
Scotland the Beautiful.0:20
Scotland is a country in the United Kingdom to to the north of England.0:25
Its symbol is a thistle.0:31
Its patron saint is Saint Andrew.0:33
The country is divided into Highlands and Lowlands.0:38
Most of the industry is concentrated in Lowlands, in the Clyde Valley.0:43
Glasgow is its largest and busiest town.0:50
Edinburgh is its capital.0:53
Glasgow and Edinburgh are the two great centres of Scotland.0:57
There is only 45 miles between them and it will take you about an hour to get from Glasgow to Edinburgh by train.1:02
But the cities are very different.1:11
Glasgow is the heart of industry.1:14
It is a centre of business and trade.1:18
It is very busy, prosperous, dirty in some parts and smart in others.1:21
It is beautiful and ugly with its large port and busy streets.1:28
Edinburgh is rather cold, but attractive, very proud, but friendly and has a great past.1:35
Edinburgh is known as the Athens of the North.1:45
It is an ancient city and if you walk around it, you can feel history at every step.1:49
Practically every building has a tale to tell.1:57
The most interesting parts of the city are the Old Town and the New Town.2:03
The Old Town lies between the castle and Holyrood Palace.2:09
The castle hangs over the city like some Disney cartoon.2:14
The castle, in fact, is older than the city.2:21
No one can say exactly when the first settlers came to live on the huge rock that stands high above Edinburgh.2:25
Later, they built a castle that used to be a fortress and then a royal palace.2:34
It looks good in any weather, but at night when it is floodlit, it looks just like a castle in a fairy tale.2:42
It is not surprising that the castle attracts a lot of tourists.2:52
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo takes place every August and September and is known throughout the world for 90 minutes.2:56
On five or six nights a week, 600 people perform in the square in front of the castle.3:06
The performers play military music and march to it at the same time as the tattoo.3:13
You can go to the famous Edinburgh Festival.3:20
The festival started in 1947.3:23
Every year the best performances from all over the world can be seen in Edinburgh.3:27
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