Number 30, exercise 20.0:06
Listen to the first part of the text.0:10
Discover Britain, England.0:13
And try to read it in the same manner.0:16
Discover Britain, England.0:21
The United Kingdom is very small compared with many other countries in the world.0:25
However, there are only nine other countries with more people and London is the world's seventh biggest city.0:30
When you travel about the country, you can see how the scenery changes right in front of your eyes.0:39
Highlands turn into lowlands.0:46
Forests and hills turn into meadows and plains very quickly.0:49
It's hard to believe, but in Great Britain one can find practically any type of scenery.0:54
Often what people first notice about Britain, especially if they arrive by plane, is the green of the fields, hedges and trees.1:02
Britain is an unusually beautiful country.1:13
We want to take you on an exciting journey through the whole country, from Scotland and Northern Ireland to England and Wales.1:18
We'll begin our journey with England, the largest part of the uk, visiting its the south east, the South West, East Anglia, the Midlands and the north of England.1:27
The south east is a highly populated region of England.1:40
There is a lot of industry near the Thames and there are a lot of roads and motorways.1:45
London, the capital of the uk, and such historical cities as Windsor, Dover and Brighton are situated here.1:51
When people travel to Britain by sea or air, they usually arrive in the south east, for this is where the main passenger ports and airports are.2:01
Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest airports, is about 33 kilometres west of central London.2:12
However, there is still attractive countryside in the southeast.2:21
The county of Kent situated here is known as the Garden of England.2:26
The south east is famous for its resorts.2:32
Brighton is probably the best known of them.2:35
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