1 Where does Edinburgh lie? 2 What is the 'old town' like? 3 Where is the modern town situated? 4 What famous people lived in Edinburgh? 5 What museums are there in Edinburgh? 6 What gives a special charm to the city?
1. Edinburgh lies in seven hills and goes down those hills to the sea.
2. In the « old town » the streets are narrow. The tall houses with narrow windows go up the hills to Edinburgh castle, which is one thousand years old.
3. The modern town is situated at the foot of the hills.
4. Many great men have lived and worked in Edinburgh. Robert Burns the famous writer and poet who lived in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is also proud of Walter Scott, the father of the historical novel in world literature, and Robert Louis Stevenson, a famous English writer. Such scientists as John Napier who invented logarithms, Adam Smith, the father of political economy, Alexander Bell, the inventor of the telephone also lived and worked in Edinburgh.
5.There are the Museum of Childhood, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum. (The Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh is another official residence of the Queen besides Buckingham Palace. This Palace is a museum with a number of museums inside it. There are the Museum of Childhood with its unique collection of toys and games, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum, which tells the story of ordinary people.)
6. Past and present live in Edinburgh side by side, and it gives a special charm to the city.
Jack is used to getting up early. On Monday morning he got up at 6 o’clock. The sun was already shining. Birds sang in the garden. He quickly had breakfast, got into the car and drove to the station. He was going to catch an 8-hour train. Jack rode pretty fast and listened to his favorite music on the radio, when a deer ran out onto the road. Jack immediately stopped the car. Fortunately, the accident did not happen, and the deer fled to the forest. Jack continued on his way. When he parked the car at the station, his phone rang. After talking with a friend, Jack got on a train, took a seat by the window and began to read a fresh newspaper, although he used to have a habit of napping
Jack used to get up early. Monday morning he risen in 6 o'clock. Already sun was shining. In the garden, birds sang. He quickly had breakfast, got into his car and drove to the station. He was going to catch the 8-hour train. The road was empty. Jack was driving pretty fast and listen to your favorite music on the radio, when a deer ran into the road. Jack immediately stopped the car. Fortunately, the accident did not happen, and the deer ran off into the woods. Jack went on his way. When he parked the car at the station, his phone rang. After a conversation with a friend, Jack got on the train, took a window seat and read a newspaper, but before he had a habit dozing
1. Edinburgh lies in seven hills and goes down those hills to the sea.
2. In the « old town » the streets are narrow. The tall houses with narrow windows go up the hills to Edinburgh castle, which is one thousand years old.
3. The modern town is situated at the foot of the hills.
4. Many great men have lived and worked in Edinburgh. Robert Burns the famous writer and poet who lived in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is also proud of Walter Scott, the father of the historical novel in world literature, and Robert Louis Stevenson, a famous English writer. Such scientists as John Napier who invented logarithms, Adam Smith, the father of political economy, Alexander Bell, the inventor of the telephone also lived and worked in Edinburgh.
5.There are the Museum of Childhood, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum. (The Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh is another official residence of the Queen besides Buckingham Palace. This Palace is a museum with a number of museums inside it. There are the Museum of Childhood with its unique collection of toys and games, the Writer’s Museum, the People’s Story Museum, which tells the story of ordinary people.)
6. Past and present live in Edinburgh side by side, and it gives a special charm to the city.