1. eventful
У Шотландии богатая событиями история.
2. to protect the Roman camps
Великая стена была построена, чтобы защитить лагеря римлян в северной части Англии.
3. castles and forts
История Шотландии ассоциируется с замками и форами, которые можно увидеть по всей стране.
4. wasn’t even known
Нагорье было странной землей, где закон короля даже не знали.
5. legal system, religion and administration
Законодательство, религия и правительство шотландцев находились в Эдинбурге.
6. run-down urban
Глазго считался захудалым городским районом.
7. take an obvious pride
Сейчас люди гордятся Глазго.
8. distinctive national dress
Килт - это отличительная национальная одежда, которую носят только мужчины.
Task 1.
1. c)
2. b)
3. b)
4. c)
Task 2.
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. Not stated
5. False
6. True
Task 3.
1. Valleys are known as «glens» and many lakes called "glens".
2. Its population is, however, only one-eighth as great — about 5 200 000 humans.
3. Great Wall was built to protect the Roman camps in the Northern part of England.
4. The language, that was incomprehensive and misspelling.
5. Edinburgh is a capital of Scotland.
6. Glasgow is the second city of Scotland.
7. Glasgow was chosen to be the cultural capital of Europe 1890.
8. Scotland is a country with an intense and living national traditions of a kind only only too rare in the modern world. It has its distinctive national dress, the kilt, worn only by men. It also has its own typical musical instruments (the pipes, sometimes called «the bagpipes»), its own national form of dancing, its own songs, language, traditions and education. Scotland has even its own national drink, a fact so widely known that one need only ask for «Scotch».
My cat is three years old, it has gray wool and yellow eyes
Most of all it likes to eat fish and drink milk
I am worry of it, that's why I don't let it go outside
I love my cat very much