Read and translate the following group of words:Īround the capital, commercial centre, mainly rural, British settlers, strong discrimination, equal civil rights, strong cultural traditions, ballet and opera companies. Make up your own dialogues using the following questions about Wales:ī) When was Wales invaded by the English?Ĭ) Who is given the title of Prince of Wales nowadays?ĭ) Has Wales got its own flag, culture and language? However, later they suffered the same decline like Cardiff. Swansea and Newport shared coal exports too. It was built … the Normans to defend themselves … the Welsh. Caerphilly has one … the biggest castles … Europe, including a famous leaning tower. A pipeline takes petroleum to a refinery near Swansea. Refineries grew up … opposite shores and Milford Hayen became an important refining centre. It is one … the leading oil terminals of Britain. The main port … Wales today is Milford Hayen (situated … the very south-west) because of its oil tanker traffic. These are the heart … the Welsh coal and steel industries. On imported grain flour milling developed as well as other food processing. Today the cargoes it handles, are mainly imports, to be distributed throughout South Wales. It rose to importance … coal mining and iron industries. Read about the capital city and the main ports of Wales and insert proper prepositions:Ĭardiff, the modern national capital … Wales, is the largest city … industrial South Wales. The problem is that Welsh has to survive next door to English but we all know very well, English is a very successful language. Some positive things have already done: road signs, documentation are in Welsh language in this area. Local authorities try to reanimate the situation. There are some Welsh-language TVs and radio stations, but it is not enough. Also, English comes into every Welsh home through television both cable and satellite TV, radio, newspapers, books, etc. In the 1960s and 1970s many English people bought cottages and estate houses in villages in Wales. Read and translate two paragraphs about language situation in Wales and try to compare it to the situation in the Ukraine:

Make up sentences with the following words and word combinations: Coal-mining

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