England
England is the biggest part of U.K, it has
about 50 million inhabitants and is 130 000
square kilometres (kvadratkilometer= km2).
The capital of England is London. London is also the capital of Great
Britain, United Kingdom.
There are big ports in London, Liverpool, Bristol and Newcastle. And
the biggest industrial cities are Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield
and Leeds.
In the north and west of England
there are more hills and many
lakes. “The lake district” is
Englands most popular area for
tourists.
In the south of England there are many farms, but not many lakes.
The first railway came in 1825. London has the oldest underground,
it is from 1863. The Chanaltunnel was ready in 1994 and goes
between Folkstone in England, U.K, and Calais in France.
Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric site
in Europe. It’s five thousand years old and
consists a ring of enormous stones.
Oxford is a very famous university town. There are a lot of colleges
here where students can get a good education.
1. Read the text together in the class.
2. Translate the text.
3. Read the English text on your own.
4. Learn the underlined words so you can describe them.
5. Answer the following questions about England:
a. What is the name of the capital? (Vad heter
huvudstaden?)
b. Haw many square kilometres is England? (Hur manga
kvadratkilometer är England?)
c. How many people live there? (Hur många människor bor
där?)
d. Where can you find the most important ports? (Var kan
du hitta de viktigaste hamnarna?)
e. Which are the most important industrial cities? (Vilka är
de viktigaste industristäderna?)
f. What is Stonehenge? (Vad är Stonehenge?)
g. Why is the city Oxford famous? (Varför är staden
Oxford berömd?)
h. Write three own questiones to the text. (Skriv tre egna
frågor till texten.)