2. Read the text again. Which of the following sentences are true (t) and which are false (f)?

1 Hadrian's Wall is forty kilometres south of the modern border.

2 Hadrian's Wall was built nearly 2,000 years ago.

3 The Romans left Britain in the sixth century.

4 Hadrian's Wall stretches halfway across Britain.

5 The Normans came from France.

6 Durham Cathedral was begun in 1293.

7 The Church could protect people from the King.

8 Beer is Britain's most popular alcoholic drink.

9 Beer is still delivered by dray in Durham.

3. Change the sentences below from active to passive.

1 The Roman Emperor Hadrian built the wall.

2 They found a Roman hospital.

3 The Normans built Durham Cathedral and Castle.

4 They began the cathedral in 1093.

5 In Norman times the Church could protect people.

6 Men and women in Scotland wear kilts.

7 You find salmon in Scottish rivers.

8 They united England and Scotland in 1707.

9. They make and deliver Vaux beer in the traditional way.

Section 3 the lake district

1. Read and translate the text

The Lake District is a beautiful part of Britain and many writers and poets have lived here. The most famous was the poet, William Wordsworth. Wordsworth loved nature and often wrote poetry in the mountains or on Grasmere, the lake near his home.

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Wordsworth and the other Lake Poets made the lakes famous. Since the nineteenth century, passenger boats have carried visitors up and down Lake Windermere – England's largest lake. At the north end of Lake Windermere is Ambleside. It's an interesting little town and a good centre for a holiday.

The best way to explore the Lake District is on foot. You need a good map and a good pair of walking shoes. In summer all kinds of water sports are popular. In winter you can usually skate on the ice. Even in spring climbers and walkers may need an ice axe in the mountains.

The highest mountains in the district are only a thousand metres above sea level but the weather can be dangerously cold and stormy. On lower ground the weather is often wet even in summer. But you don't come here for fine weather; people come here for beautiful scenery, for clean fresh air and to enjoy the lakes.

Dolly is the oldest steam boat in the world. She's about 150 years old and still working. Dolly sank in 1895 and spent sixty-seven years at the bottom of a lake. Then in 1962 she was raised and repaired.

Osprey is a steam boat too. She was built in 1902. You can see Dolly and Osprey and many others if you visit the Windermere Steamboat Museum. Osprey still carries visitors around the lake - just as she did a hundred years ago in the days before petrol engines.

Time to fill the teapot! Osprey has a Windermere steam kettle which can boil five litres of water in twenty seconds. There are not many places in Britain where you can't get a cup of tea!

2. Read the text about the Lake District and choose the right answers.

1 William Wordsworth (1770-1850)...

wrote poetry about nature

wrote stories about local people

painted pictures

2 The buildings in Ambleside are...

of red brick

painted white

of grey stone

3 The Lake District is a good place for...

theatres and cinemas

outdoor activities

hot, fine weather

3. ^Pairs. 'You need a good pair of walking shoes'. Many things come in pairs. Think of five to this list.

a pair of socks ...................................

a pair of earrings ...................................

4. Look at the words in the box and use them to write full sentences about what you can do in the Lake District.

always usually sometimes never

1 skating/ ice/ winter

You can usually go skating on the ice in winter.

2 canoeing/autumn

3 skiing/summer

4 swimming/summer

5 walking/Lake District

6 sailing/spring

5. 'In the Lake District the weather can be cold and stormy.'

Write about the weather where you live, using the words below.

spring	rain	hot
summer	snow	sunny
autumn	wind	dry
winter	blue sky	warm
dry season	sun	cool
rainy season	stormy	wet
		cold

In spring

In summer

In autumn

In winter ...