Exercises
1. Say
if these statements true or false:
1. Northern
Ireland is the largest component of the United Kingdom.
2. Irish
poets call Ireland “the Emerald Isle” because there are a lot of
forests.
3. Lough
Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles.
4. The
rivers of Ireland are long and deep.
5.
Belfast's industries are the production of linen and other textiles,
clothing, shipbuilding, engineering.
2.
Find in the text the English equivalents to the Russian words and
word combinations:
1.North
Ireland содержит
six of the nine counties of the historic province of Ulster and that
is why the название
Ulster
is sometimes used as equivalent to Northern Ireland.
2. If one
asks the ирландца
away from home what he скучает
most about Ireland, he will возможно
tell you “the greenness”.
3.The
largest industry is сельское
хозяйство
conducted
for the most part on small family farms.
4.
Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland is the главный
промышленный
centre and a large port.
5. Its
главные
industries are the production of linen and other textiles, clothing,
кораблестроение,
engineering.
6. In
Ireland the national музыкальный
instrument
is the harp.
