Методическое пособие по работе с видеофильмом «Introducing Great Britain. Part 1»

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e -Englands largest lake. At the north end of Lake Windermere is Ambleside. Its 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 dont 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. Shes 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.
This is Osprey. 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 cant get a cup of tea!
Part 5. York
York is one of Europes most historic cities. It began as an important Roman city. In medieval times a stone wall was built around it, and the wall is still there today.
This is the River Ouse near Lendal Bridge. From here you can walk all around the edge of the old city on the medieval wall. It takes about two hours.
In the south wall is Micklegate Bar, where kings

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