Wales

Mary Colson

Description

Wales offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

Sujets

• Wales

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 06 juillet 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406233704
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Countries Around the World Wales

Mary Colson

Raintree is an imprint ofCapstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

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Edited by Louise Galpine, Kate DeVilliers, and Laura Knowles Designed by Richard Parker Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2011 Illustrated by Oxford Designers & Illustrators Picture research by Liz Alexander Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 22804 5 (hardback) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Colson, Mary. Wales. -- (Countries around the world) 942.9'086-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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We would like to thank Rob Bowden and Ann and John Thomas for their invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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Contents

Introducing Wales ...................................................................................... 4 History: becoming Wales......................................................................... 6 Regions and resources: water world and working life ................12 Wildlife: protecting nature ....................................................................18 Infrastructure: politics and people.....................................................22 Culture: national identities ...................................................................28 Wales today ................................................................................................36 Factfile.........................................................................................................38 Timeline .......................................................................................................40 Glossary .......................................................................................................42 Findoutmore............................................................................................44 Topic tools...................................................................................................46 Index .............................................................................................................48

Some words are printed in bold,like this. You can înd out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

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Introducing Wales

What do you think of when you think of Wales? Do you see dragons and daffodils? Or do you think of ruined castles and rushing rivers?

Wales is one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK) of Great Britainand Northern Ireland. With a landscape carved by glaciers, it is a country of jagged mountains, deep valleys, natural lakes, and fertile pastures. Wales has a uniqueculture, its own language, and a veryturbulenthistory.

Language matters Out of a population of nearly three million, over half a million people speak Welsh as their first language and English second. S4C is the Welsh language TV channel. Its most popular programme is the soap operaPobol y Cwm (People of the Valley).

How to say... welcome to Walescroeso i Gymru good morningbore da my name is…fy enw i yw… how are you?sut mae? fine, thank youIawn diolch goodbyeda bo ti

(croesoh ee gum-ree) (bore-ay dar) (vu aynoo e ew) (shum my) (yeown dee-olch) (dar bow tee)

Cultural life Wales has produced many poets, musicians, and writers. The Welsh are also passionate aboutrugby. The players in the national team are treated like superstars.

The patron saint of Wales is St David. On St David’s Day, 1 March, Welsh people all over the world wear a leek or a daffodil. The national flag isY Ddraig Goch(uhh thry goch), which means "The Red Dragon".