2.  COMPARISONS, SENTENCES AND SUPERLATIVES SENTENCES
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 First of all our group is composed of two members: Laia and Andrea.
 We wild continue with sentences, superlatives sentences and
comparisons:
 Scotland is in U.K
 Scotland’s traditional clothes are more strange than Spain’s clothes
 Scotland is bigger than Spain
 Scotland has got the best gol
 f curses in the world
 In Scotland is the most famous lake: the lonch Ness
 Scotland have more culture than Spain
 Scotland is colder than Spain
 In Scotland are more green places than in Japan
 Scotland have the most beautiful castles in the world
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 Here we finish whit sentences and comparisons. New, we would like to
begin with Scotland information: sport, culture, climate

3. Scotland is the northernmost of the
four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Along
with England and Wales, part of the island of Great
Britain, covering a third of its total area, is also made ​up
of over 790 islands to the north and west by the Atlantic
Ocean on the east by the North Sea, south England and
south-west by the North Channel and Irish Sea.
The Scottish territory covers 78,772 km2 and its
population is estimated
at 5,116,900 inhabitants, resulting in a population
density of 65 inhabitants per km2. The
capital is Edinburgh, and is a major European
financial centers. The largest city is Glasgow's
metropolitan area which encompasses 20% of the
total Scottish population.

5. Unknown if Scotland was inhabited during the Paleolithic,
as successive glaciations that covered its
current territory have destroyed all evidence of human
settlement prior to the Mesolithic period. It is believed
that the first groups of hunter-gatherers arrived about 11,000
years ago, when the first glacial ice to retreat
began northward. The first
settlements Scottish appeared territory for
about9500 years ago and the first 6,000 people. From this
period dates e settlement of Skara Brae, the largest of
the Orkney Islands, which is in very good condition, and
other debris from homes schools and rituals from the
Neolithic burials found mainly in the Scottish islands. This
abundance of buildings that have survived the passage of
time may have been due to the absence of trees in the
area, which allowed early settlers to create their
own buildings in local stone.

7. The garment is the traditional Scottish kilt, the
misnamed "kilt"-word is offensive to the Scots.
The kilt is usually made ​of wool with a tartan
design, traditionally associated with a particular
Scottish clan. Each receives a Scottish kilt at an
early age, and use it on special occasions like
weddings, baptisms, communions ... The kilt is
wrapped around the waist, and cover
the bottom to the knees, also because it has
no pockets, can be complemented with a special
bag called sporran. Contrary
to popular belief that under the
kilt underwear should not dress, the fact is that
there is no established rule about it.

9. Sport also plays an important role in Scottish culture, as the
country holds its own national championships in various
sports varieties, in addition to independent representation
of the rest of the UK at events like the World Cup, the
Rugby World Cup or Commonwealth Games (although not in
the Olympics, in which the UK participates as a single
computer). In addition, Scotland has its own sporting bodies
such as the Scottish Football Association (the national
association football second oldest in the world) or the
Scottish Rugby Union.
The most popular sport is football in Scotland. Some
varieties of football in Scotland have been practiced for
centuries: the earliest reference dates back to 1424.75 The
association football is the national sport of Scotland, and
indeed the Scottish Cup is the national football trophy
oldest mundo.

13. The most important football teams in
Scotland are Celtic and Rangers Football
Club Football Club, both of Glasgow
Celtic, whose stadium is Celtic
Park, became champion of the European
Cup in 1967, while the Rangers, who play
at Ibrox Stadium, it was the Cup Winners
Cup in 1972. Their rivalry goes beyond
mere sport, as the Celtic is the team of
Catholics in Scotland, Glasgow Rangers
while it is of protestantes.77 Both teams
play in the Scottish Premier
League, founded in 1891 and the 12 teams
competing. Ibrox Stadium, the field of the
Rangers, and Hampden Park, the stadium
where they usually play their home games
the Scottish football team are 5 star
stadium by UEFA criteria.

14. St. Andrews, Fife County, is
internationally known as the "home of
golf" and for many golfers the Old
Course at St Andrews, considered the
oldest golf course in the world, is
almost a place of peregrinación.There
are many other famous golf courses in
Scotland, including Carnoustie,
Gleneagles, Muirfield and Royal
Troon. Rugby is also very popular in
Scotland: the Selection of Scottish
rugby (which plays its home games at
Murray field Stadium) participates in
the Six Nations tournament since its
inception, and has won 14 times.

16. The languages ​spoken today or in the
past in Scotland are divided into two
families: Celtic and
Germanic languages​​. The only Celtic
language which is still preserved in
Scotland is the Scottish Gaelic, spoken in
parts of the Highlands and the
Hebrides (known
as Gàidhealtachd areas), but
previously spoken in much wider areas, as
evidenced by place names. A variant
of Gaelic is also spoken in the
southwest of Scotland, around
Galloway, and Annandale and Strathnith, b
ut has disappeared. Both languages ​come
from the ancient Gaelic, a descendant in
turn the original Gaelic. According to the
census of
Scotland, 2001, approximately 1% of the

17. Furthermore, the current Scotland two Germanic
languages ​are spoken: English, Scottish and
Scotland. The Scotsman (English, Scots or
Lowland Scots) spoken in the south of Scotland in the
area known as Lowlands. It comes from
northern variant called Middle English known as
"Old Scotch". According to the 2001
census, approximately 30% of the population was
considered scots.fluent speaker of English in
Scotland, meanwhile, is the standard dialect of
English spoken in Scotland. There you can find
influences of Scottish and Scottish Gaelic. The
northern variant is a distinct dialect, the English of
the Highlands, even more influenced by Scottish
Gaelic.

18. The climate is temperate and oceanic Scotland, and
tends to be very variable. Is tempered by the Gulf
Stream from the Atlantic Ocean, and therefore
has much milder winters (but also
warm, humid summers) than other areas of
similar latitude as Oslo and
Moscow. However, temperatures are generally lower
than in the rest of the UK: the historical
temperature lowest in the country are -27.2 ° C (-
16.96 ° F) recorded at Braemar in
the Grampians the February 11, 1895 and January
10, 1982, and in Altnaharra in the Highlands, on
30 December 1995.44 the winter peak around 6 °
C (42.8 ° F) in the Lowlands , and
the average summer maximum18 ° C (64.4 °
F). The highest recorded temperature reached 32.9
° C (91.22 ° F) in Greycrook in
the Scottish Borders, 9 August2003.45

19. In short, western Scotland is warmer than the
east, due to the influence of ocean currents and
lower temperatures in the North Sea. Tree in the
Inner Hebrides, is one of the sunniest places in
the country had 329 hours of sunshine in
May1975. Rainfall varies enormously across
Scotland. The Western Highlands is the most
rain, with more than
3,000 millimeters anuales.4nstead, much
of Scotland receives less than 800mm. The
snowfall is not common in the
Lowlands, but at higher altitudes. Braemar
experiences an average of 59 days of snow a
year, while coastal areas have an average of less
than 10 días.

20. Although the Bank of England is the central banking
the UK, three Scottish banks still have the power
to produce their own banknotes: the Bank
of Scotland, Royal Bank of Scotland and
Clydesdale Bank. The value of Scottish banknotes in
circulation is estimated at 1,500 million pounds, and
although it is not officially legal tender anywhere in
the United Kingdom, in practice these tickets are
interchangeable with those produced by the Bank
of Inglaterra

21. Despite this equivalence, the banknotes
issued in Scotland are sometimes
rejected in England and Wales, and not
always accepted by other banks
and exchange offices outside the United
Kingdom. This is especially true with 1
pound fare that still emits the Royal Bank
of Scotland, and is the only 1
pound note remains in circulation
throughout the R

22. Throughout the centuries, the culture
of Scotland is molded with the
amalgam of different elements. There
is a significant artistic activity, both
musical and dramatic and literary
sources influenced mightily by
traditional Scottish, but also open to
external influences, especially in
Europe. Music occupies an important
place in Scottish culture. The
traditional Scottish instrument is the
bagpipe most notable, including the
Highland bagpipe, a wind instrument
consisting of one or more sound tubes
fed by a reservoir of air in a bag. . .

23. The classic or Celtic harp, violins and
accordion are also traditional Scottish
instruments, especially the last two, which are
part of a typical band for traditional Scottish
dances. Scottish emigrants took with them
many of these traditional forms of music that
influenced their host countries, for example in
country music in the music scene
estadounidense.55 modern, there are many
bands and artists from Scotland, such as Belle
& Sebastian , Primal Scream, Travis, Franz
Ferdinand or Snow Patrol.56
Scottish literature includes text written in
Scotland, English, Scottish
Gaelic, Scottish, French or Latin.

24. The considered "national poet" Robert
Burns, wrote in both Scots and
English, although much of his work is written in
a simplified version of the Scottish accessible to
a wider audience. Other internationally
renowned Scottish writers include Sir Walter
Scott and Arthur Conan Doyle, whose work had
an international impact XIX.57 late James
Matthew Barrie, author of Peter Pan, was the
creator of the movement known as "school of
Kailyard" also in the late nineteenth
century, which came into fashion fantasy and
folklore in the literatura.5

25. This literary tradition has been considered by some
critics as a brake on the development of Scottish
literature, and focusing on an image pastoral and
idyllic Escocia.58 Some modern novelists like Irvine
Welsh (author of Train spotting) have chosen to
reflect the raw realities of contemporary life in the
Scottish cities, using the English Escocia.59
National television is BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in
Gaelic), part of the British Broadcasting Corporation,
the public channel in the UK

26. In addition to two television channels, the
BBC also has national radio channels: BBC
Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Nan
Gaidheal, among others. The main private
television stations in Scotland are the STV
and Border Television. There are also
specific to the field Scotsman
newspaper, the Daily Record, The Herald
(published in Glasgow) or The
Scotsman.60 newspapers circulated
among the local or regional stress the
Courier, published for Dundee and the
east of Scotland, and The Press and
Journal, Aberdeen and norte.60

27. Some of the traditional Scottish
dishes include Scotch broth or
"Scotch broth" made from barley, meat
and
vegetables, the porridge or gruel, or
meat pies, especially
the Scotch foot, stuffed lamb. Some of
these dishes, such as porridge or
oatcakes (oatcakes) may have its
origins in the nomadic nature of
Scottish origin, who always carry a bag
of oats to
eat. Also, the haggis, considered the
"Scottish national dish," originally could
arise when transporting meat in
a pork or lamb gut.

28. The haggis is like a pudding, but with
lamb or venison, and is traditionally eaten during
the "Burns Supper" on 25 January.
In the early years of this century, Scottish cuisine
has had a "Renaissance" in 2006, nine of the
restaurants have a Michelin star, and many
restaurants that combine traditional elements
with contemporary innovations in the kitchen . In
addition, all major Scottish cities hosting
international restaurants . FOR EXAMPLE:
Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Indian, ...

29. The most internationally renowned beverage of Scotland
is whiskey, to the point that in America it is
called simply Scotch, and in England the
term "whiskey" means the Scottish origin, unless
otherwise indicated. The origin of the whiskey in
Scotland seems to go back to the fourth century
or V, where the monks brought distillation continent. For
centuries the Scotch production was stable, but
its final explosion occurred in the nineteenth
century, when it developed new modes of
production, taking advantage of the plague
of phylloxera devastated the vineyards of France and
Spanish in 1880.

30. Beer is also a popular drink among the Scots:
Scottish ales are characterized by their dark
color and malty flavor. Some of the best-
known beer brands in Scotland
are Belhaven, Ten Ensor Caledonian, but there
are many other signals of local or regional
distribution.
Among the beverages, the most
characteristic of Scotland's Irn-
Bru, soda, competing in popularity with
the Coca-Cola.7

31. The flora and fauna of Scotland is typical
ofnorthwestern Europe, although several large
mammals such as grizzly
bear, wolf, aurochs,Tarpan, lynx, beaver, reindeer, elk
or walrus were hunted to extinction in historic
times. There are still large populations of seals
and nesting areas for seabirds such
as gannets común.48 The golden eagle is almost
a national symbol, with the white-tailed eagle, the
osprey and red kite,which have recently
been reintroduced in Scotland after being hunted
to extinction.

32. A population of Plectrophenax invalids come in the
summer to the mountain peaks of
Scotland, where winter can also be
seen partridges, hares
and mink coat in invernal. still retain
certainpinos forests it inhabits the Loxia sciatica, the
only endemic bird in Britain, the same habitat is
also suitable for capercaillie and black
grouse, wildcat, red squirrel and pine marten

33. Scotland has five international airports:
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow Prestwic
k and Inverness, which connect to 150
destinations intotal international scheduled
and chárter.95 BAAoperates three of these
airports (Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Aberdeen), while Highland and
Islands airports controls 11 smaller
regionalairports (including Inverness), which
connect tothe
most remote Escocia.96 Finally, the
company Infratil owns Glasgow Prestwick airp

34. The main highways and major roads (known
astrunk roads) are run by Transport Scotland, while
the rest of the network of roads is the responsibility
of local authorities in each area.
Given that Scotland has lots of islands, there
areregular ferry services linking them with the
mainland. These services are mainly developedby
Caledonian MacBrayne, but there are other
companies, and some lines directly depend on
the county. There are also international
ferry linesthat connect Scotland to Northern
Ireland, Belgium, Norway, the Faroe Islands and
Iceland.

35. The rail network is run
by Transport ScotlandScotland.97 lines known as East Coast
MainLine ("Main Line East Coast"), West Coast MainLine
("Main Line West Coast") and Cross Country line ("line across
the country") connect most major cities in Scotland
betweenthemselves and with the rail network in
England.There are also domestic train services operated
by First Scotrail. In the main line of the east
coastincluding the section crossing the Firth of Forthvia
the Forth Bridge

36. This cantilever bridge, completed in 1890, is
considered a pioneering work of civil engineering and
is one of the most recognizable monuments Escocia.98
Network Rail owns and controls all rail
infrastructure in Scotland, while the Scottish
government is responsible for planning
andfinanciación.99
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38. ENGLISH WORK ABOUT SCOTLAND