Exercise 1 find words or phrases which go with the following definitions (the words appear in the text in the same order as the definitions): about wales paragraph 3 11) to be a characteristic that makes something clearly different from other similar things paragraph 6 12) the place where a sports team is based and plays most of its games text: about wales language, rugby and the millenium stadium living in wales wales is a land of rugby, singing and beautiful scenery situated on the western side of the uk. its population is just under three million which is about 5% of the total uk population. the main cities are cardiff, the capital city, swansea and newport. wales was ruled directly from london until 1999 when the first elections to the welsh national assembly were held. the assembly has some powers specific to people in wales and can make decisions on areas such as education and health. wales remains part of the uk and members of parliament (mps) from welsh constituencies continue to have seats in the uk parliament at westminster. laws passed by parliament in westminster still apply to wales. language the welsh language is probably the most important thing that distinguishes wales from the rest of the uk. welsh (or cymraeg) is one of europe’s oldest languages and is spoken by one in five welsh people. this number doubles among children and teenagers which shows that the language is very much alive among the young. road signs and other signs are in both english and welsh. the language is at its strongest along the llyn peninsula in north-west wales, where 75 per cent of the population speak welsh. towns, villages and cities in wales often have both a welsh and an english name and wales is home to one of the longest place names in the world – llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch which means st mary's (church) by the white aspen over the whirlpool, and st tysilio's (church) by the red cave! sport and culture wales is also known for its ‘eisteddfodau’ which are festivals celebrating welsh language, art, culture and heritage and which include an eclectic mix of music, dance, drama, debate and cultural competitions. most people know of the annual national eisteddfod which is held alternately in north and south wales and the international eisteddfod which is held in llangollen, but there are eisteddfodau of varying sizes held in towns and villages throughout the land. the national sport is very much rugby union and the national team are sometimes known as the dragons as a red dragon appears on the national flag of wales. the home ground is the millennium stadium at cardiff arms park in cardiff.
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