Travelling A visit to Scotland often begins in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Edinburgh is an old city with many important and interesting buildings. After London, Edinburgh is the second city for visitors in Britain.If you come to Edinburgh by train from the south, the first thing you see when you leave Waverley Station is Edinburgh Castle. It stands high over the city. Soldiers in kilts take visitors around and tell them the castle’s story.Edinburgh is a hilly city but it is a good city to visit on foot. After the castle, you can visit more of the Old Town. Go down the Royal Mile to Holyroodhouse - the Queen’s home when she comes to Edinburgh. It is three hundred years old. You can look at the shops on the Royal Mile or on Princes Street in the New Town. Some shops sell the famous Scottish tartans and you can see the name of the family which goes with each tartan. Near Princes Street is Charlotte Square, which is very beautiful. There is also the National Gallery of Scotland, with pictures from Scotland and from many other countries too.In August, you can visit the Edinburgh Festival, the biggest arts festival in the world with hundreds of different things to do and see. (TRUE/FALSE) 1. Edinburgh is the first city for visitors in Britain. * ​True

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- Hey, John!

Hi!

- Recently, I thought about it and decided to ask you, without what things you can not do in the 21st century?

- I think it's clear that without a smartphone.

- Yeah. It is ridiculous to say that we are against new technologies, but they should be treated meaningfully. That's how often you check your phone?

- As needed: call, find the necessary information, see something interesting, etc.

- It's all good, but there are people who depend on the phone. They spend most of the day with the phone. What do you think can be done to cure them of this disease?

- I think they are addicted, because they lack something in life: communication, entertainment. They should find something to their liking, that it would escape from a smartphone.

- Yes, it's destvitel distract, if you take your hands and head with something really useful and interesting. I wonder why the smartphone affects us so much, our

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греч. ilias, от Elion, Илион, Троя. Эпопея Гомера, в которой повествуется об осаде и разрушении Трои.

Объяснение 25000 иностранных слов, вошедших в употребление в русский язык, с означением их корней.- Михельсон А.Д., 1865.

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древнейшая греческая поэма, рассказ в стихах об осаде Илиона, или Трои, и подвигах разных героев; автором долго называли Гомера, но в недавнее время доказано, что Гомер имя собирательное и означает совокупность многих рапсодов, т. е. народных певцов, передававших друг другу заученный ими в стихах сказания.

Полный словарь иностранных слов, вошедших в употребление в русском языке.- Попов М., 1907.

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знаменитое творение (эпопея) древнейшего греческого поэта Гомера, воспевавшего в нем подвиги героев Троянской войны. Два русских перевода Гнедича и Минского.