1. Discuss different opinions of the threat of population growth on our planet.

1. DISCUSS DIFFERENT OPINIONS OF THE THREAT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON OUR PLANET.

From the very start I want to admit that population growth, as well as other global problems in the world, is an urgent one. For decades the population explosion has been giving people nightmares. The world’s population increases by 3 every second and by a billion – every decade. With figures such as these, the gloom is understandable.

There school of thought that the battle to feed all the humanity is over. The world will undergo famines soon; hundreds of millions of people are going to starve in spite of the crash programmes embarked upon now. The crisis has been deferred, not avoided. The humane race will ultimately outgrow its ability to feed itself.

Some doubters claim it was erroneously predicted. So dramatic have been changes in population growth, that it’s increasingly difficult to predict future population levels.

Indeed, world population is still rising fast, but it’s already plain, that the worst forecast will never become reality. Far from reaching 15 billion, the odds are that it may never get to 10 billion. So with some coercion or without it the birthrate is now well below replacement level in most of Europe. But the Green Revolution will enable food production to stay ahead of population growth. It combines classical plant breeding methods with genetic technologies making a huge boost.

Economic growth has always marched in step with population growth. When population declines there are fewer people of working age to support those in retirement; also, it may prove much harder to recruit people to do unpopular jobs.

Those who have painted a rosy picture of an environment recovering its natural beauty as the impact of human numbers declines could find the opposite is nearer the truth.

Paradoxically, the greatest problems may come out not from soaring population but from the declines now beginning to become evident in some developed countries.

2. TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS A NEWLY-INDEPENDENT STATE IS CONFRONTED WITH.

Chinese people say that the worst thing is to live in the time of changes. With the rich choice of possible way of further development comes a bunch of problems as well. It’s especially true for newly-independent states. I’d like to illustrate this on the example of Samoa.

For centuries time stood still in Samoa. The people worked at banana plantations and respected the customs that the family chiefs presented absolute authority. They owned land community and administrated justice in each village.

So, when progress came and Samoa faced many development schemes, they were naturally confused. When all that development schemes are completed and Samoa one of the world’s poorest nations in cash terms, is forced into the 21^st century, what is to become of its culture. That’s the main problem. Samoa is a poor country and some change must come, but Samoans want the modern amenities, but they don’t want to throw away their culture to get them. In many ways their culture retards development. The tradition of communal land ownership stultifies individual incentive and has resulted in neglect of the land. The exodus to New Zealand creates a false economy and results in thousands of Samoan families ignoring the land living off the earnings of their expatriate children and the question the people are asking is “what is a balance between the past and the future?”

Indeed, Western Samoa has traveled a long way in the 12 years since independence. It has political stability and people who are 90% literate. It offers investors a cheap labour force and a land that is 80% uncultivated. It offers visitors the most uncorrupted Polynesian culture less anywhere today.

3. TALK ON HOW PARENTS FEEL ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN TRAVELLING ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME.

It goes without saying that parents is always get worried when their children go abroad to visit new places and get to know other ways of living. Without any doubt traveling is necessary for all of us as it broadens our minds and horizons, it’s kind of relaxation and a wonderful opportunity to get away from it all. When children go on a journey they relax their body, refresh their spirits and renew the energy. But they may not even guess that their parents can’t sleep for a while thinking of them. Just imagine, a father or a mother helps the child to get ready for the first travel abroad. At the luggage store they want to buy him a suitcase, but he heads for the duffels and says that suitcase are more for old people.

The American boy went to London and called his father and reported that London was like no place in America. The boy was really fascinated by visiting new place in Europe, he hiked though a crowd of Scottish sheep and climb the mountain in a rainstorm. In France he tried to speak French, but French he learned from the cassette didn’t hold the water in Paris.

His father asked himself what it was all like. He was never been himself outside the US and when he was young he made a list of experiences he intended to have before he reached 21, but he had never done them. So when his son called, he sat down all the kitchen table and hung on every word. He just sat and listened. He had never listened to a telephone sp intently and with such pleasure as he did then. It was wonderful and moving for him to hear news from his son that was so new for him.

And when his 15-year-old son returned home from abroad with a dozen rolls of exposed films and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveller’s cheeks, he sat amazed. Father says that the night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you’ve never seen is a night you would gladly prolong into a week.

4. TALK ABOUT STEREOTYPED IDEAS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE ABOUT THE WAY OF LIFE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

Nobody wants to be average. So generalizations about nations aren’t usually welcomed, though sometimes they are quiet accurate. The dangers may go even deeper, when someone tries to generalize from his own limited experience.

The Americans, for instance, are the nation, about which numerous stereotyped ideas exist. They are created, as a rule, by the people who have never been to the USA, but nevertheless, they are apt to assure others categorically the country isn’t worth visiting. They invent false stereotypes, which in fact, turn out to be nothing more than inaccurate information, gathered from 2^nd hand sources.

For instance, you may hear that the whole pace of life among Americans is dreadful. It’s a perpetual everyday strain. The social pressures are tremendous. This may seems appalling to people committed to the idea of actually living in town which is unheard of in America. It’s supposed that Americans don’t even know about slipping away at weekends to some peaceful place in the country, because countryside is entirely occupied by all those immense suburban housing developments. The idea of typical American housewife is even more amusing. It’s believed that she has nothing to do but go mad from boredom and frustration.

Another prejudice about the Americans is that their habit of taking showers is the mania about personal cleanliness. Am-n food is described as flavorless, stuff with no decent fruit and vegetables. Finally, even Am-n children are said to be unbearable.

However, even coming to the US, you get surprised to see quite the opposite and it wouldn’t be some local atipicality, because in reality the pose of Am-n life isn’t a dreadful rat-race at all, although it has certain peculiarities, one should be ready to adopt oneself to. As for social pressures, I think, they do exist everywhere. I’m sure Americans give a good example of hard work and optimistic life-style. This «can-do-spirit»proves that with the necessary willingness and inventiveness one can overcome all the difficulties. So, Am-n tend to be trendsetters in lifestyle. And, as for stereotypes I’d say that in nowadays mobile world of traveling and active interaction any stereotype ideas will soon be nonsense.

5. TALK ABOUT MADAME TUSSAUD’S AS ONE OF LONDON’S FAMOUS MUSEUMS.

It often comes as a shock for Londoners that Madame Tussaud’s museum is one of the capital top tourist attractions. Many find it gruesome and frightening. Others maintain that its collection of wax statues has no artistic merit. Yes, despite this criticism, Madam Tussauds has become a world famous. Millions of tourists from overseas and from other parts of Britain wouldn’t consider their trip to the capital worthwhile without a stop at the unusual waxwork exhibition. M T aws French in origin and was herself a model of waxwork in her uncle’s waxwork museum in Paris. She is said to perfect her skills by modeling the royal family of France. In 1802 she brought the collection, inherited from her uncle.

A great number of waxwork are on display at M T’s. the exhibition consists of a series of halls:

1)in the first hall there’s«the Sleeping beauty» figure. By the way the figures are really durable and this one (s b) was cast from M T’s oldest models.

2)the 2^nd hall is known as «the Conservatory», where visitors can view life-size wax models of sport, TV and film personalities. Accurate measurement and photographic preferences, photo all the way round the body, they are taken from many angles for the statue to be as lifelike as possible; it’s also very important to capture the personality. Also «multimedia environment» effect is used to create a special atmosphere.

3) next to «Super Star» in the Grand Hall. This room is peopled by revere historical, political, military and royal figures from Henry 8 to Gorbachev. Pr minister of GB and from abroad.

4) the next hall is undoubtedly the most famous of the waxwork rooms «The Chamber Of Horrors». Nowhere are the visitors quieter than in this eerie place with terrifying scenes, keeping breath of history. There are models of execution, famous murders like Christie and in the-cells, the most infamous 20^th century prisoners who were sentenced to life imprisonment for their wild crimes.

So, it’s easy to understand why some people criticize parts of M T’s for it’s horror and sensationalism. It’s even easier to understand why more people go there to be entertained.

6. TAIK ABOUT HOLYWOOD AND THE EPICS PRODUCED THERE IN THE 1930S AND 1940S.

Nowadays for million if people there’s nothing better than watching a good film and the vast majority of films are produced in Hollywood. But what we really know about this really know about this great-star factory? To tell the truth, everything we read about the great days of Hollywood in the 30’s and 40’s seems like exaggeration. The studious always said their film were «superb» and «colossal» because vast sum of money that had been spent to produce them. But if we look deeper, we will be totally surprised at how the people in charge of the studious could make good films at all.

Almost all the owners of the big films companies developed the philosophy of «the bigger, the better», owing the production companies, cinemas, studious and being very powerful in the film industry. But in private life they were ignorant, unattractive people and were believed to be monsters.

I suppose it’s very funny to trace the history of production some epics, like Samson and Delilah, that cost money. First of all, a massive actor cast as Samson, was not as brave as he looked. He was afraid of the fame lion his stand-in had to fight, of the imitation swords in the battle scenes, and what’s the funniest—he was afraid of the wind machine. But despite all this, Samson and Delilah made a profit at the box office.

«Gone with the wind» was the most expensive picture, which was made at that time. Even screen tests took almost as long as «Gone with the wind»itself. It’s an interesting fact, that Vivien Leigh got the part of Scarlet while the film had already been started. She won an Oscar for her outstanding performance and deserved it. The film was a really big hit. But I believe that all the previous screen tests with 1400 people was a waste of money and there must have been thousand of really strong and handsome actors who could have played the part of Samson without being frightened of the wind machine. Nobody will deny if I say that epics encouraged extravagance, but they very seldom gave value for money even when they made profit. I must confess that produces who think that the more money they spend, the greater profit they would make will become completely failures one day.AND 1940S.

7. TALK ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF SHAKESPEAR AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF PRESENTING SHAKESPEAR’S CHARACTERS TO A MODERN AUDIENCE.

For any Englishman, there are never can be any discussion on topic who is the world’s greatest poet and dramatist. Only one name possibly suggest itself to him: that of W Shakespeare. All of us use words, phrases and quotation from Sh’s writings that have become part of the common property of English-speaking people.

Shakespeare, more perhaps than any other writer, made full use of the great resources of the English language. Most of us use about 5000 words in our normal employment of English. Sh in his works used more than 25000. There’s probably no better way for a foreigner to appreciate the richness and variety of the English language than by studying the various ways in which Sh used it. For many years critics have been theorizing about the Sh’s plays. Sometimes, indeed, it seems that the poetry of Sh will disappear beneath the great mass of comment written upon it. Fortunately, this is not likely to happen. Sh’s poetry and characters (Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and all the others) have long delighted not just the English but lovers of literature everywhere. These characters overflow with humanity—weakness, tenderness, jealousness, anger, grief. His characters are more about vulnerability than power, happier to redeem than to consign to damnation. It’s universary relevant.

In brining Sh’s delicate and resonant plays to the stage, many stages of understanding have to be gone through and many interpretations are likely to be rejected as facele and simplistic.

The process is really difficult, but rewarding. For the language of Sh is still foreign even to Britain and making Sh’s works for a modern English-speaking audience requires great thought and effort to say nothing of presenting these works to people who are not British. It’s important to look further within the text and it’s a great stretch to imagination to try to grasp the essence of the play and bring it out in a way, that doesn’t require a British sensibility to comprehend it, but which appears to all. That’s why people prey to many fears over the reception of Sh’s plays.

8. DESCRIBE AN ENGLISH JOURNALIST’S IMPRESSIONS OF TRAVELLING THROUGH THEVAST SPASES OF RUSSIA, CHINA AND MONGOLIA.

It’s no wonder that trains are a literary genre all on their own. Writers from Graham Green to Agatha Christie realized that there is nothing quite like curtain sleeping compartments quicken the narrative pulse. To board the train that crosses countries and continents is to feel that anything might happened.

From the first days of a journey on board a Trans-Siberian Express the journalist was fascinated by the changing countryside, by his first compartment which had the air of a slightly down-at-heel gentlemen’s club. The scale of the Trans-Siberian, the largest and the longest of rail journeys, it difficult to comprehend.

Food in the dining car was adequate, if uninspired. But the best food was to be found at the stations where the train made scheduled stops.

The towns they passed, indistinguishable from one another, were a blur of smoking chimneys and grey apartment block. They rattled across wide rivers and climbed into the Urals. But the very ease of the journey began to betray the journalist. He read, slept, ate and beginning to forget who he was.

Then they crossed into Mongolia. For miles they saw nothing, then 2 or 3 yurts, a herb of horses grazing in a water meadows, a woman tending a flock of black goats.

In the Gobi desert the grass grew sparser, the red soil blew away in the wind and the track ran as straight as a drown line. Like Mongolia, Chine offered them a timeless landscape. But in China everything was man-made, every tree a planted one, every inch of land cultivated. At Peking they came to a half and emerged blinking into the real word again. For all the enticements of China the journalist was said to leave the train. For a week it had been home, secure and familiar.

9. THE ETHICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE BIBLE: CHRISTIAN VIRTUES SA DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE AND THEIR ETERNAL VALUE.

To become a real Christian you must obtain certain qualities of mind and heart, which are called Christian virtues. The main virtues are: love, hope, faith, humility, patience, meekness, self-control.

Love is surely the most important of all Christian qualities. Firstly a man must love God with all his heart, soul, mind and strength. Secondly, a man should love his neighbour as himself, for he who doesn’t love, doesn’t know God. Thirdly, a man should also love his enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you and pray for those who spitefully use you.

Faith is the source of wisdom, strength and all virtues. Unbelief is a perversion of human nature, the source of all evil things. A truly spiritual person lives by faith in the Son of God, who loves him and gave himself for him.

Hope is inseparable from faith. It’s inspired by things unseen and we hope for what we don’t see, we wait for it with perseverance. We are saved in hope. Despondency (loss of hope) is a deadly sin, because it actually means lack of faith in God.

Humility is the mother of all virtues. It is said in the Bible whoever exalts himself will be humbled and who humbles himself will be exalted. Humility isn’t weakness, but a godlike quality. God wants us to obey the authorities, the existing laws, our parents. It’s really hard to become humbled, because we’re always tempted in our pride. But one should always bear in mind. Christ’s commandment «Judge not and shall not be judged, condemn not and shall not be condemned, forgive and you’ll be forgiven».

Patience: «by your patience possess your souls»,- apostle Luke writes. A man should never complain, for with the temptation. God will give him strength to bear the trial.

Meekness is a spiritual quality which shouldn’t be mixed up with cowardice. A man should never try to take his revenge on those who offend him. «Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good».

Self-control is a spiritual power over one’s flesh. One cannot rely on oneself in obtaining self-control, but one must ask God for it in one’s player. If one loses his self-control, he becomes an obedient slave of your passions. Blessed is the man who endure temptation.

10. THE ETHICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE BIBLE: SINS AND STRUGGLE WITH THEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE.

To start with I should say that there are some sins called «deadly sins», because they are especially ruinous for one’s soul. They are pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, sloth, other sins are idle talk, filthy language, slander, bribery, sponging, murder, magic and witchcraft, adultery, fornication, violation, incest and cruelty. All of them are originated from the 7 «deadly sins».

Pride is the greatest sin in the eyes of God. So if you are proud and self-wicked, you will be judged by God. Moreover you depend on God for success in your work, ect. Christ says: «He who abides in Me, and I in Him, bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing».

Covetousness is the lack of money, which is the root of all kind of evil. We have brought nothing into this world, and it’s certain that we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we should be content.

One may also have lush: lush for power, money, beautiful things, persons of the opposite sex. Such people won’t inherit the kingdom of God.

Besides, if you have bitter envy in your heart, you can’t be called wise. The root of envy is hatred and lies. For those who envy, hell begins on the Earth, because this passion dries up your heart and leads you to destruction. We also should avoid gluttony because as the Bible has it «Winy is given us for joy, not for ruining our body and soul» the Bible says.

Sloth, which is also a «deadly sin» toothsome to God. God promises to reward to those who work hard.

If you want your sins to be forgiven you must repent, but it’s also important to know that sin is not only one’s private matter. As though one man, Adam’s sin entered the world and spread upon all people. Sins are heavily on one’s conscience and it has been proved that they are the cause of different bodily and mental diseases.

11. TALK ABOUT THE MAIN IDEAS AND CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK YOU’VE READ AND DISCUSSED IN CLASS.

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years; after Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain. His main works: The Picture of Dorian Grey and two volumes of fairy tales – The Happy Prince and Other Tales and The House of Pomegranates, which are renown all over the world.

We have read and discussed Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales in class. All the stories are very real and dramatic. In the characters of his fairy tales we can see the reflection of all human positive and negative features. Oscar Wild showed us human’s selfishness, pride, self-love, fury, envy, but also clear relationships, true love, faith and friendship.

In the end of all the stories justice triumph over evil and harm and everyone gets his comeuppance (получать по заслугам).

For example The Devoted Friends:

Hans is gardener, the devoted friend of a rich miller. On the basis of this friendship, the miller helps himself to flowers from Hans’ garden, and promises to give Hans an old broken wheelbarrow, to replace one that Hans was forced to sell so that could buy food. Against this promise, the miller compels Hans to run a series of arduous errands from him; one stormy night, the miller asks Hans to fetch a doctor for his sick son. Returning from the doctor, Hans was lost on the moors in the storm, and drowned in a pool of water. After Hans’ funeral, the miller’s only emotion was regret, as he had been unable to dispose of the wheelbarrow.

The story is told by a linnet to an intellectual water-rat, who fancies himself a literary critic; the water-rat is sympathetic to the miller rather than Hans and being informed that the story has a moral.

This story is an example that sometimes even death can’t change the situation and can’t make someone think over his behavior.

12. TALK ABOUT UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCEOF A HOLIDAY ARRANGED THOUGH A TRAVEL AGENCY.

First of all I’d like to say that traveling is necessary for all of us as it’s a kind of relaxation and a good opportunity to relax your body, renew your energy and refresh your spirits. Many people adore visiting beautiful places and look forward to going on holiday just to escape daily grind of work and day-to-day pressures and get away from their usual sources of stress. Sometimes you need a change and you are waiting for a holiday with some travel agency, which cost you a fortune, pack your suitcases, board the plane and get to the place of destination. But what you see there is far from your expectations. Your holiday turns out to be a complete disaster and you can’t avoid to get back home.

Fortunately, I personally have never experienced such holidays but I know that many people face a problem like this. Let’s take Ms Hopkins for instance. The Hopkins booked the holiday through a local travel agent. What they wanted was a quiet little hotel near the beach for their kids and their agent recommended the Hotel Solara which looked just they wanted in the brochure. But when they arrived at the airport they were met by the tour representative who was nice and apologetic, but she said that she was taking them to another hotel because the Solara was booked up. The Hopkins went along with it. But the hotel wasn’t what they wanted. Fist, it was far more expensive, but not a bit personal, just like a factory and it was miles from the beach and besides it was very noisy at night. The kids used to wake up and the hotel was not for a family at all. The Hopkins complained several times but in the end just came home early. What is more they had to pay extra for the flight. Mrs. Hopkins was very disappointed and thought that the travel agency ought to give her money back.

Mrs. Hopkins is not the only person who had such an experience. And in spite of the fact that there are so many travel agencies today, unfortunately, not all of them can guarantee that the hotel will not be overbooked.

13 GIVE A COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTION OF SOME ANCIENT ENGLISH TOWNS.

To start with I should say that Britain is a fabulous country, a country of startling beauty and diversity, it’s really worth exploring, visiting and living in. It’s packed with exiting places to go and interesting place to discover. Everyone who comes to England is fascinated by its magnificent, picturesque, breathtaking and inviting towns where past and present exist side by side. Some of the ancient towns in England are Salisbury, Caernarfon, Durham and Liverpool.

Salisbury was one of earliest new-towns. It was founded in 1220. the most striking features is the cathedral which was founded at the same time as the town. It is thought to be one of the most beautiful in Europe, the cathedral is 473 feet long. Salisbury is a market town and a shopping centre, for the large number of military bases. It’s also a tourist center, because of the cathedral, old town and Stonehenge, which is 10 miles in north-west of the city.

Caernarton has always been an important strategic and military site. The Romans built a castle here in 78 AD. The castle is one of the finest surviving castle in Britain. The town is a market center and a tourist center for the Snowdonia National Park. It’s also famous for sailing and fishing.

Durham is built on a bend in the river Wear and it grew around the Norman castle which was built in 1072 to protect England from the Scots. The religious school developed from 15^th century, eventually becoming the University of Durham. It’s England’s third oldest University, after Oxford and Cambridge. D is administration and market center.

Liverpool is one of the Br’s largest cities. It’s most famous inhabitants are probably: John Lennon, Paul MacCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star, there is a museum of THE BEATLES. L developed quickly in the 18^th and 19^th centuries, as Br’s major Atlantic port. It was also a center for a cotton trade and manufacturing industry. There are 2 20^th century cathedrals here: one church of England and the other Roman Catholic. L is a cosmopolitan city. Today is well-know for the wit and humour of its people and its high unemployment figures.

As you can see, every ancient town in England has something to offer a visitor and has attractions of its own.

14. Describe a journey that went wrong for some reason

First of all I’d like to say that travelling is necessary for all of us, as it’s a kind of relaxation and a good opportunity to relax your body, renew your mind and refresh the spirit. Many people are keen on travelling and they look forward to going on a holiday just to escape a daily grind of work, day-to-day pressures and get away from usual sources of stress.

But journey is not always a fun. Sometimes it can even turn into hell. Fortunately, I don’t have such an experience, but I know people face the problem like this. Let’s take a lady, who had to go to Namur on a business trip. She was supposed to get there at 4 30 on Saturday. So, early in the morning she took a taxi and arrived at the station in advance having plenty of time. She decided to wait for the fast train, but about 10 min after the train was to have arrived the announcement came out that it was delayed. Because of this fact she missed her coach at Reading and had to wait for another one, which should have gotten her to the airport. But there were road works, as a result the coach was delayed quite a bit. When she eventually arrived at the airport, she was lucky to have only hand luggage, so she passed through the check in quickly and was almost at the departure gate when realized that her bag was left at the X-ray machine. The lady had to turn round, run there and pick the bag. Fortunately she passed the passport control successfully and rushed to the departure lounge just to know that her flight was delayed. The passengers had to wait for about an hour. But the woman was optimistic and was still able to be in time. After landing she became a little worried when saw a huge line at the passport control. And they waited, waited and waited. When she got out of the passport control a local representative, which was quite nice, met her. It was a real sign of relief when they boarded the through train and thought that nothing else could happen. But suddenly the train stopped and because of the bomb scare the passengers had to leave it. They waited for another one.

Eventually, the woman came to Namur 15 min before she was supposed to begin talking. She admitted that it was a really heroine experience.

15. Talk about a short trip to Edinburgh and what you can see there.

Traveling is necessary for all of us as it is a kind of relaxation and a good opportunity to relax your body, broadens our mind as well. Many people like visiting beautiful places and look forward to going on a holiday just to escape from their daily routine, even if their trip will be very short.

There are many fascinating cities all over the world. And Edinburgh is one of them. A coach tour of this city will take your breath away. On this tour you can see the castles, Edinburgh castle which is very beautiful and impressive indeed. And then from there from there you can go past the cathedral, St. Giles Cathedral and on down to Holyrood Palace. These places are really worth exploring. You can plunge into the atmosphere of history and mystery. After that you have an opportunity to visit the so-called “New Town”, that was built in the 18^th century, and River Forth that’s about 10 miles from Edinburgh. One is a “Road bridge” and the other is a “Rail bridge” for trains.

The hub of the city is also worth visiting. Here you can catch a glimpse of marvelous buildings or just meander along narrow cobbled-stone street, searching for history or finding a treasury of new beauties.

There are also a wide diversity of shops in Edinburgh, where you can buy lot’s of woolens, sweaters, tartans, if you want to buy some Scottish.