Answer — Exercise 2
Video 7 - National symbols·Outcomes Elementary - Student's Book
Question
Read the short text to find the answers to the questions in Exercise 1.
Answer
- leek → Wales; lion → England; thistle → Scotland; blue flax flower → Northern Ireland
- The four countries are part of the United Kingdom (see below).
- Leek → once worn by soldiers; used for medicine
- Lion → from Richard the Lionheart
- Thistle → a Viking stepped on one and woke a Scottish army
- Flax flower → because of the linen industry (linen comes from the flax plant and makes a good quality cloth)
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