Упр.7 Unit 3 Секция 4 ГДЗ English Михеева 8 класс

• a) Common Birds
• b) Common Animals
• c) Common Plants
• d) Common Insects
• e) National Symbols

Flora and Fauna of the British Isles

1) The warm and wet climate of Great Britain is very good for plants. That’s why the country looks like a big beautiful garden. Centuries ago there were a lot of forests on the British Isles but now you can find big forests only in a few parts of the country — the north of Scotland and the south-east and south-west of England. The most common trees in England are oaks, elms and beeches while Scotland has a lot of pines, firs and birches.

2) The fauna or animal life on the British Isles is like in the north-west of Europe. Many larger animals such as bears and wolves don’t live on the British Isles any more but there are a lot of smaller animals: foxes, rabbits, hares and hedgehogs. Deer live in the forests of Scotland and England too. There are also different kinds of fish, snakes, lizards, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies.

3) More than two hundred species of birds live on the British Isles and about two hundred kinds are visitors of the place. Many of them are songbirds; in spring the birds fill the air with their singing. The most common are blackbirds and sparrows. A lot of water birds — swans, ducks, geese and gulls — live on the lakes and rivers and on the sea coasts of Great Britain.

4) It may be interesting that the robin, one of Britain’s common birds, has become the national bird of the country. There are also plant symbols of the country: the red rose is the national emblem of England, the thistle is the national emblem of Scotland, the yellow daffodil and the leek are emblems of Wales and the shamrock is the emblem of Ireland.