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A S1L2 011212 Bpod101
A S1L2 011212 Bpod101
CONTENTS
2 Bulgarian
2 English
3 Vocabulary
4 Sample Sentences
5 Cultural Insight
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BULGARIAN
1. Пловдив
5. Пловдив обикновено има горещи, сравнително сухи лета и студени, снежни зими.
Пролетта често е по-студена от есента.
6. Заселването на Пловдив може да бъде проследено към 6 000 г. пр. н. е., през
епохата на неолита. Учените са открили останки от керамика, сочещи, че през
този период там е съществувал активен живот. Самата България е основана през
681 г.
ENGLISH
1. Plovdiv
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2. Bulgaria’s second-largest city by population, with just over 338,000 residents, is Plovdiv,
the biggest and most important city in Northern Thrace and the administrative center of
Plovdiv Province.
3. Plovdiv actually covers an area of only thirty-nine square miles—less than one-tenth of
one percent of the country's total area. That makes it the most densely populated city in
Bulgaria.
4. It lies on the Plovdiv Plain along the Maritsa River, ninety-four miles southeast of the
capital city of Sofia. It is called the "City of Seven Hills" because it was originally
developed on seven hills of syenite rock. One of these seven hills was destroyed early in
the twentieth century.
5. Plovdiv began as a Thracian settlement called Eumolpias. It was named after a mythical
king who was a son of Poseidon. In approximately 342 B.C., Philip II of Macedon
conquered the city and renamed it Philippoupolis. Romans later took control of the city
and changed the name to Trimontium. During the Middle Ages, the city was called
Plavdiv in Old Bulgarian.
6. Plovdiv typically has hot, fairly dry summers and cold, snowy winters. Spring there tends
to be somewhat cooler than fall.
7. Settlement at Plovdiv can be traced back to 6000 B.C., in the Neolithic period. Scientists
have discovered pottery indicating that an established daily life existed there in that time
period. Bulgaria itself was founded in 681 A.D.
VOCABULARY
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сиенит sienit syenite
SAMPLE SENTENCES
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Епохата на неолита започва някъде Тъжно е да осъзнаеш, че някои хора в
около 9 500 г. пр. н. е. нашето училище никога няма да
знаят, че си съществувал.
The Neolithic Age began sometime
around 9500 BC. It is sad to realize that some people in our
school will never know you existed.
CULTURAL INSIGHT
Famed British chef Silvena Rowe was born in Plovdiv. Her father was the editor of Bulgaria's
largest newspaper. At age nineteen Rowe moved to London, where she cooked for
celebrities from Princess Michael of Kent to Tina Turner. She also wrote a food column for the
newspaper The Guardian. In 2011 Rowe opened her restaurant, Quince, at the May Fair
Hotel in London. She has made frequent television appearances on food shows such as
Saturday Kitchen, Young Chef of the Year, and This Morning. Rowe has been awarded the
Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award and the Gourmand Award.
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