Scotland has won the right to hold a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. Scotland's leader signed an agreement with Britain's prime minister, finalizing a vote in 2014.
Listen to the story and fill in the gaps
An important step towards Scottish independence was taken
when Mr Salmond, the head of the (1) _____________________ Scottish government
met the British prime minister Mr. Cameron.
Despite lacking the legal
power to hold an independence referendum, Scotland has its own (2)__________ ,
(3)___________, law courts and national teams.
The referendum is likely
to take place before (4) ___________/________
Alex Salmond’s political
group is the (5) ________/_________/__________
Mr Cameron is currently
at risk of becoming the British prime minister who (6)________________ the
disintegration of the U.K.
After making independence
a big campaign issue, Mr Salmond’s party victory in 2011 was a
(7)______________
Although the British
prime minister wishes to maintain the unity of the U.K., he also believes the
people in Scotland must be shown (8) __________
The economic arguments on
independence are debatable because the new state would end up without any
British (9) ____________________. However, the Scots would have control of (10)
____________/______________ and gas reserves.
Nearly 700 years ago, the
Scots led by (11) _________/____/________, defeated the English invaders at the
Battle of Bannockburn.
Although Scottish 16 and
17-year-olds will be allowed to vote for the first time, those most receptive
to nationalism belong to a different (12) _________/_________.
According to the (13)
_______________Matt Qvortrup, those who are more pro-independence are the
teenagers who watched Mel Gibson in his (14)____________/_____________ for
Scottish independence in the movie “Braveheart”.
KEY
1. semiautonomous
2. flag
3. legislature
4. December 2014
5. Scottish National Party /
SNP
6. oversaw
7. landslide
8. respect
9. subsidies
10. offshore oil
11. Robert the Bruce
12. age group
13. demographer
14. suicidal quest
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