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The earliest known inhabitants established settlement in Scotland in 6000BC.
Scotland is 275 miles long and its broadest point only 152 miles wide.
Edinburgh averages 140 days of rain a year, with an average of 1.89 and 2.72 inches in January and July respectively.
Its average temperature in summer is 65 degrees Fahrenheit1 or 18 degrees Centigrade.

Its average temperature in winter is 43 degrees Fahrenheit or 6 degrees Centigrade.

The original Celtic language, Gaelic, is understood by less than 2% of the Scottish population.
In 1992, polls showed that 1 out of 2 Scots favored independence from England.
Edinburgh zoo, with Scotland’s largest animal collection, is set amid 197.6 hectares of parkland.
Robert Burns, Scotland’s most revered2 poet, was born on Jan. 25, 1759 in a cottage in Allowway.
There are more than 440 golf courses in Scotland, the game being played as long ago as 1400.


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1 Fahrenheit hlhx9     
n./adj.华氏温度；华氏温度计(的)
参考例句：
  • He was asked for the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit.他被问到水的沸点是华氏多少度。
  • The thermometer reads 80 degrees Fahrenheit.寒暑表指出华氏80度。
2 revered 1d4a411490949024694bf40d95a0d35f     
v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

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