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Ashlie: Look at this, Stephen. It says here that this castle was built in the Sixth Century.
Ashlie: Stephen, can you imagine what life must have been like to live here in those days?
Stephen: Ashlie, I need to concentrate. I don’t want to miss the monster.
Ashlie: We’re here on the banks of Loch Ness and this is Urquhart Castle. It’s a wonderful place with some amazing views.
Stephen: And a great place to look for the monster!
Ashlie: Oh look, they do tours of the loch. Now that would be a better way to search for Nessie, and quite a nice way to spend an afternoon. Come on. Let’s find out more about the boat tours.
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Ashlie: The boats must leave from over there. Come on, let’s see if we can get some tickets.
Stephen: Wait a minute Ash! I want to take a few photos, the views from here are amazing.
Ashlie: Okay but be quick. I don’t want to miss the boat.
Stephen: Let me take one of you over there. Left a bit. Right a bit. Perfect.
Ashlie: Ok, shall I take one of you?
Stephen: Yes, here you go.
Ashlie: Ok. Back a bit. Back a bit. Back a bit more, lovely.
Ashlie: Stephen! You idiot!
Stephen: Thanks a lot, Ashlie!
Ashlie: Oh come on. We don’t want to miss the boat.
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Ashlie: Excuse me. Is this the Loch Ness tour boat?
Tour Guide: Yes, have you got a ticket for me?
Ashlie: Great! thank you very much.
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Stephen: This is great. I wonder if we’ll see the Loch Ness Monster.
Ashlie: It’s not real you know.
Tour Guide: Well actually, there have been a lot of sightings of a... a creature in this area. Believe it or not, it goes all the way back to the year 565. Saint Columba was travelling through this part of the highlands when he’s said to have blessed the water here to rid the waters of a large creature that was plaguing the local folks. Although I would say that most of the modern day sightings, they started around the 1930‘s, when this road alongside Loch Ness was first built.
Ashlie: I don’t know.
Stephen: So do you think the Loch Ness Monster’s real then?
Tour Guide: Well, there’s certainly a lot of area for some creature to hide in because the Loch here is 38 Kilometres long from end to end, it averages about 230 metres deep. So there’s plenty of area for a monster to hide. But if you can’t see it by eye, perhaps you might just like to check out the sonar in the main saloon.
Stephen: Sonar?
Tour Guide: Yes!
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Stephen: I’m going to go to the front of the boat for a better view.
Ashlie: Oh wait a minute. Give me the camera and I’ll take a proper photo of you. And try not to fall down this time, yeah?
Ashlie: Stephen... Look at this. What’s that?
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Hi wanted to ask you.How you pronounce word tour?Like tua right???
Hi Malyek,
You can hear how this (or any other) word is pronounced in our dictionary. Just search for 'tour' and then click on the little audio icon to hear either a typical British (UK in red) or American (US in blue) pronunciation.
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
"plaguing" what is it?? thank you
Hi Elgun_V,
plaguing is from the verb plague, which you'll find a definition of and example for in our Cambridge Dictionary search box on the lower right.
Best wishes,
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Scotland is a piece of beauty. Really wonderful views. I wish to go there some day .
Hello, I think many countries have a similar stories. But in region where I live in my country , I don't heard similar stories.Some stories are passed down from generation to generation because in these stories in basis is a mistery . And to my opinion many of these stories are not factual.
To moderators if I made grammar mistakes tell me please.
hi gays,
is this story a legend or what?
i do like to listen to stories from stuff like that, i love to listen to the legends and i love history so i want to be in the future a historic scientist i want to learn more about the legends from all over the world, i think this is very interesting, in the UAE there isn't any legends or stories like that, but I traveld to the kingdom of morocco, there is any any legends and old stories about the sea.
best wishes!
hahaha, hey, you want to say "Hi guys", don't you?
Greetings
Carlos Andrés Pérez Garzón
name of the music please;)
I like this episode.Old stories from history are my favorite topics.thanks!
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