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Bk Inno 001297.Pdf LESSON NOTES Advanced Audio Blog S1 #1 Top 10 Hungarian Regions and Cities: Eger, Miskolc, and the Northern Hungary Region CONTENTS 2 Hungarian 3 English 5 Vocabulary 5 Sample Sentences 6 Cultural Insight # 1 COPYRIGHT © 2013 INNOVATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HUNGARIAN 1. Eger, Miskolc és az Észak-magyarországi régió 2. Az Észak-magyarországi régió Magyarország régiói közül az egyik legnagyobb. 3. A terület kiváló turisztikai adottságokkal és nagy mezőgazdasági jelentőséggel bír. 4. Hivatalosan három megyét értünk az Észak-magyarországi régió elnevezés alatt, ez a három Borsod, Heves és Nógrád. 5. A terület két legfontosabb városa Miskolc és Eger. 6. A környék jelentős része hegyvidék, itt található az ország legmagasabb pontja, Kékestető, illetve a legnagyobb átlagmagasságú hegysége, a Bükk. 7. A dombos környezet nem csak látnivalók szempontjából érdekes, hanem mert kiválóan alkalmas szőlőtermesztésre is. Több nagy borvidék, köztük az egri és a tokaji is itt található. 8. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén megye legnagyobb városa és a régió fővárosa Miskolc. 9. Bár a korábban inkább iparra, mint idegenforgalomra támaszkodó várost sok magyar nem tartja kimondottam csábító úti célnak, mégis érdemes látogatást tenni a környékre a közeli fürdők és a tokaji borvidék miatt. 10. Maga a város is tartogat kellemes meglepetéseket, a szolgáltató és vendéglátóipar sokat fejlődött a kilencvenes évek gazdasági visszaesése óta. 11. Heves megye fővárosa Eger, az ország egyik legszebb kisvárosa. 12. A barokk belváros turisták tízezreit csalja ide minden évben, csakúgy, mint a környező bortermelő vidék, a kiváló túraútvonalak és a termálfürdők. CONT'D OVER HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 2 HUNGARY REGI ON 13. Egertől dél felé haladva már a Nagyalföld északi része található, itt többek között búza, napraforgó és dinnyetermesztésből élnek a helyiek. 14. Nógrád megyét szintén rosszul érintette a kilencvenes években történt ipari leépülés, azonban a terület mára már kinőni látszik ezeket a nehézségeket. 15. A környék természeti szépsége páratlan, erdős, hegyes területek váltják egymást. 16. Ez itt a palócföld központja, a népcsoport a magyar sajátos változatát beszéli, konyhájuk, népviseletük szintén jól felismerhető. 17. Az Észak-magyarországi régiót érdemes meglátogatni a helyi bor, a termálfürdők, és az erdős-hegyes túraútvonalak miatt. ENGLISH 1. Eger, Miskolc, and the Northern Hungary region 2. Northern Hungary is one of the largest regions in the country. 3. The area has an incredible touristic appeal and great agricultural significance too. 4. Officially three counties comprise the area called Northern Hungary - Borsod, Heves and Nógrád. 5. The most important two cities are Eger and Miskolc. 6. Most of the area is mountainous, both the highest mountain (Kékestető) and the mountain range with the highest average altitude (Bükk) are in this region. CONT'D OVER HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 3 HUNGARY REGI ON 7. The undulating geography deserves to be mentioned not only because of sightseeing reasons, but also because of its aptitude for producing grapes. 8. Several wine regions – including those of Eger and Tokaj – are situated here. 9. The capital and the biggest city of the region is Miskolc. 10. Though the city, which once relied heavily on its industrial output, is not considered to be an attractive tourist destination by many Hungarians, the area is still worthy of a visit because of the neighboring thermal baths and the wine region of Tokaj. 11. The city itself can surprise the visitor, since the service and hospitality industry has improved a lot since the economic recession of the nineties. 12. The capital of Heves county is Eger, one the most beautiful towns in the country. 13. The baroque downtown attracts tens of thousands of tourists every year, just like the surrounding wine region, the great hiking trails and the thermal baths. 14. Moving south, we enter the northern part of the Great Plain. The locals rely on growing wheat, sunflower and watermelon here. 15. Nógrád county was also hit hard by the industrial decline of the nineties; it seems though, that the area has slowly risen from these hardships. 16. The region has an unparalleled natural beauty - hills and forests alternate here. 17. This is the homeland of the Palóc ethnic group, whose distinct variety of Hungarian is as recognizable as their cuisine and traditional clothing. CONT'D OVER HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 4 HUNGARY REGI ON 18. Visit Northern Hungary for the wine, the thermal baths, and of course the hiking trails through mountains and forests. VOCABULARY Hungarian English Class régió region, area noun barokk baroque noun visszaesés recess noun meglepetéseket tartogat holds surprises phrase fürdő baths, thermal baths noun borvidék wine region noun mountains, mountainous hegyvidék area noun hivatalosan officially adverb jelentőség significance noun unparalleled, unique, páratlan unrivaled adjective SAMPLE SENTENCES A régió mezőgazdasági szempontból A barokk építészet a kedvencem. nem jelentős. "Baroque architecture is my "The region has no agricultural favorite." significance." HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 5 HUNGARY REGI ON A gazdasági visszaesés sokak életét Az este még tartogat meglepetéseket. tönkretette. "The night still holds some "The economic recess ruined the surprises." lives of many." Nem kötelező teljesen meztelennek Magyarországon sok borvidék van. lenni a fürdőkben! "Hungary has many wine regions." "You don't have to be completely naked in the baths!" Jobban szeretem a hegyvidéket, mint a Hivatalosan erről nem tudhatsz. tengerpartot. "Officially, you're not supposed to "I prefer mountains to beaches." know this." Mi ennek a döntésnek a jelentősége? A helyi konyha egyszerűen páratlan. "What's the significance of this "Local food is simply unrivaled." decision?" CULTURAL INSIGHT Az Országos Kéktúra A régiót meglátogatva mindenképpen töltsünk némi időt a Kéktúra útvonalon sétálva. Az ösvény több mint ezer kilométer hosszan halad az osztrák határtól a Zemplén keleti részéig, ennek során érinti a terület legszebb hegycsúcsait, várait és folyóvidékeit. Az Észak- magyarországi régióban az út mentén eljuthatunk például Hollókőre és az aggteleki cseppkőbarlangba is, mindkettő szerepel az UNESCO világörökség listáján. Ez volt Európa legelső hosszú távú túraútvonala, először a harmincas években kezdték jelölni. A túrázók, sőt a magyar népesség egy jelentős része szívesen nézte a nyolcvanas években készült dokumentumfilm sorozatot, amelyben Rockenbauer Pál a teljes filmstábbal HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 6 HUNGARY REGI ON járta végig az 1100 kilométeres távot. (Másfélmillió lépés Magyarországon) Könnyen felismerhető és követhető a Kéktúra fehér-kék-fehér vízszintes jelzése a fákon. The Countrywide Blue Trail If you visit the region, make sure that you spend some time hiking on the Countrywide Blue Trail (Országos Kéktúra). The trail is over a one thousand kilometers long from Eastern Zemplén to the Austrian border in the West, and it takes you past the most beautiful peaks, castles and rivers of the area. Following the trail in the Northern Hungarian region, we can get to the ethnographic village of Hollókő and the Stalactite Cave of Aggtelek, both UNESCO world heritage sites. This was the very first long distance walking path in Europe; the earliest markings are from the 1930s. Hikers, and indeed, a large part of the population liked watching the 80s documentary series, in which Pál Rockenbauer walked the entire 1,100 kilometer length of the trail with the camera crew. The trail is easy to recognize and follow from the white-blue- white horizontal marks on the trees. HUNGARI ANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S 1 #1 - TOP 10 HUNGARI AN REGI ONS AND CI TI ES : EGER, MIS KOLC, AND THE NORTHERN 7 HUNGARY REGI ON LESSON NOTES Advanced Audio Blog S1 #2 Top 10 Hungarian Regions and Cities: Debrecen and the Northern Great Plain CONTENTS 2 Hungarian 3 English 4 Vocabulary 5 Sample Sentences 5 Cultural Insight # 2 COPYRIGHT © 2012 INNOVATIVE LANGUAGE LEARNING. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HUNGARIAN 1. Debrecen és az Észak-Alföld 2. A régióba három megye tartozik, Hajdú-Bihar, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg és Jász- Nagykun-Szolnok megye. Gazdasági, infrastrukturális és kulturális központja Debrecen. 3. A Nagyalföld északi részén, sőt egészén, a lakosság nagyobb falvakban és tanyákon él, többségük mezőgazdaságból, amelynek kedvez a löszös talaj. A helyiek sok egyéb mellett búzát, kukoricát, burgonyát, napraforgót és repcét termelnek. Magyarország termékeny területének jelentős része a Nagyalföldön található, de a környék állattenyésztés szempontjából is fontos. Itt tenyésztik a magyar szürke marhát. Ennek a fajtának mára már nagyobb a kulturális, mint a gazdasági jelentősége, de az Európában tomboló kergemarha-kór ismét felértékelte a garantáltan kórmentes, csak növényi táplálékon tartott fajtát. 4. Bár a terület nem rejt sok ásványkincset, kőolaj és földgázkitermelés máig is folyik, valamint termálvízben is gazdag a régió. A terület legnagyobb folyója a Tisza. Az alföldi állóvizek többsége mesterséges, akárcsak a legnagyobb felületű tó, a Tisza-tó. 5. Nem csak praktikus szempontokból fontos ez a régió. Magyarország több mint fele síkvidék, nem véletlen, hogy a végtelennek látszó táj sok költőt és írót megihletett, köztük például a magyar irodalom egyik legtöbbet idézett költőjét, Petőfi Sándort is. A Hortobágyi pusztát meglátogatva mi is kaphatunk kóstolót a táj szépségéből. 6. Fontos megemlíteni, hogy számtalan védett madár és egyéb állatfaj lakóhelye az alföld. Itt él a túzok és a kanalasgém is, mindkét nagytestű madárfaj a nyílt sztyeppéket, füves pusztákat kedveli. CONT'D OVER HUNGARIANPOD101.COM ADVANCED AUDIO BLOG S1 #2 - TOP 10 HUNGARIAN REGIONS AND CITIES: DEBRECEN AND THE NORTHERN 2 GREAT PLAIN 7.
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