O que conhecemos de Liverpool? Porque não voar sobre Anfield Road?
Vamos ler o texto sobre a cidade de Liverpool.
In 1700, Liverpool was a small port with a population of 20,000. By 1800 the population was 80,000, and Liverpool was a very rich city. How did this happen? The answer is: the slave trade. Ships sailed from Liverpool to Africa and transported slaves to the West Indies, to work on the sugar plantations. The ships then brought back sugar to Liverpool. Approximately 10 million slaves went across the Atlantic in this way, until the slave trade became illegal in Britain in 1809. (…)
In the nineteenth century ships from Liverpool sailed around the world transporting steel, cotton, wool and coal to Britain’s colonies. The city continued to grow and soon became badly over-crowded. Conditions were terrible for poor people. Cholera killed thousands every year and there were thousands of homeless children on the streets. Between 1846 and 1850 there was a terrible famine in Ireland. Nearly one million starving Irish people came to Liverpool. Most emigrated to America but 80,000 stayed in the city. By 1880 Liverpool’s population was 600,000.
Industry and trade declined in the twentieth century as Britain lost her colonies. The port finally closed in the 1980s. But Liverpool became famous for other things, especially football and music. Britain’s most famous pop group, The Beatles, came from Liverpool, and by the 1970s Liverpool FC was one of the best teams in the world.
Today Liverpool is a modern and exciting city. They are restoring the port buildings, and there are lots of new shops and restaurants. It’s also “European City of Culture” for 2008 – there are more art galleries and museums in Liverpool than in any other UK city outside London. And it’s still famous for football: don’t forget, Liverpool were winners of the Champions League in 2005!
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