United KingdomSociety 28 · A modern society
Is this statement true or false? In the UK, people can only ski on artificial dry slopes.
- aTrue
- bFalseCorrect answer
Why?
False. There are dry ski slopes across the UK, but in winter people can also ski on snow in Scotland, which has five ski centres.
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