A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term "borough" designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.

The word "borough" derives from common Proto-Germanic "*burgz", meaning "fort": compare with "bury", "burgh" and "brough" (England), "burgh" (Scotland), "Burg" (Germany), "borg" (Scandinavia), "burcht" (Dutch), "boarch" (West Frisian), and the Germanic borrowing present in neighbouring Indo-european languages such as "borgo" (Italian), "bourg" (French), "burgo" (Spanish and Portuguese), "burg" (Romanian), "purg" (Kajkavian) and "durg" () (Hindi) and "arg" () (Persian). The incidence of these words as suffixes to place names (for example, Aldeburgh, Bamburgh, Tilbury, Tilburg, Strasbourg (Strossburi in the local dialect), Luxembourg, Edinburgh, Grundisburgh, Hamburg, Gothenburg) usually indicates that they were once fortified settlements.

In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word "borough" probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points (Burhs); in order to maintain these settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What does the word borough derive from?
2. Does burgz mean anything else?
3. Is there an English version?
4. Anything else?
5. And the last one?
6. What does it indicate if used at the end of a place name?
7. Are there examples?
8. What are a few?
9. What were boroughs in England entitled to?
10. During the Middle Ages, who is credited with coining the burghal system?
11. Did he set up a system?
12. A system of weaknesses?
13. What then?
14. What did he call these?
15. Did he maintain these Burhs?
16. How?
17. Were they ever granted self control?
18. When?
19. Does the use of the term stay constant?
20. What is the Romanian word for borough?
Answer: 1. The common Proto-Germanic "*burgz"
2. Fort
3. Burgh
4. brough
5. Bury
6. It usually indicates that they were once fortified settlements.
7. Many
8. Aldeburgh, Bamburgh, and Tilbury
9. To elect members of parliament
10. Alfred the Great.
11. Yes
12. No
13. A system of defensive strong points
14. Burhs
15. Yes
16. He granted them a degree of autonomy.
17. Yes
18. After the Norman Conquest
19. Yes
20. Burg

Zoe Chambers was a successful PR(Public Relations) consultant and life was going well--she had a great job, a beautiful life in London. Then one evening in June last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. "The first two weeks were the most difficult to live through," she said. "After everything I'd done for the company, they dismiss me by text! I was so angry and I just didn't feel like looking for another job. I hated everything about the city and my life."

Then, Zoe received an invitation from an old school friend, Kathy, to come and stay. Kathy and her husband, Huw, had just bought a farm in north west Wales. Zoe jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from London, and now, then months later, she is still on the farm.

"The moment I arrived at Kathy's farm, I loved it and I knew I wanted to stay." said Zoe. "Everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless."

Zoe has been working on the farm since October of last year and says she has no regrets. "It's a hard life, physically very tiring." she says. "In London I was stressed and often mentally exhausted. But this is a good, healthy tiredness. Here, all I need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and on of Kathy's wonderful dinners."

Zoe says she has never bored on the farm. Every day brings a new experience. Kathy has been teaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. Since Christmas, she has been helping with the lambing-watching a lamb being born is unbelievable. She says, "It's one of the most moving experiences I've ever had. I could never go back to city life now " What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Zoe spend a weekend at?
2. Where was it?
3. And where had she came from?
4. Is that where she lived normally?
5. What was her occupation there?
6. Is that her occupation now?
7. What happened?
8. When was that?
9. Did she leave after spending a weekend on the farm?
10. What did she say about her decision?
11. Is it boring for her?
12. Are there new things she has learned there?
13. What is an example?
14. And another example?
15. Will she return to London?
16. Since when has she been on the farm?
Answer:
1. farm
2. Wales
3. London
4. yes
5. PR
6. no
7. fired through a text
8. June
9. no
10. Every day brings a new experience
11. no
12. yes
13. ride a horse
14. drive a tractor
15. no
16. then months later, she is still on the farm.