Since 1895 the National Trust(国家文物信托基金会) has worked for the preservation of places of historic interest and natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Today the Trust — 【B1】______ is not a government department but a charity depending on the 【B2】______ support of the public and its own members — is the largest landowner and conservation society in Britain.
Wherever you go, you are close to land that is protected and 【B3】______ by the National Trust. Over 300 miles of 【B4】______coastline； 90,000 acres of land, lakes and forests in one area of natural beauty 【B5】______ ； prehistoric and Roman ruins； moorlands and farmland, woods and islands； lengths of 【B6】______ waterways； even seventeen whole villages — all are open to the public at all times subject only 【B7】______ the needs of farming, forestry and the protection of wildlife.
But the Trust's protection【B8】______ further than this. It has in its possession a hundred gardens and【B9】______ two hundred historic buildings which it opens to paying visitors. Castles and churches, houses of 【B10】______or historic importance, mills, gardens and parks 【B11】______ to the Trust by their former owners. Many houses retain their 【B12】______ content of fine furniture, pictures, and other treasures accumulated over 【B13】______ , and often the donor himself continues to live in part of the house as a 【B14】______ of the National Trust. The walking-sticks in the hall, the flowers, silver-framed photographs, books and papers in the rooms are signs that the house is still loved and 【B15】______ and that visitors are welcomed as private individuals just as much as tourists.
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