The work done by the pupil of the 10 th form, Petrovsckaya school Minina Marina

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• Capital:Capital: …D.C. …D.C. • Area:Area: … square kilometres.… square kilometres.• Population:Population: …people. …people. • First settlers:First settlers: …from …from ……• Big towns:Big towns: …Los Angeles, San …Los Angeles, San

Francisco,Francisco,• Industries:Industries: … gas, wood and paper … gas, wood and paper

products, wool, textile, iron, steel.products, wool, textile, iron, steel.• Head of StateHead of State … …… …• Parks:Parks: ……• Animals:Animals: … … • National emblems:National emblems: ……

In 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers, a band of Puritans in England who sought freedom of worship, set forth for America in the sailing-ship Mayflower. Three months after leaving Plymouth Harbour, they reached the shores of what is now called new England, and Founded the America township of Plymouth. Although they often had difficult times with the native Red Indian tribes, the colony soon prospered and more and more settlers joined them. The Indians used a new kind of grain, which the settlers called "Indian corn" (now termed maize) and they ate strange birds called turkeys. On the fourth Thursday of November the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day with a feast of turkey and Indian corn.

The USA is situated in the central part of the North American continent.

Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast- by the Atlantic

Ocean.

At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km²) and with more than 300 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and by population.

Flag of the USA and the

Great Seal

The national banner of the United States of America, commonly known as "The Starts and Stripes" or "Old Glory", is a flag bearing 50 stars and 13 stripes. Each star represents a present-day state and each stripe stands for one of the original colonies. The national anthem is the "Star Spangled Banner" and the national emblems are the eagle and the buffalo. The national sport may be said to be baseball.

Motto:

In God We Trust. (на Бога уповаем)

Дата Независимости ( от Великобритании)-

4 июля 1776 год.

Дата Русское название

Местное название

Примечания

1 января Новый год New Years Day

3- й понедельник января

День Мартина Лютера Кинга

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

3-й понедельник февраля

Президентский день Presidents' Day День рождения Дж. Вашингтона

Последний понедельник мая

День памяти павших Memorial Day

4 июля День независимости Independence Day

1-й понедельник сентября

День труда Labor Day

2-й понедельник октября

День Колумба Columbus Day День открытия Америки

11 ноября День ветеранов Veterans Day

4-й четверг ноября День благодарения Thanksgiving Day

25 декабря Рождество Christmas

The National Parks :Grand Canyon, Yellowstone

Grand Canyon

Yellowstone

Yak

Grizzly

The Niagara Falls

The capital of the USA is Washington, in the District of

Columbia( D.C.). The US Congress has its seat in the Capitol, and the

White House is the residence of the President.

The Capitol

The Senate Wing of the US Capitol Building

The Washington Monument in the Daytime

In American cities, men have built huge buildings (skyscrapers) some as many as fifty flats high.

New York is the largest city and port

The Statue of Liberty

The famous Statue of Liberty in New York harbour was a gift from France.

There are a lot of other large cities in the USA

San Francisco, on the Pacific Coast, is a big port and ship-

building centre

Of great interest are its nine bridges over the Golden Gate Channel between the Pacific

Ocean and San Francisco Bay.

Los Angeles, in California, is an important centre of modern industries. Not far from it is Hollywood, the world- known centre of the US

film Business.

World Bank

Atlanta International Airport

Walt Disney World

The USA is a federal republic consisting of fifty states, each of which has its own

government. The president, elected for four years, is head of the state and the

government, he names the ministers. Congress consists of two houses, the House

of Representatives and the Senate.

The sixty-feethigh busts of

on thegranite cliffs of Mount Rushmore,in South Dakota,are the work ofsculpture Gutzon Borglum(1867-1941).After his death hisson Lincoln and hisfriends finished thiswork.

The 43th President of the USA: George Bush

The 44th President of the United States

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned following his election to the presidency.

QUESTIONS1.Where is the USA situated?

2. What is its population?3. What is the capital of the country?

4.What are the largest cities in the USA?5. What is the role of Washington in the life of the country?

6. What places of interest are situated in Washington?7. What are the best known sights in New York?8. What are the most famous parks in the USA?

9. Who is the head of the country? 10. Where does the president live?

11. Washington is a big cultural centre, isn't?12. Why is The Washington Monument so interesting for tourists?

13. What is the financial centre of the USA?14. What are the main political parties in the USA?

15. What famous places would you like to visit in the USA?16. What are the symbols of the USA?

17. What is the Capitol?

Источники:

• Карпова Т.А. Репетитор по английскому языку для поступающих в вузы. Ростов и/Д: изд-во «Феникс», 2004.

• Энциклопедия Википедия - http://www.Wikipedia.ru

Official Barack Obama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. tm• www.homeenglish.ru • Photo.htm Google