Английский язык. Ч. 2. Гималетдинова Г.К - 4 стр.

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     Упражнение 3. Расширьте следующие высказывания до двух-трех
предложений.
     1) There are several countries on the continent of North America. 2) You can
find different types of climate in the USA. 3) Washington doesn’t belong to any
state. 4) Everyone in the world has heard about Beverly Hills and Hollywood.
5) Newcomers to the USA are proud of their own traditions.
     Упражнение 4. Придумайте свои предложения о вашем родном городе
со словами и выражениями: attractive, attraction, to attract, tourist attraction; to
overcrowd, overcrowded; industrial center, cultural center, political center; to in-
clude; ethnic diversity; memorials to honor.
     Упражнение 5. Найдите в словаре значения следующих слов и выра-
жений: poverty level, disability, minority, welfare, mental illness, shelter, drug
abuse, addiction. Прочитайте следующую информацию и скажите, какие про-
блемы существуют в американском обществе, и что делается, чтобы их ре-
шить. После прочтения озаглавьте текст.
      The United States is one of the world’s ten richest countries, but not everybody can
share the American Dream. Between 13 and 15 per cent of the population lives below the
poverty level. The majority of the poor are elderly Americans, people with disabilities, sin-
gle mothers, and members of minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics. Every month,
people on welfare receive money, medical benefits, or food stamps to pay for food.
      There are hundreds of thousands of homeless people, among them military
veterans, homeless families with children and single mothers with children. About
half of the homeless population suffers from some kind of mental illness. There are
different projects to help homeless people. They can get free food at places called
soup kitchens which are often run by religious groups and nonprofit organizations.
Shelters provide temporary places to stay and offer help with medical care.
      Drug abuse is a problem affecting people in all social groups. It is estimated that
more than 20 per cent of high school students have tried cocaine. The most widespread
and socially acceptable drug is alcohol. To limit teenage drinking, the legal drinking age
has been raised to 21 in all states. In the past, most people tried to hide an addiction, but
now they talk about it openly. The first self-help group for alcoholics, Alcoholics Anony-
mous, was founded in 1935. Members knew each other only by their first names, so that
they could remain anonymous and discuss their problems away from their normal life.
Today there are other self-help groups for people with all kinds of problems.
      Упражнение 6∗. Используя известную вам информацию, а также материал тек-
ста, обсудите с партнером, что вас привлекает (не привлекает) в Америке и почему.
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      Упражнение 7. Переведите следующие предложения с английского языка
на русский.
      1) In summer after the rain humidity is extremely high. It is not so good for
the health of the majority of old people. 2) The American Dream, the hope that life
in a new country can be better than in your motherland, has made the USA an at-
tractive country. 3) As television reaches many people, it is not surprising that
some groups choose to spread their religious ideas over the television. 4) New
York is the American theater capital. The main theater district is based around the

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         Знаком * в пособии помечены упражнения и задания повышенной трудности.