This is the USA. Колотыгина Т.Л - 7 стр.

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Exercise 1. Answer the questions
1. How many states is the USA composed of?
2. What countries do the United States border on?
3. What oceans is the USA washed by in the east (in the west)?
4. Name the main mountain ranges in the east (west) of the USA.
5. What part of the USA embraces the region of the five Great Lakes? Name
these lakes.
6. How are the Great Lakes connected?
7. What is the greatest rapid in the world?
8. What mineral resources is the country rich in?
9. What forms a solid base for the development of American industry?
10. What can you say about American economy?
11. What branches of American industry (agriculture) are highly developed.
Exercise 2. Ask questions about the text, making use
of the following words and phrases:
to be situated; to be washed by; to border on; to embrace; to be well
developed; to be rich in.
Exercise 3. Read the text «The American Flag»,
translate it into Russianusing a dictionary.
Lately I've visited the United States with a group of teachers and students
from my school.
I was greatly surprised how Americans honor and treat their flag. The red-
white-and-blue flag of the United States is known as «Old Glory» or the «Stars
and Stripes».
In American schools the day begins with the solemn ceremony of raising the
flag.
13 stripes represent the first original American colonies. The stars in the
flag white on the deep blue background represent the number of states making up
the United States. Today it has 50 stars, one for each state, and 13 stripes, one
for each of the original states.
Red stands for courage, white for purity, and blue for justice.

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