2. Символы сша.
The Statue of Liberty
One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high. She symbolizes a welcome to a land of freedom. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue is so large that as many as twelve people can stand inside the torch. Many more people can stand in other parts of the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet tall.
The Statue of Liberty was put up in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. Over the years France and the United States had a special relationship. In 1776 France helped the American colonies gain independence from England. The French wanted to do something special for the U.S. centennial, its 100th birthday
Laboulaye was a well-known Frenchman who admired the U.S. One night at a dinner in his house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among guests was the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi thought of a statue of liberty. He offered to design the statue.
Many people contributed in some way. The French people gave money for the statue. Americans designed and built the pedestal for the statue to stand on. The American people raised money to pay for the pedestal. The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous for his Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out how to make the heavy statue stand.
Закончите предложения.
1. The people of France wanted to give the United States a special………………
a. gift b. torch с woman
2 France and the United States had a special……………………….. .
a. independence b. relationship с feeling
3 France helped the American colonies to……………. independence.
a. build b. gain c. protect
4.A famous Frenchman, Laboulaye, ……………… the United States.
a. admired b. visited с designed
5. Frederic Bartholdi……………..to design the statue.
a. contributed b. offered с. ordered
6. The Statue of Liberty stands on a ………………...
a. building b. harbor c. pedestal
II. Закончите предложения.
1. The Statue of Liberty is a famous statue in
a. France b. the United States
2. The Statue of Liberty was a gift ……………….
a. from the people of France to the United States
b. from Laboulaye and Eiffel to the United States 3. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes ………………. .
a. a woman with a torch b. a land of freedom
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Twelve people can stand inside the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
The United States helped France gain its independence in 1776.
Alexander Eiffel was among the guests at Laboulaye's house.
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French engineer.
Alexander Eiffel figured out how to make the statue stand.
Americans designed the pedestal for the statue.
Read about the duties of American President. What can you say about his duties?
The President of the United States
Do you want to be president of the United States of America? Maybe you can apply for the job. Answer these three questions. Are you a U.S. citizen? Are you thirty-five years old or older? Have you been a resident of the United States for fourteen years or longer? Did you say "yes" to all three questions? Then you can take the first steps to the White House.
You become president for a terra. A term is four years. You can only serve two terms. This means that you can only be president twice. This became law in 1951. Before that, the law was different. In fact, Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1933. He was still president when he died in 1945. He was president for twelve years. No one was president longer than he was.
As president of the United States, you earn $200,000 a year. You also get an extra $50,000 for expenses, tax free. You have your own limousine, jet,
and housekeepers, all free. You also live rent free, in the White House in Washington, D.C. And you are head of the richest country in the world.
Presidents of the United States are very different people. Twenty-two were lawyers, four soldiers, four farmers, four teachers, two writers, two businessmen, one tailor, and one actor. Eight of them did not have a college education.
3. The Past Simple Tense
The Past Simple (Indefinite) Tense
Употребляется для выражения:
а) повторяющегося действия или признака предмета в прошлом
He often spоke English. ( Он часто говорил по – английски ).
б) цепи последовательных действий в прошлом
Не took a book, opened it and began reading it.
в) однократного действия в прошлом.
I took the book from the library yesterday.
Обстоятельства времени, указывающие на группу Simple: last week , last year, yesterday, two years ago.
Remember!
Open the brackets using Past Simple.
1. What your neighbours (to do) yesterday? 2. Mr. Smith (to fix) his car yesterday morning. 3. His wife (to water) plants in the garden. 4. Their children (to clean) the yard and then they (to play) basketball» 5. In the evening their boys (to listen) to loud music and (to watch) TV. 6. Their little girl (to cry) a little and then (to smile). 7. Her brothers (to shout) at her. 8. Mrs. Smith (to work) in the kitchen. 9. She (to bake) a delicious apple pie. 10. She (to cook) a good dinner. 11. She (to wash) the dishes and ( to look) very tired.
Write this text in the Past Simple
Fred wakes up when it is already quite light. He looks at his watch. It is a quarter to seven. Quick! Fred jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. He has just time to take a cold shower and drink a glass of tea with bread and butter. He is in a hurry to catch the eight o'clock train.
At the railway station he meets three other boys from his group. They all have small backpacks and fishing rods.
In less than an hour they get off the train at a small station near a wood. They walk very quickly and soon find themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spend the whole day there fishing, boating and swimming.
They return home late at night, tired but happy.
Open the brackets using Present или Past Simple.
1. His sister (to study) English every day. 2. She (to study) English two hours ago. 3. You (to come) home at six o'clock yesterday? — No, I .... Yesterday I (to come) home from school at half past eight. I (to be) very tired. I (to have) dinner with my family. After dinner I (to be) very thirsty. I (to drink) two cups of tea. Then I (to rest). 4. I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock every day. 5, I (to go) to bed at ten o'clock yesterday. 6. My brother (to wash) his face every morning. 7. Yesterday he (to wash) his face at a quarter past seven, 8. I (not to have) history lessons every day. 9. We (not to rest) yesterday.10. My brother (not to drink) coffee yesterday.11. My mother always (to take) a bus to get to work, but yesterday she (not to take) a bus. Yesterday she(to walk) to her office. 12. You (to talk) to the members of your family every day? — Yes, I ... . But yesterday I (not to talk) to them: I (to be) very busy yesterday. 13. Your sister (to go) to school every day? — Yes, she .... 14. Mary (to like) writing stories. 15. Last week she (to write) a funny story about her pet. 16. You (to tell) your mother the truth about the money? 17. You (to wear) your polka-dot dress to work? — Yes, I .... I (to wear) it yesterday. 18. We (to like) to go to the beach. We (to enjoy) swimming in the ocean last weekend.
Задания для самостоятельной работы
1.Сделать сообщение о государственном устройстве США.
2. Сделать сообщение об одном из символов США.
Литература
Основная:
Шах-Назарова В.С., Журавченко К.В. Английский для Вас. – М.: Вече, 2001.
Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koenig, Paul Seligson, New English File .-Oxford University Press,2005.
Дополнительная:
Essential grammar in use, 1999.
Любимцева С.Н. Деловой английский для начинающих. М.: ГИС, 1999.