6. Все предложения правильные? Исправьте неправильные:

a) The Palace is more than two hundred years old.

b) It is famous because it is in the centre of London.

c) The same person starts the Queen's bath, prepares her clothes, and feeds the dogs.

d) The dogs sleep in the Queen's bedroom.

e) The Queen and the Prime Minister go out for a drink on Tuesday nights.

7. Ответьте на вопросы:

a)  'Buckingham Palace is two places, not one.' How?

b)  Why is it like a small town?

c)  Are there a lot of clocks?

d)  How many dogs does the Queen have?

e)  What newspaper does she read?

f)  What sort of music does the piper play?

g)  Why do people have five glasses on the table?

h)  Who does the Queen speak to during a meal?

i)  What happens when the Queen finishes her food?

8. Прочитайте диалог и дайте название:

Ann: Hi, Susie, haven't seen you for a long time! What have you been doing? Where have you been hiding?

Susie: I've been working on my talk about Wales for the last week and spent many hours in the library.

Ann: Wales? What can be interesting about that part of Britain? No big cities, no interesting facts on the history of the country.

Susie: You are wrong. Wales has its own geography, culture, traditions and language.

Ann: Is Welsh different from English?

Susie: Very much so. Even if your English is fluent you won't be able to understand Welsh.

Ann: Interesting. And what about cities? Let's look through the book.

Cardiff is a capital and an industrial city and has a castle, a cathedral, a university. There are other big towns in Wales too, Swansea and Newport among them.

Susie: The west coast, mid Wales and North Wales are wild and beautiful.

Wales has high mountains, including Mount Snowdon, the second highest mountain in Britain.

Ann: I have always thought that Wales is a land of green fields, forests and farms.

Susie: But it is also a land of mountains and valleys, streams and waterfalls. Sorry, Ann. I've got to run. See you later.

Ann: Bye.

9. Познакомьтесь еще с одной англо-говорящей страной:

Vocabulary:

to occupy – занимать origin – происхождение

to stretch – простираться according to – согласно

to border on – граничить с powers – полномочия

coast – побережье branch – ветвь

copper – медь executive – исполнительный

oil – нефть legislative – законодательный

iron ore – железная руда the judicial – судебная власть

coal – каменный уголь sea-border – морская граница

armament – вооружение manufacturing – промышленный

the House of Representatives – Палата представителей

THE USA

The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and China). It occupies the southern part of North America and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. It also includes Alaska in the north and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The total area of the country is about nine and a half million square kilometres. The USA borders on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south. It also has a sea-boarder with Russia.

The USA is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a special federal area where the capital of the country, Washington, is situated. The population of the country is more than 270 million.

If we look at the map of the USA, we can see lowlands and mountains. The highest mountains are the Rocky Mountains, the Cordillera and me Sierra Nevada. The highest peak is Mount McKinley which is located in Alaska

America's largest rivers are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Rio Grande and the Columbia. The Great Lakes on the border with Canada are the largest and deepest in the USA.

The climate of the country varies greatly. The coldest regions are in the north. The climate of Alaska is arctic. The climate of the central part is continental. The south has a subtropical climate. Hot winds blowing from the Gulf of Mexico often bring typhoons. The climate along the Pacific coast is much warmer than that of the Atlantic coast.

The USA is a highly developed industrial country. It's the world's leading producer of copper and oil and the world's second producer of iron ore and coal. Among the most important manufacturing industries are aircraft, armaments, cars, textiles, radio and television sets, furniture and paper.

Though mainly European and African in origin, Americans are made up from nearly all races and nations, including Chinese and native Americans.

The largest cities are: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, San-Francisco, Washington and others.

The United States is a federal union of 50 states, each of which has its own government. The seat of the central (federal) government is Washington, DC. According to the US Constitution the powers of the government are divided into 3 branches: the executive, headed by the President, the legislative, exercised by the Congress, and the judicial. The Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

There are two main political parties in the USA: the Republican and the Democratic, though there's hardly any difference between their political lines.