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Canada канада
канада
Canada is an independent federative
state.
It is one of the most developed coun
tries.
Canada consists of ten provinces and
two territories.
It is situated on the North American
continent.
In size Canada is the second in the
world after Russia.
Its area is almost 10 million km2.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa,
which is situated on the bank of the
Ottawa River.
It is famous for its beautiful parks.
American Food and Drink
What is “American” food?
The answer is that it is part Italian,
part British, part German, part
Mexican, part Chinese…
When people from other countries
came to live in the US, they brought
different cooking traditions.
Some of them opened restaurants.
Today Americans enjoy food from all
over the world.
Over the years some foreign dishes
changed a little.
Doughnuts were originally from Hol and.
In 1847 a young American boy told his
mother that her doughnuts were never
cooked in the middle.
He cut out the centre and his mother
cooked them — and they were very tasty!
American Customsand Traditions
Traditions
Every nation has different customs
and traditions, its own way of life.
In Europe there are people who have
lived in the same house and been in
the same job for 20, 30 or more years.
That’s not the American way of life.
The Americans love change, they call
it the spirit of adventure, a spirit that
they think is more characteristic of
America than of Europe.
They like to move away, to change
houses and jobs.
While the Englishman thinks it is ill
mannered to ask private questions,
the American doesn’t feel that at all.
He will tell you all about himself, his
wife and family, and ask where you
have come from, what your job is, how
Sights of the USa
One should start sightseeing in
America from Washington.
There are many beautiful parks and
gardens in Washington.
It is interesting to see the famous
cherry trees, the gift from Japan.
They were brought to America in 1912.
The NASA museum is devoted to the
USA achievements in the exploration
of space.
Capitol Hill is the highest place in the
city.
There is a law that forbids to build
houses higher than the Capitol on
Capitol Hill.
Cities and Towns Of the USa
Of the USa
There are very many large cities in the
USA.
Washington, the capital of the United
States of America, is situated on the
Potomac River.
In comparison with such ancient his
torical cities as, for example, Rome,
London, Moscow or Paris, Washington
is quite young.
Великі і малі
Міста СШа
У США багато великих міст.
Вашингтон — столиця США — роз
ташований на ріці Потомак.
У порівнянні з такими давніми істо
ричними містами, як Рим, Лондон,
Москва чи Париж, Вашингтон — до
сить молоде місто.
Places of Interest in Washington
Washington
Washington is the capital of the USA.
The city is named after George Wash
ington, the first president of the USA.
Washington stands on the river
Potomac.
Washington is a beautiful
administrative city.
In the centre of the city there is the
Capitol, where the US Congress is
situated.
There is the White House, the
residence of the President, in
Washington.
Washington has many sights, for ex
ample, the Library of Congress, the
monument to George Washington,
the Lincoln Memorial, the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier and others.
Washington—theCapitalof theUSa Вашингтон— Столиця СШа
theUSa
Вашингтон—
Столиця СШа
Washington, the capital of the USA,
was founded in 1791.
The city was named after the first
president George Washington.
The population of the city is nearly
three million people.
The Capitol is the centre of the city.
It was built according to the plans of
William Thornton, who was an amateur
architect.
It is situated on Capitol Hill.
The Base of Industry
The greatest part of America’s
heavy industry depends upon three
resources: iron ore from the Lake
Superior area, coal from western
Pennsylvania, and transportation
across the Great Lakes District.
Steel making is basic, but there are
many other related industries in this
area, too: glass, nonferrous metals,
chemicals, rubber, and machine
building industries.
Pittsburgh is the first of the great steel
cities.
New england
Boston is located in a region which
early became an important centre of
industry.
It was primarily an import and export
city for the northeastern corner of the
country.
This stormy land became the
“workshop of the nation”.
Today it makes many machine tools
and heavy electrical motors, looms
for weaving cloth, and other precision
instruments.
Farms along the Connecticut river spe
cialize in tobacco growing.
In thinly populated Maine, potato
farming is combined with lumbering
or fishing.
Throughout the whole of New
England, there is also a widely
developed tourist industry which
invites holidaymakers to the forests,
mountains, and sea both in cool
summers and snowy winters.
Cities of the Sea
The sea means much to the industrial
Northeast.
The coast northward from Long Island
borders on one of the world’s “fish
bowls”, and the area rich in the tiny
plants and animals that support a fish
life.
Along this coast there are many little
fishing towns and several busy fishing
ports.