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The United States of America
1. The United States of America ___ in the central part of the North American Continent between the two oceans: the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Pacific Ocean to the West.
2. The USA ___ of three separate parts. They are the Hawaiian Islands, situated in the central part of the Pacific Ocean, Alaska separated by the Canadian territory and the rest major part of the USA.
3. There ___ many big cities and towns in the USA: New York, San Francisco, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles are the biggest of them.
4. The USA ___ a parliamentary republic. The government is divided into three branches: legislative (the US Congress), executive (the President and his Administration) and judicial (the US Supreme Court).
5. There ___ two main political parties in the USA: the Democratic and the Republican. The US President is both head of state and government. He is elected for a four-year term.
6. The USA ___ as a nation of 13 states. The original 13 colonies were then located in the area today occupied by 16 states and 34 other sates were admitted to the union one by one.
7. Washington, in the District of Columbia, ___the national capital. It was named in honour of George Washington, the first US president. The District of Columbia, which was named for Christopher Columbus, discoverer of America, is not part of any state.
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Vocabulary
executive /ig'zekjutiv/ - исполнительная
judicial /ʤu:'diʃ(ə)l/ - судебная
Supreme Court /sju(:)prim kɔ:t/ - Верховный суд
in honour /'ɔnə/ - в честь
An interesting fact:
· There are fifty states in the United States of America. Two of these states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states.
· More than 250 million people live in the United States.
· The United States is a young country. Its written history is only a few hundred years old. It is sometimes called the “New World”.
· Over the last 400 years millions of people have come to start a new life in this “New World”.
· The people of the United States are a mixture of many different nationalities. These different people brought to their new land a wonderful mixture of customs and traditions. The German brought Christmas trees. The Irish brought St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The Scots brought Halloween.
