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The United States of America
The USA is one of the largest countries in the world. It is situated in the central part of the North American continent. The area of the USA is over nine million square kilometres. It is washed by the Pacific Ocean and by the Atlantic Ocean.
The population of the United States is nearly 250 million people, most of the people live in towns.
People of different nationalities live in the USA.
There are a lot of rich people in the USA. But the life of most coloured people is very difficult. Some Americans live in poverty, many people can't get work.
The official language of the country is English. The capital of the country is Washington. It was named in honour of the first President, George Washington. As the USA is a large country, the climate is different in different regions of the country. For example, the Pacific coast is a region of mild winters and warm, dry summers, but the eastern continental region is watered with rainfall. The region around the Great Lakes has changeable weather.
There are many mountains in the USA. For example, the highest peak of the Cordilliers in the USA is 4,418 metres.
The main river of the country is the Mississippi. But there are many other great rivers in the USA: the Colorado in the south and the Columbia in the north-west. There are five Great Lakes between the USA and Canada.
The USA produces more than 52 per cent of the world's corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco. There are many big cities in the country. They are Washington (the capital the country), New York (the city of contrasts, financial and business centre of the USA), Boston (there are three universities in it), Chicago (one of the biggest industrial cities in the USA), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit (one of the biggest centres of the automobile industry), Hollywood (the centre of the US film business).The USA has an Academy of Science There are many scientific institution museums, libraries, theatres and other interesting places in the country.
The USA is a highly developed industrial country. The USA is rich in mineral resources, such as aluminium, salt, zinc, coppers and others. The country is rich in coal, natural gas, gold and silver, too. It holds one of the first place in the world for the production of coal, iron, oil, natural gas.
Such industries as machine-building ship-building are highly developed in the country.
American agriculture produces a lot of food products: grain, fruit, vegetables.
The USA is a federal republic, consisting of fifty states. Each of these state has its own government. Congress is the American parliament which consists of two Chambers.
The president is the head of the state and the government. He is elected for four years. There are two main political parties in the USA They are the Democratic Party (was organized in the 1820s) and the Republican Party (was organized in the 1850s). The Communist Party of the USA was founded in Chicago in 1919.
WORDS
1. state - государство
2. government - правительство
3. elect - выбирать
4. iron - железо
5. corn - зерно
6. coal - уголь
7. peak – пик, вершина
8. resources – ресурсы, средства
9. copper – медь
10. coast – побережье
11. Chamber – парламентская палата