Месяц: Июль 2018
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Grammar terms
absolute used independently of its customary grammatical relationship or construction, e.g. Weather permitting, I will come. acronym a word formed from the initial letters of other words, e.g. NATO. active applied to a verb whose subject is also the source of the action of the verb, e.g. We saw…
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The United States of America
PLAN 1. The USA 2. American symbols 3. The US government 4. What are americans fond of? 5. The capital of the usa 6. places of sightseeing The united states of america . The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and…
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The population of the USA
The current U.S.A. population is over 311 million people (311,800,000 in mid-2011) so the United States has the world’s third largest population (following China and India). As the world’s population is approximately 6.8 billion, the current United States population represents a mere 4.5% of the world’s population so about one in every twenty people on…
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The Political System of the USA
The Political System of the USA Washington, the capital of the United States, is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia. The district is a piece of land which doesn’t belong to any state but to all the states. Under the Constitution, the federal government is divided…
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The Higher Organs of Power in the USA
The Higher Organs of Power in the USA By the US Constitution the government of the nation is entrusted to three separate authorities: the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial. The executive power is vested in the President, who holds his office during the term of four years, and is…
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The Educational System of Great Britain
The educational system of G.B. is extremely complex and bewildering.It is very difficult to generalize particular types of schools as schoolsdiffer from one to the other. The department of education and science isresponsible for national educational policy, but it doesn’t employ teacher or prescribe curricula or text books. Each school…
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The Economy of Great Britain
The Economy of Great Britain About 25% of Britain’s land is arable, and almost half is suitable for meadows and pastures. Its agriculture is highly mechanized and extremely productive; about 2% of the labor force produces 60% percent of the country’s food needs. Barley, wheat, rapeseed, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits,…
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The economic regions of Great Britain
The economic regions of Great Britain are diverse and vary in the rate of their economic development, regional specialization and natural resources distribution. The major economic regions of Great Britain are the following: the South of England (sometimes subdivided into the South-East and the South-West); the Midlands (the West…
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The Constitution of USA
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land in the United States. Learn more about our founding document. «We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure…
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Radio cinema in the USA
“The Story of the Century” Listeners who tuned into the radio Sunday, October 30, 1938, shortly after 8:00 p.m. heard an announcer interrupt the music of Ramon Raquello’s orchestra for a special news bulletin. Several astronomers, the announcer declared, had observed inexplicable and fiery explosions on the surface of the…
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