Презентация по теме “Country and People”, part 2. Учебник для 6 класса школ с углублённым

изучением английского языка. О.В. Афанасьева, И.В. Михеева.

Васильева Елена ВасильевнаУчитель английского языкаГОУ СОШ № 180 г. Санкт-Петербург2011 год

Country and PeoplePart 2

New proper names

Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, Yosemite, Valley,

Yellowstone, the Mississippi, the Missouri,

the Appalachians, European, China, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean Sea, the Grand Cancyon, the Colorado, the Roky Mountains (Rockes)

There are fifty states in the United States of America.

Alaska and Hawaii are not connected to the other states. You can see it on the map.

The USA is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the west, by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Caribbian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in the south. In the north are Great Lakes.

The USA is a large country with many natural wonders. It goes from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific, and from cold snowy northern Alaska to sunny Florida in the southeast.

The USA has almost every kind of weather. Also, it has many kinds of land – rocky coasts, dry empty deserts, big rivers, wide plains and grasslands, lakes of all sizes,

high mountains, great forests, sunny beaches, lands of endless winter.

a chain a very high buildingmighty different things put togethera skyscraper to begin great-grandparents a number of connected thingsa melting pot sandy country with little water and few plantsa mixture your grandparents’ parentsto rise wild, open land covered mainly with grassa desert strong, powerfulgrassland a place where there is a mixing of people of different races and nationalities

Match the Words with Their Definitions

Americans are not afraid of new ideas. They built the first skyscrapers and they put the first man on

the Moon. They like exiting, modern cities, new houses and new cars.

At the same time, Americans love old things. They like to visit historic houses and museums. They build pioneer houses and remember the days of the “Wild West”.

1. Alaska and Hawaii don’t belong to the USA.

2. The US has almost every kind of weather.3. More than 250 million people live in the

north of the US.4. The Mississippi begins in the west and

ends in the east.5. The Colorado River formed the Grand

Canyon over millions of years.6. The US is a young country.7. Americans are not interested in old

traditions.8. There is a mixture of customs and

traditions in the US.

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True

Say True or False

Correct the wrong sentences, please.

Alaska and Hawaii are the states of the USA.More than 250 million people live in the US.The Mississippi begins in the north and ends in the south.Americans are interested in old traditions. They like to visit historic houses and museums.

Источники

1. http://wap.mobilmusic.ru/fileanim.html?id=6042462. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Thp2VuHRQ3. The Great American Melting Pot_(360).mpg-MediaPlayerClassicHomecinema-V1.2.1008.0