Country and people

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Презентация по теме “Country and People”, part 2.
Учебник для 6 класса школ с углублённым
изучением английского языка. О.В. Афанасьева,
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Учитель английского языка
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2. Country and People Part 2

3. 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)

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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.

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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.

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8.

Match the Words with Their
Definitions
a chain
mighty
a skyscraper
great-grandparents
a melting pot
a mixture
to rise
a desert
grassland
a very high building
different things put together
to begin
a number of connected things
sandy country with little
water and few plants
your grandparents’ parents
wild, open land covered
mainly with grass
strong, powerful
a place where there is a
mixing of people of
different races and
nationalities

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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.

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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”.

11.

Say True or False
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Alaska and Hawaii don’t belong to the
USA.
The US has almost every kind of
weather.
More than 250 million people live in the
north of the US.
The Mississippi begins in the west and
ends in the east.
The Colorado River formed the Grand
Canyon over millions of years.
The US is a young country.
Americans are not interested in old
traditions.
There is a mixture of customs and
traditions in the US.
False
True
False
False
True
True
False
True

12.

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.

13. Источники

1. http://wap.mobilmusic.ru/fileanim.html?id=604246
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Thp2VuHRQ
3. The Great American Melting Pot_(360).mpgMediaPlayerClassicHomecinema-V1.2.1008.0