country study

United States of America

1. Location

The territory of the United States is very large, it is 9.834 million km2. A long time ago it was divided into 50 States. The flag has 50 stars, they represent the States. Each state has different weather, different population. Each state has its own coat of arms. I want to tell you about one of the States. It's called Pennsylvania. It is Centralia, it 50 years ago under the ground started a fire.Half a century ago, a landfill fire in the Pennsylvanian town of Centralia spread underground to an abandoned coal mine.The blaze has been burning beneath the community ever since.Fears about toxic gases and dangerous sinkholes led the authorities to evacuate more than 1,000 people from the town in the 1980s. Around 500 structures were demolished as part of the multi-million dollar federal relocation scheme.Over 30 years, the population has decreased 100 times. More than 1,000 residents left Centralia, for the year 2013 the population is only 9 people

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2. Festivals

• Zombiecon

The Zombiecon zombie festival takes place in New York city in October, usually a few days or weeks before Halloween. Parade participants strike a terrible makeup. When people whoat n the street they look like real zombies. So people have fun and scare passers-by...
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• Halloween

Halloween is celebrated on November 1, All Saints ' Day. Adults and children wear scary costumes, paint their faces and walk around the city. They also decorate their homes with skeletons, cobwebs and many others. Usually people go into other people's houses and ask for sweets. they always say " Trick or trak! ". After that, people should give them sweets. People who ask for sweets carry bags, they are made of pumpkin.

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• Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival.In 2020, it will start on March 27 and end on March 29 There are musicians who sing different songs. Many genres are performed at the festival. For example: heavy metal, punk rock, hip-hop, rap. Many popular singers performed there. Killers: Killers, Red Hot Chili Pepper, Car, Green Day.Cure, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Muse.

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• Burning man

The first Burning man festival was held in 1986 on a beach in San Francisco. A small group of friends gathered to fool around and burn the statue of the wooden man. It turned out fun, we decided to repeat a year later,and then two. The number of participants grew rapidly! At this festival there are 10 rules that must always be observed. For example: at the festival there is no police, for the safety and order of the participants themselves are responsible; after the festival you need to get out, so that no one guessed that yesterday there was a festival. The main idea is that a lot of people gather in the desert. They set fire to a large wooden statue and look at it. During this festival, a large market opens. Tourists buy different things, have fun and enjoy the atmosphere of the festival.

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3. Famous people

• George Washington

George Washington was born on February 22, 1723. On April 20, 1789, he became the first President in the history of the United States. Also, he participated in the war with Britain for independence.All the people in America loved him. He also had a wife named Martha. Interesting facts about him: The famous proverb "Tell me who your friend is and I'll tell you who you are" belongs to Washington. 

• Neil Armstrong

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first man to go to the moon . He was also a naval pilot, test pilot and University Professor .He was in space for 8 days and 14 hours. 

• Britney Spears

American pop singer, Grammy award winner, dancer, songwriter, film actress.Her debut album ... Baby One More Time made her world-famous. Now in her instagramm he has 30M Followers

Top 3 most popular songs:

1. Сriminal
2. Born to make you Happy
3. Oops..I did it again

• Angelina Jolie

American actress, Director and screenwriter, model, Winner of the "Oscar", three "Golden globes" and two awards of the screen actors Guild of the USA.She appeared in 58 films. For example: Maleficent, Jane's Journey, her heart, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Alexander, Lara Croft and many others

• Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter,dancer, choreographer, actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur. The most successful artist in the history of pop music, known as the" King of Pop", winner of 15 Grammy awards and hundreds of other awards. 25 times listed in the Guinness Book of records. The number sold in the world records of Jackson (albums, singles, collections) is 1 billion copies. 

4. Neares Country

In the South, the United States borders Mexico, in the North — with Canada. The United States also has a Maritime border with the Russian Federation. From the West the USA is washed by the Pacific ocean to the East the Atlantic, on the South-Eastern United States is the Gulf of Mexico, the Alaska Peninsula on the North by the Arctic ocean.

5. Political system

It seems to me that the whole world is discussing America's policy. Now in America, the President is Donald Trump. He became President in 2017, on January 20. And the Vice-President in the US is Mike Pence. He became Vice-President at this time in 2017, on January 20. Hillary Clinton, John Bolton, Bush, George Walker they are all political figures. All these people solve political issues every day, they protect the rights of their country and its inhabitants



And this is my presentation

digital steps (14.10-20.10)

This week I:

1. Thought what business is in demand nowadays
2.  Repeated all the grammar from the second modul
3. Wrote a story about politicians from the United States
4.  Wrote an informal letter to a friend about Japanese cartoons.
5. translated all of unclear words from second module

This week we had two lessons, which were conducted by Dasha and Sima

story about walmart

digital steps (7.10-13.10)

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