The united states of america

I. Listen, read, translate and remember the following words and phrases:

a) donkey, election, stripe, mercury, pollution, tungsten, fertilizer, permafrost,

earthquake, impediment, currency, lowland, copper, typhoon, armament, furniture, representative, branch, courage, liberty, justice, glory, troublemakers,

debt, opportunity, wilderness, shelter, privilege, injustice, consent, enemy, boundary, view, perception, reality, discrimination, desire, poverty, willingness,

dream, continuity, generation, advertising, loyalty, faith, segregation, minority, tool, interference, wrongdoing, slavery, slave, emancipation, assassin, elevator, evil, amendment, ability, achievement, boundary, value;

b) to vary, to stretch, to blow, to divide, to exercise, to honor, to add, to appear, to

provide, to sail, to seek, to force, to land, to own, to exist, to inhabit, to resent,

to trade, to affect, to break out, to demand, to issue, to obtain, to sign, to regard, to correspond, to measure, to boast, to improve, to suffer, to bar, to honor, to chop, to admit, to refuse, to involve, to praise, to assassinate, to free, to bury, to dominate, to popularize, to interfere, to create, to pass, to demonstrate;

c) comparative, slightly, dependent, bicameral, minor, leap, even-numbered, arid, mostly, occasional, environmental, sparse, solemn, judicial, executive, legislative, native, mainly, own, livable, equal, succeeding, commonly, countless, respected, unanimously, lasting, dominant, cruel;

d) among, though, besides, because of, over, yet, according to, through, however,

throughout, without, instead of, just before, outside;

e) crude oil; in hopes of enriching themselves; to practice a trade; in general, to pay taxes; combined with a belief in; to give smb. no voice in smth.; to set forth; piece treaty; to enjoy rights and opportunities; to make sacrifices; rags-to-riches stories; free enterprise system; self-worth; shaking hands; to name after smb.; commander-in-chief; a civil war; to do a favour; to bear in mind, to look for; to shoot to death; to be worth seeing; to be true; to serve a term of office; no matter who; to protect each person’s basic rights; directly associated; the Old World; great-grandparents; immigrant society; family saga; motivated by the same vision; a welcoming haven; to pay no attention; to pay debts; to enact the laws.

II. Listening comprehension text.

The american flag

The American flag was adopted in June, 1776. There was one star and one stripe for every state in the new country. Gradually, as new states were added to the Union, new stars appeared on the national flag. Hawaii was the last star in 1959. On present-day American flag there are 50 stars, one for each state and 13 stripes, representing the original thirteen states. The red-white-blue flag of the USA is known as “Old Glory” or the “Stars and Stripes”. Red stands for courage, white for liberty and blue for justice.

The Americans love and honor their flag. You can see “Stars and Stripes” in streets and squares, shops, offices and institutions. In American schools the day begins with the solemn ceremony of raising the flag. The name of the national anthem of the USA is the “Star Spangled Banner”.

1. Listen to the text “The American Flag”.

2. Answer the questions to the text.

1. When was the American flag adopted?

2. What do stars and stripes represent?

3. What do the colours of the American flag stand for?

4. What do the Americans call their flag?

2.3. Retell the text.

III. Oral topic.