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- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Fact File
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •Verbs and verb combinations
- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •The British Parliament and the Monarch
- •Comprehension check
- •Texts for extra-reading
- •Symbols of england
- •The Royal Family
- •On the Street
- •The United States of America Fact File
- •The United States [ju:'naɪtɪd'steɪts] Russia
- •The Colorado River [kɔl(ə)'rɑːdəu]
- •Topical Vocabulary
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- •The United States of America
- •Washington
- •Comprehension check
- •Restaurants
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- •Canada Fact File
- •Topical Vocabulary Canada
- •Government and Economy
- •Government and Economy
- •Comprehension check
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- •2. The Canadian Way of Life
- •3. Standards and Expectations
- •Important Social Standards
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- •1. Together We are Canada!
- •Word Search
- •Missing Word Quiz
- •4. Choose the best answer.
- •Australia
- •Australia.
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- •Fact File
- •New Zealand.
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Canada Fact File
Name origin: Canada comes from an Indian word kanata, meaning ‘a village’ or ‘a settlement’.
Total area: 9,984,670 square km
Population: 33,574,000
Official languages: English and French
Ethnic groups: 80.0 % European (English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, Russian, others), 4.0% South Asian, 3.9% Chinese, 3.8% Native Indians, 3.3% other Asians, 2.5% African Canadians, 2.5% others.
Motto: ‘From Sea to Sea’
National anthem: 'О, Canada'
Royal anthem: ' God Save the Queen'
Capital: Ottawa
Largest city: Toronto
Government: federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
Canada’s 10 Provinces: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia.
Canada/s 3 territories: Nunavut, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II (symbolic)
Longest river: the Mackenzie River (2,241 km long)
Highest mountain: Mount Logan (5,959 metres high)
Currency: Canadian dollar
National holiday: Canada Day (the first of July)
National symbols: the maple leaf and the beaver
Ex. 1. Practise the pronunciation of the following geographical names:
Canada [/kxnədə] – Канада
Newfoundland and Labrador [/nju:/fənd/lxnd /lxbrədL] –Ньюфаундленд и Лабрадор (провинции Канады)
Nova Scotia [/nOuvə/skouSə] – Новая Шотландия
Prince Edward Island [/prins /edwəd /ailənd] – Остров Принца Эдуарда
New Brunswick [/nju: /brAnzwik] – Нью-Брансуик
Quebec [kwi/bek] – Квебек
Ontario [On/tFəriou] – Онтарио
Manitoba [/mxnitoubə] – Манитоба
Saskatchewan [sxs/kxtSiwOn] – Саскачеван
Alberta [xl/bə:tə] - Альберта
British Columbia [britiS kə/lAmbiə] – Британская Колумбия
Northwest Territories [/nO:T/west teritəriz] – северо-западные территории
Yukon [/ju:kən] – Юкон
Ottawa [/Otəwə] – Оттава
Toronto [tə/rOntou] – Торонто
Montreal [mOntri/O:l] – Монреаль
Vancouver [vxn/ku:və] – Ванкувер
Greenwich mean time (GMT) [/grinidZ mi:n /taim] – среднее время по гринвичскому меридиану
Ex. 2. Read the following international words and guess their meanings. Check the words in bold type in the dictionary:
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A |
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federation region debate resident territory province prairies monarchy population reservation religion standard colonies constitution migration |
national general collective central official potential total historic ethnic parliamentary civil special legendary romantic delicious |
to occupy to separate to present to illustrate to symbolize to debate to guarantee |
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creative |
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Topical Vocabulary Canada
Nouns
unguarded boundary hospitable area quarter flat mid-western provinces prairies the national anthem a distinctive country newcomers tolerance fairness justice ambition perseverance
settlement area motto monarchy currency maple beaver North Pole Arctic North Northern Lights coastline whale-watching glacier hoodoo
honeymoon fossil fortune Inuktitut
craze |
неохраняемая граница гостеприимная область четверть (1/4) провинции среднего запада прерии, степь национальный гимн особенная страна новые поселенцы терпимость честность справедливость честолюбие, стремление упорство, настойчивость, стойкость колония, поселение площадь девиз монархия валюта клен бобр Северный полюс Арктический Север северное сияние береговая линия наблюдение за китами ледник худу (необычное горное образование) медовый месяц ископаемое, окаменелость богатство, удача, счастье инуктитут (язык инуитов - эскимосов) мания, увлечение
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Verbs and verb combination | |
to huddle to be spread to celebrate to have faitn and hope to respect to endure to recover to surround to inhabit
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толпиться, тесниться простираться праздновать иметь веру и надежду уважать выносить, выдерживать выздоравливать, приходить в себя окружать населять |
Adjective | |
average diverse ethnic |
средний различный этнический, национальный |