Read the following e-mail and choose the correct words.
| From: Helen Petrova Subject: New York Hello/Goodbye from New York I arrived/left here on Friday. I caught the train/plane to Grand Central Terminal/Victoria Station and then the tube/subway to my hotel. It is next to Hyde park/Central Park in the centre of the city. The views/sights from my window are wonderful. Yesterday I went for a walk/ride on the Staten Island ferry/train to see the Statue of Liberty/Eifel Tower. The people of Britain/France gave it to the Americans. For lunch we had a sandwich/afternoon tea in a famous New York deli. Last night I went to a famous theatre on Broadway/Six Avenue, and I saw a very exciting play. After the play I took a yellow/red cab back to my hotel. Tomorrow I am going to see/watch movies/paintings at the Louvre/Metropolitan Museum of Art. Then I am going shopping in Harrods/Macy’s. New York is the most exciting city in the world! People often call it “The Big Apple”/ melting port. Why? In the 1920s and 1930s, jazz musicians/rappers in the United States all wanted to work in New York. “There are a lot of apples on the tree”, they said, “but when you take New York City, you take the Big Apple!” On Monday I am coming home. See you soon. Helen |
The Government of the United States
| According to It is interesting to note that So Besides the fundamental law of the US to be divided | To be called to be most powerful to have the responsibility to carry out the law to be headed by To make up | to be in charge of to have political independence from each other to sign bills passed by the Congress to veto the bill to ratify the bill to be proud of |
READING 2: US ECONOMY
VOCABULARY
A. Do you know what these abbreviations stand for? Search a dictionary or the Internet if necessary:The US, the Fed, GDP, the EU, BRIC
B. Match the words from the text with their definitions, use vertical prompts if necessary.
| entrepreneur | things that are produced in order to be sold | страхование товары объем производства ВНП находящийся в частом владении услуги предприниматель потребитель конгломерат |
| privately owned (business) | a particular type of help or work that is provided by a business to a customer, but not only one that involves producing goods | |
| consumer | the amount of goods or work produced by a person, machine, factory etc | |
| goods | the total value of all the goods and services produced in a country, including income from abroad | |
| services | belonging to a private organization | |
| output | an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money each year and they pay the costs if anything bad happens to you | |
| insurance | a large business organization consisting of several different companies that joined together | |
| conglomerate | someone who buys and uses products or services | |
| gross national product | someone who starts a company, arranges business deals and takes risks in order to make a profit |