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The Commonwealth of Australia
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The Commonwealth of Australia is a self-governing federal state. It has got six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queen’s land, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and two internal territories.
It is situated in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean.
The area of this country has got 7000 000 square kilometres. Australia is the largest island in the world and it is the smallest continent. The Dutch were the first Europeans to visit Australia. In 1770 the English captain James Cook discovered the east coast of Australia.
Nearly twenty million people live in Australia.
The capital of the country is Canberra. The city became the capital in 1927. Federal Government works in Canberra in the government buildings. It is interesting to know that there are no industrial plants in Canberra.
The population of Canberra is about 300 000 people.
There are many sights in the city. They are the building of the Australian academy of Sciences, the Australian National University and others. There are two big industrial cities in Australia: Sydney and Melbourne.
Australia's climate is dry and warm. Australia is situated in the southern hemisphere and that's why there is summer, when we have winter and there is winter, when we have summer. It is interesting to know that January is the hottest month in Australia.
Australia is separated from many countries. The animals in Australia have a lot of original, and they are interesting.
The dingo is one of Australia's wild animals. It is reddish, brown or yellow. The dingo is a wild dog, which kills other animals at night, sheep, for example. They can kill hens, chickens and small dogs.
You can see the kangaroo there. The kangaroo has got the pouch in which it carries her cub. There are many birds in the country too. One can see parrots and cockatoos. The emu is the most interesting bird in Australia. It is big and can't fly.
There are many rivers and lakes in the country.
Australia is an industrial country. It has coal, nickel, zinc, gold. Several factories and plants work in the country. Australia is one of the most important producers of metals and minerals. It exports wool production, meat, fruit, sugar.
The country is situated near the ocean. Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane are the ports of the country.
There are many universities, theatres and museums in Australia.
There are some political parties in Australia: the Liberal Party, the Labour Party and the Socialist Party of Australia.
WORDS
Commonwealth of Australia – Австралийский Союз
Pacific ocean – Тихий океан
Canberra – г.Канберра (столица Австралии)
hemisphere – полушарие
internal – внутренний
cub – детеныш
wild – дикий
sights – достопримечательности
pouch – мешочек, сумка
8. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. Is Australia a big country?
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2. Where is it situated?
3. What is the capital of Australia?
4. Are there any industrial plants in Canberra?
5. Are there any lakes in Australia?
Вариант №8
Заполните пропуски артиклями, где это необходимо.
1. Show me … ticket, please.
2. These are … pencils. … pencils are black.
3. This is … soup. … soup is so tasty.
4. Where is your … brother now?
6. There are two … windows in the room.
Образуйте сравнительную и превосходную степени прилагательных.
Comfortable, hard, many, young, far.
3. Напишите 4 основные формы глаголов:
Think, take, discuss, sell, like.
4. Напишите правильную форму глагола to be в конструкции there is / there are. Предложения переведите.
1. There … much information in this article.
2. There … little furniture in this flat.
3. There … few children in the library yesterday.
Раскройте скобки и напишите соответствующую форму местоимений. Переведите предложения на русский язык.
1. All these magazines are … (my, mine)
2. They will take part (принимать участие) in … (our, ours) competition next week.
3. She keeps … (her, hers) money in the drawer.
6. Откройте скобки и поставьте глагол в правильной видоизмененной форме, обращая внимание на указатели времени. Предложения переведите:
1. They … … in a tennis competition next week (to take a part).
2. We … … at a restaurant now (to have dinner).
3. I know she … very much interested in biology (to be).
Прочитайте и переведите текст.
GREAT BRITAIN (1)
The full name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The United Kingdom is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and а great number of small islands. Their total area is over 314 000 sq. km.
The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.
Northern Ireland occupies one third of the island of Ireland. It borders on the Irish Republic in the south.
The island of Great Britain consists of three main parts: England (the southern and middle part of the island), Wales (а mountainous peninsula in the West) and Scotland (the northern part of the island).
There are no high mountains in Great Britain. In the north the Cheviots separate England from Scotland, the Pennies stretch down North England along its middle, the Cambrian mountains occupy the greater part of Wales and the Highlands of Scotland are the tallest of the British mountains. There is very little flat country except in the region known as East Anglia.
Most of the rivers flow into the North Sea. The Thames is the deepest of the British rivers. Some of the British greatest ports are situated in the estuaries of the Thames, Mersey, Trent, Tyne, Clyde and Bristol Avon.
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Great Britain is not very rich in mineral resources, it has some deposits of coal and iron ore and vast deposits of oil and gas that were discovered in the North Sea.
The warm currents of the Atlantic Ocean influence the climate of Great Britain. Winters are not severely cold and summers are rarely hot.
The population of the United Kingdom is over 58 million people. The main nationalities are: English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish. In Great Britain there are а lots of immigrants from former British Asian and African colonies.
Great Britain is а highly industrialized country. New industries have been developed in the last three decades. The main industrial centers are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Glasgow and Bristol.
The capital of the country is London. The United Kingdom is а parliamentary monarchy.
WORDS
isle – остров
island – остров
to separate – разделять
European – европейский
the English Channel – Ла - Манш
to bе washed by – омываться
to border on – граничить с…
to consist of – состоять из…
mountainous peninsula – гористый полуостров
to stretch – простираться
estuary – устье реки
deposits – залежи
iron ore – железная руда
to discover – обнаруживать
current – течение
severely – чрезвычайно
decade – десятилетие
monarchy – монархия
8. Ответьте на вопросы:
1. Where is the United Kingdom situated?
2. What islands do the British Isles consist of?
3. What ocean and seas are the British Isles washed by?
4. How many parts does the Island of Great Britain consist of and what are they called?
5. What country does Northern Ireland border on?
Вариант №9
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