Task II. Discuss the facts you have read about with your groupmates (ask them questions about the inventions, their use and importance, etc.)

Task III. Add some new names to the above given list of famous New Zealanders

 

 

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Ex.3: 1.emerged, 2. advocate, 3. abundance, 4. checks and balances, 5. subject to, 6. horizontal, 7. represented in.

Ex. 6: 1.The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French people to the United States in 1877.

2. In the local language Hawaii means‘homeland’.

3. In 1607 a group of Englishmen came to America to establish what they hoped would be a permanent colony.

4. Hawaii were discovered by Captain James Cook of the British navy in 1778.

5. Much of the Midwest is flat and open land, ideal for farming.

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Ex.1 1. Became, was named; 2 was named; 3 celebrated; 4 had been known; 5 attracts; 6. are permitted; 7 had served; 8 is said; 9 is made;10 includes;11 have been;12 is;13 traveled, had;14 suffer; 15. became, was.

UNIT 3

Task VI.

1. Canada is about 7730 km from east to west.

 2. About 25% of the country is covered in forest

3. Governments are elected for 5 years.

4. In the center of the flag there is a red sugar maple leaf.

5. A delicious assortment of wild berries can be picked across the country.

 6. Collectively the Indians, Inuit and Metis are also called Native Canadians.

7. English and French are the two official languages of Canada.

Grammar Focus

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1. Canada can be divided into seven geographic regions each with its own characteristics scenery and landforms.

2. The majority of Canada has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer.

3. Canada is ruled by a parliamentary system with the head of state officially remaining the monarch of Britain.

4. Canada’s current flag was proclaimed in 1965 after 2000 public design entries were hotly debated in parliament.

5. Canadians enjoy the high standard of living that major Western countries are accustomed to and tend to take for granted.

6. The Canadian economy is based, as it always has been, on abundant natural resources.

7. Native Indian leaders have, since the early 1980s, become more political making stands on constitutional matters, land claims and mineral rights.

8. Artists began painting Canada as early as the 1700s and their work has grown to encompass a wide variety of styles and international influences.

9. Canadians have pioneered the development of short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft.

10. Five hundred species have been spotted in Canada but many of them are quite rare.

11. In 1931, Canada achieved near total independence from the United Kingdom with the Statute of Westminster 1931, and full sovereignty was attained when the Canada Act 1982 removed the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the British parliament.

12. Canada's economic integration with the United States has increased significantly since World War II.

13. The federal government and many Canadian industries have also started to expand trade with emerging Asian markets, in an attempt to diversify exports.

14. By October 2009, Canada's national unemployment rate had reached 8.6 percent, with provincial unemployment rates varying from a low of 5.8 percent in Manitoba to a high of 17 percent in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Task III.

1. Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west; to the north lies the Arctic Ocean.

2. Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada vary from region to region

3. The country is officially bilingual at federal level.

4. Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture.

5. The provinces collect more revenue than the federal government.

6. Equalization payments are made by the federal government to ensure that reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces.

 The Prime Minister of Canada is the head of state

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Torontonians, Albertans, Quebeckers, Winnipeggers, Vancouverites, Calgarians, Edmontonians, Montrealers, Newfoundlanders, Prince Edward Islanders

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Task I.

1. Canada can be divided into seven geographic regions each with its own characteristics scenery and landforms.

2. The majority of Canada has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer.

3. Canada is ruled by a parliamentary system with the head of state officially remaining the monarch of Britain.

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10. Five hundred species have been spotted in Canada but many of them are quite rare.

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14. By October 2009, Canada's national unemployment rate had reached 8.6 percent, with provincial unemployment rates varying from a low of 5.8 percent in Manitoba to a high of 17 percent in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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verb	noun	adjective	adverb
reinforce	reinforcement	reinforced	----------
threaten	threat	threatening	threateningly
embitter	bitterness	bitter	bitterly
collide	collision	colliding	------------
extinguish	extinction	extinguishable	------------
sustain	sustenance	sustainable	------------
distinguish	distinction	distinct distinctive	-------------

 

 

REFERENCES

1. Диксон Р. Дж. США – учебная энциклопедия, М.: Билингва, 2005. – 416с.

2.Тимановская Н.А. Взгляд на англоговорящие страны. Тула: Автограф, 2009. – 384с.

3. Sauve V. L., Sauve M., Gateway to Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2010. – 279p.

4.http://www.britannica.com

5.http://www.englishclub.com

6.http:// www.en.wikipedia.org

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