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Task 1. Work in pairs. Find the following information in the Fact File as quickly as you can. The first pair to find the information is a winner.
- how and where York citizens celebrate New Year’s Eve;
- the highest tree of the world;
- the outstanding fighter for peace and better life for all Americans;
- which ingredients of a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner;
- explain the symbolism of the stars and stripes on the US flag;
- which country presented the United States with the Statue of Liberty;
- the author of the book «Harry Potter»;
- who first stepped on the surface of the moon.
Snapshots of Australia
Vocabulary
| plateau – плоскогорье to vest – принадлежать penal – карательный legislation – законодательство suffrage – право голоса campaign – военный поход discriminatory– отличительный to diversify – разнообразить rival – соперник riot – бунт, беспорядок | convict – каторжник, осужденный barren – бесплодный, неплодородный executive power – исполнительная власть the secret ballot – тайное голосование citizenship – гражданство massacre – избиение maternity allowance –пособие по материнству |
Task 1. Read the text and make notes
| Area | 7.7 million square km |
| Landscape: in the north in the south in the east in the west | |
| Government | |
| Inhabitants | |
| States | |
| Social privileges |
