2014-02-24
799
II. Закончите предложения.
Закончите предложения.
The Statue of Liberty
Символы США.
Answer the questions
Using underlined words make as many sentences as you can.
1. What are the main political parties in the USA?
2. When are presidential elections held?
3. What does the Supreme Court consist of?
4. When was the US Constitution adopted?
5. Is the USA the biggest country in the world?
One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high. She symbolizes a welcome to a land of freedom. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue is so large that as many as twelve people can stand inside the torch. Many more people can stand in other parts of the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet tall.
The Statue of Liberty was put up in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. Over the years France and the United States had a special relationship. In 1776 France helped the American colonies gain independence from England. The French wanted to do something special for the U.S. centennial, its 100th birthday
Laboulaye was a well-known Frenchman who admired the U.S. One night at a dinner in his house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among guests was the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi thought of a statue of liberty. He offered to design the statue.
Many people contributed in some way. The French people gave money for the statue. Americans designed and built the pedestal for the statue to stand on. The American people raised money to pay for the pedestal. The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous for his Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out how to make the heavy statue stand.
|
|
|
1.______________________________________ The people of France wanted to give the United States a special………………
a. gift b. torch с woman
2 France and the United States had a special………………………...
a. independence b. relationship с feeling
3 France helped the American colonies to……………. independence.
a. build b. gain c. protect
4.A famous Frenchman, Laboulaye, ………………the United States.
a. admired b. visited с designed
5. Frederic Bartholdi……………..to design the statue.
a. contributed b. offered с. ordered
6. The Statue of Liberty stands on a ………………...
a. building b. harbor c. pedestal
1. The Statue of Liberty is a famous statue in
a. France b. the United States
2._______________________ The Statue of Liberty was a gift ……………….
a. from the people of France to the United States
b. from Laboulaye and Eiffel to the United States
3. The Statue of Liberty symbolizes ………………..
a. a woman with a torch b. a land of freedom
1.Twelve people can stand inside the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
2.The United States helped France gain its independence in 1776.
3.Alexander Eiffel was among the guests at Laboulaye's house.
4.Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was a French engineer.
5.Alexander Eiffel figured out how to make the statue stand.
6.Americans designed the pedestal for the statue.
Read about the duties of American President. What can you say about his duties?
