THE UNITED STATES OF AM ERICA
The United States of America is the 4th largest country in the world after Russia, Canada and China. It lies in the central part of the North American Continent between the two oceans: the Atlantic Ocean in the East and the Pacific Ocean in the West.
The country is washed by 3 oceans: The Arctic, the Atlantic and the Pacific. The country has many lakes, including the Great Lakes and many rivers, the longest of which are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Columbia and others.
The climate conditions are rather various. The country is rich m natural and mineral resources: oil, gas, iron ore, coal and various metals.
The USA is a highly developed industrial and agricultural country.
The United States of America is a federal state and a parliamentary republic, headed by the President.
There are two main political parties in the United States: the Democratic Party (their symbol is a donkey), and the Republican Party (their symbol is an elephant).
WASHINGTON
The capital of the United States of America is Washington. It was named after the first President of the United States - George Washington. It is situated on the Potomac River in the District of Columbia.
Washington was founded in 1791 as the capital. It’s quite a new city. The population of the city is nearly one million people. Washington is not a very large city, but it is very important as the capital of the USA.
Washington has many historical places. The largest and tallest is the Capitol, where the Congress meets. Not far from the Capitol there is the Library of Congress. It holds five million books.
The White House, the residence of the president is the oldest public structure in the capital and one of the most beautiful. It was built in 1799.
The Jefferson Memorial was built in memory of the third President of the USA Thomas Jefferson, who was also the author of the Declaration of Independence.
The Lincoln Memorial is devoted to the memory of the sixteenth President of the USA, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation, which gave freedom to Negro slaves in America.
