English-speaking countries презентация

world. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the cast to the Pacific Ocean in the west and from Canada in the north to Mexico in the south. The capital of the USA is Washington, though some people think it's New York. This famous city is the financial and cultural center of the USA.
The USA has the third largest population in the world. It's a real melting pot. English is the official language in the USA. But the English language spoken in my country is known as American English.

There are some differences between British and American English. For example a film in Britain is a movie in America, a postman is a mailman, the underground is the subway. But people speaking British English can be easily understood in the US. No problem. The second important language in the United States is Spanish.
The motto of the country is «In God We Trust»

of various States. Some of them sound really absurd, but some conditions almost impossible to fulfill. Other laws prohibit seemingly ordinary actions, so a surprise how such a law could take. -For example, in Ohio you can't Sunday to buy corn flakes. -In Texas it is strictly forbidden to shoot at Buffalo from the second floor of the hotel. -In Las Vegas in no event it is impossible to kiss a man with a beard. -And in Idaho you can not fish from a camel. -In Arizona, you face a fine if you put a donkey to sleep in the bathroom. -In California Chico, you can't blow up within the city a nuclear device – is that worth a big fine. It's unclear, however, exactly who will this penalty charge. -In new Orleans prohibited tethering to fire hydrants crocodiles. -In Alabama the death penalty was threatened to those who will sprinkle salt on railroad tracks. Here you can't carry ice cream in your pockets. -In a few States for the jump from a skyscraper death penalty applied.

is nearly as big as small of Europe. She shares with the USA the world's largest seven lakes, as well as Canada's longest river three in the world.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa. In Canada there are people of many nationalities. There are two official languages in my country, English and French. English spoken in Canada is a bit different from British English: there are some pronunciation and grammatical differences.
The red and write Canadian flag shows a leaf of the maple tree , which grows in North America. The maple leaf is the official emblem of Canada.

waterfalls on the Niagara river, which separates the U.S. state of new York from the canadian province of Ontario. Niagara falls is the Horseshoe falls (eng. Horseshoe Falls), sometimes called the Canadian falls (eng. Canadian Falls), American falls (eng. American Falls) and the waterfall "Veil" (eng. Bridal Veil Falls). Although the elevation and not very large, the waterfalls are very wide, and the volume of water passing through it Niagara falls — the most powerful in North America.

all over the world, which contributes to the prosperity of cities located on the banks of the falls — Niagara falls (eng. Niagara Falls), new York, USA and Niagara falls, Ontario, Canada. The most spectacular view of the falls can be enjoyed from the canadian coast. A few hundred meters downstream from Niagara falls through spanned "rainbow bridge" (eng. Rainbow Bridge), opened for movement of light vehicles and pedestrians between the two countries.

shortened to the United Kingdom or UK or Great Britain. It's one of the world's smallest countries - it's twice smaller than France or Spain. However, there are only nine other countries with more people, and London is the world's seventh biggest city.
In Britain you can meet people of many different nationalities.
The capital of the UK is London. The official language is English. Do you know that English is made up of Anglo-Saxon, French and Latin? It also includes a lot of words from Greek and other languages, even Russian.

a unitary state with a parliamentary monarchy. Queen Elizabeth II is head of state of the United Kingdom and monarch of fifteen other independent Commonwealth countries. Had formed a wrong opinion that the monarch has a symbolic rather than political role and only has "the right to be consulted, right to encourage and right to warn", but it should be noted that the monarch is in charge of all three branches of government, has the right to dissolve Parliament, appoints Ministers, and as commander in chief has the right to declare war on other countries. Britain has no Constitution as a single document, as only four countries in the world — New Zealand, Israel and San Marino. The British Constitution consists mostly of a collection of disparate written sources, including statutes, judge-made case law and international treaties, together with constitutional conventions. Since there is no technical difference between ordinary statutes and "constitutional law" the UK Parliament can perform "constitutional reform" simply by adopting another law, and thus has the ability to change or abolish almost any written or unwritten element of the Constitution. However, it is worth noting that neither the Parliament cannot pass a law that the next convocation would not be able to change.

Pacific Ocean. It consists of two major islands. New Zealand is the same distance from Australia as London is from Moscow. When it's summer in Europe, it's winter in New Zealand. But the school year still starts in autumn — in February! When it's time to go to bed in Europe, It's time to go to work in New Zealand.

The capital of New Zealand is Wellington. The population of country is mixed. Some people came from Britain years ago. Some Maori people lived here before the British came. Official languages are English and Maori. But English is spoken in very unusual way in New Zealand. It is often called Kiwi English.
New Zealand is sometimes called «The Worlds Biggest Farm». It is famous for its products: butter, cheese, meat.

Islands (North and South) and several small ones. The largest land mass of New Zealand is the South island that is divided along the Southern Alps. This mountain range has 18 peaks over three thousand meters above sea level, and the highest one is mount cook, or Aoraki (3754 meters).

high volcanic activity. The highest point on this island is the active volcano Ruapehu 2797 metres tall. On this island is the largest in New Zealand lake Taupo, located in the crater of a volcano of the same name.

the world. It is the only country in the world, which occupies an entire continent and some of the islands around it. It lies between the Indian and : the Pacific Oceans. It's a large country, but its population is only 18,3 million people. There are «original Australians» who lived here long ago but most of population came to Australia from Britain, Ireland and other countries years ago. At present in Australia there are a lot of people from Russia.
The capital of Australia is Canberra.
English is the official language in Australia. But English spoken in Australia is a bit different from British English and American English. Sometimes Australia is called «Oz» or «the Lucky Country»

attractions of Australia

coral reef on Earth. It is also the largest organic formation on Earth with a length of 2,000 kilometres. The reef is located in coral sea off the coast of Queensland. In fact, it's continuous series of reef, separated from the mainland by a shallow lagoon.

part of the Antarctic. It was declared by Britain and transferred to the management of Australia in 1933. This is the biggest part of Antarctica is ever claimed by any nation, covering an area of 5.9 million square kilometers