The USA
The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world after Russia,
Canada and China.
It is situated on the North American continent and is washed by three oceans: the Pacific,
the Atlantic and the Arctic. The USA borders only on two countries — Canada and Mexico.
More than 300 million people live in the USA.
This great country has a lot of mountains, rivers, lakes. The main mountains are the
Appalachians and the Cordilleras. The longest rivers are the Mississippi and the Missouri.
The climate of the country is varied. In the southern part it is subtropical while the
northern part has very cold weather in winter.
The Grand Canyon is one’s of America’s main tourist attraction. It is so big and
interesting that there are different kinds of plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon.
It looks different at different times a day, seasons and weather.
America has fifty states. The capital of the USA is Washington in federal District of
Columbia.
The main cities are New-York San-Francisco, Los-Angeles, Detroit, Chicago.
The USA is a country of highly developed industry and agriculture. The main industrial
centers are Chicago and Detroit, with their greatest automobile company “General Motors”.
There are many farms with various agricultural products. Grain, fruit and vegetables are grown
on fields especially in the South.
The people of the United States are mixture of many different nationalities. Every
American schoolchild learns that the US is a big melting pot of countries. In melting pot,
different metals are melted together to make a new metal. The US is like a melting pot for
people. In the past people from many different European countries came to the US and made
one country out of many. In one city you can find whose parent came from China, Africa,
South America, Asia and every European country. These people brought to their new land a
wonderful mixture of customs and traditions.
Americans are not afraid of new ideas. At the same time, Americans love old things.