the United States [ju:'naɪtɪd'steɪts] Russia
Canada
China ['tSainə]
Alaska
Hawaii [hə'waii:]
Mexico ['meksikəu]
Italy
Spain
North America
South America
the Pacific Ocean [pə'sifik 'əuS(ə)n]
the Atlantic Ocean
Washington ['wɔʃɪŋtən]
Southeast Asia ['sauθ'i:st 'eiSə]
the Rocky Mountains
the Cordillera ['kO:di'ljərə]
the Sierra Nevada [si'erə nə'vQ:də]
the Mississippi
the Missouri [mi'zuəri]
the Rio Grande ['ri:əu'grændi] the Grand Canyon [grænd] ['kænjən]
the Colorado River [kɔl(ə)'rɑːdəu]
the Potomac River [pə'təumæk]
the Anacostia River
Chicago [Si'kQ:gəu] Los Angeles [lɔs'ænʤɪliz]
Ex. 2. Read the following international words and guess their meanings. Check the words in bold type in the dictionary.
N
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A
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V
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ocean
million
continent
population
mixture
tradition
phrase
form
idiom
range
flora
reptile
amphibian
canyon
tourist
Congress
Senate
impeachment
constitution
party
|
Atlantic
total
different
original
standard
geographic
federal
legislative
natural
electrical
national
traditional
chocolate
popular
cultural
caloric
interesting
characteristic
|
to present
to document
to declare
to veto
to interpret
to standardize
to associate
to mix
to locate
to reserve
to collect
to migrate
to determine
to ratify
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Topical Vocabulary
Nouns
hemisphere ['hemɪsfɪə]
|
полушарие
|
sea-border
|
морская граница
|
custom
|
обычай
| feature ['fiʧə] |
особенность, характерная черта
| plant [plɑːnt] |
растение; завод, фабрика
|
species ['spi:Siz]
|
вид, разновидность
|
mammal
|
млекопитающее
| branch [brɑːnʧ] |
ветвь; отрасль, подразделение
| representative [reprɪ'zentətɪv] |
представитель; уполномоченный
|
treaty ['tritɪ]
|
договор, соглашение, конвенция
| purse [pɜːs]
|
денежный фонд; средства, выделяемые в качестве премии, приза
|
commander-in-chief
|
главнокомандующий
|
officer
|
чиновник, должностное лицо; офицер; командир
| Supreme Court[s(j)u:'pri:m] |
Верховный суд
| judge ['ʤʌʤ] |
судья
| approval [ə'pru:v(ə)l] |
одобрение; рассмотрение
|
change
|
менять
|
amendment
|
поправка (к резолюции, законопроекту)
|
resource [rɪ'sɔːs]
|
ресурсы, средства; природные богатства
| commodity [kə'mɔdətɪ] |
предмет потребления, товар
|
vehicle ['vi:ikl]
|
транспортное средство
|
level
|
уровень
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