Лекция: ECONOMY OF THE U.S.A.
The United States of America is a highly developed industrialized country. Shipbuilding, electronics, automobile industry, aircraft industry, space research are highly developed in the States. Each region of the United States has characteristics of its own due to the differences in climate, landscape and geographical position. Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast, Pennsylvania, New Jersy are biggest industrial regions of the country.
The United States has a lot of mineral deposits or resources such as coal, gold, silver, copper, lead and zink. The south, especially Texas is rich in oil. The coalfields of Pennsylvania are rich in coal. There are plenty of coal mines. Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska is the richest farming region of America and it is known as the Cora Beit. The land is fertile and well watered. They grow mostly com and wheat there. Much livestock is also raised here.
There is a lot of fruit raising area. For example, California oranges, grapefruit, lemons, as well as other fruits/wines and vegetables are shipped ail over the States and to other parts of the world. The most important crops grown in the States are also tobacco, soy-beans, peanuts, grapes and many others. There are a lot of large and modern cities, but a great proportion of the country consists of open land dotted with farmhouses and small towns. New York City is the first biggest city of the States. It is a financial and advertising business centre. It is also a biggest seaport of the Hudson River. Industry of consumer goods is also developed here.
Chicago is the second largest city in the U.S.A. It deals in wheat and oilier grains, cattle meat processing and manufacturing. Other big cities are Huston, an oil refining and NASA space research centre, New Orleans, a cotton industry centre, Los Angeles with Hollywood, Philadelphia, a shipping commercial centre, Detroit, a world's leading motor car producer and many others.
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1. Каждый регион США имеет свои специфические черты благодаря различиям в климате, природе и географическом положении.
2. Земли здесь плодородны и хорошо орошаемы.
3. Выращивают в основном кукурузу и пшеницу.
4. Также разводят много скота.
5. Большие площади заняты здесь фруктовыми садами.
6. Фрукты и овощи Калифорнии вывозятся в другие штаты и страны.
7. Значительная часть территории — это равнина с большим количеством ферм и маленьких городов.
8. Деловая часть города представляет собой скопление гигантских небоскребов.
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the biggest industrial regions of the U.S.A., New York, Chicago, Huston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, the look of a modern big city and its downtown, the look of a town and its Main Street, mineral resources of the country, the Cora Belt, the state of California.