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The United States of America is the fourth largest country in the world (after Russia, Canada and China). It occupies the southern part of North America and stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. It also includes Alaska in the north and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The total area of the country is about nine and a half million square kilometers. The USA borders on Canada in the north and on Mexico in the south. It also has a sea-boarder with Russia.
The USA is made up of 50 states and the District of Columbia, a special federal area where the capital of the country, Washington, is situated. The population of the country is more than 270 million.
If we look at the map of USA, we can see lowlands and mountains. The highest mountains are the Rocky Mountains, the Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada. The highest peak is Mount McKinley which is located in Alaska.
The climate of the country varies greatly. The coldest regions are in the north. The climate of Alaska is arctic. The climate of the central part is continental. The south has a subtropical climate. Hot winds blowing from the Gulf of Mexico often brings typhoons. The climate along the Pacific coast is much warmer than of the Atlantic coast.
The USA is a highly developed industrial country. It’s the world’s leading producer of cooper and oil and the world’s second producer of iron ore and coal. Among the most important manufacturing industries are aircraft, cars, textiles, radio and television sets, armaments, furniture and paper.
Though mainly European and African in origin, American are made up from nearly all races and nations, including Chinese and native Americans.
The largest cities are: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, San-Francisco, Washington and others.
The United States is a federal union of 50 states, each of which has its own government. The seat of the central (federal) government is Washington DC. According to the US Constitution the powers of the government are divided into three branches: the executive, headed by the President, the legislative, exercised by the Congress, and the judicial. The Congress consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
There are two main political parties in the USA: the Republican and the Democratic, though there’s hardly any difference between their political lines.

Do we live to eat?
How much food do you think you will eat by the time you are seventy nine?
The average Frenchwoman, for example, will eat:
• 25 cows
• 40 sheep
• 35 pigs
• 1,200 chickens
• 2,07 tonnes of fish
• 5,05 tons of potatoes
• 30,000 liters of milk
• 13,000 eggs
• 50,000 loaves of bread
• 12,000 bottles of wine
• 9,000 liters of orange juice
• 6000 liters of mineral water
• 1,37 tonnes of apples
• 768 kgs of oranges
• 430 bags of carrots
• 720 kgs of tomatoes
• 1,300 lettuces
• Hundreds of packets of coffee, sugar, spaghetti, etc
• 8 kgs of dirt

Delicious, isn’t it? How many cows and pigs have you swallowed already?
Scientists say that we eat about half-a-ton of food a year – not counting drink!
Some people eat even more.
According to WHO (World Health Organization), Americans are the fattest people in the world. 55% of women and 63% of men over 25 are overweight or obese.
Britain has replaced Germany as Europe’s most overweight nation.
Russia, the Czech Republic and Finland also have some of the heaviest people in Europe.
Even in such countries as France, Italy and Sweden, Europe’s slimmest nations, people (especially women) are becoming fatter.
The epidemic is spreading!
So think twice before you start eating!