язнение fuel -- топливо
acid rains -- кислотные дожди carbon dioxide -- двуокись углерода
VI. Demonstration of the new lexical material.
Climate, natural resources and nature of the USA
The USA is the fourth largest country in the world, after Russia, Canada and China. Including the states of Alaska and Hawaii, the US covers an area of 9 millions square km. The United States of America is a very diverse country. Its nature, climate, population varies from the East Coast to the west, from the northern border to the southern.
The USA is situated in the central part of the North American Continent. It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Pacific Ocean in the west and by the Gulf of Mexico in the south. The climate varies from moderate to subtropical. Along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts it is oceanic. The United States has many kinds of climate. The weather ranges from the warm, wet conditions of the Appalachians to the semi-desert or desert conditions in some of the western states. There are all kinds of differences in the climate of the US.
There are all kinds of differences in the climate of the US. For instance, all along the western coast, the temperature changes little between winter and summer. Climate is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the southwest.
For instance, all along the western coast, the temperature changes little between winter and summer. In some places, the average difference between July and January is as little as 10 degrees Centigrade. The climate along the northern part of this coast is similar to that of England.
Most of the USA territory is marked by sharp differences between winter
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