The midwest

1. The eastern part of the Midwest is corn country. 2. This region is often called the Corn Belt. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri are leading Corn Belt states. 3. Farming is the Midwest leading industry. 4. Corn is the pioneer American crop. 5. It was certainly one of the first crops grown on American farms. 6. The Indians taught the early settlers how to grow it. 7. As the pioneers began to move westward, corn moved with them. 8. In the Midwest these pioneers found an ideal climate for growing corn. 9. The northern part of the Midwest is a hay and dairy region. 10. Wisconsin is the leading dairy state. 11. Most of Wisconsin milk is made into cheese and butter. 12. Nearly half of the cheese made in the United States comes from Wisconsin. 13. The drier western parts of the Midwest are wheat lands. 14. From the Dakota's southward to Oklahoma is wheat country.

3.10. Ask questions to the words in italic.

3. 1. The Midwest has everything to be a great manufacturing center. 2. There is a

big supply of raw materials — iron ore, livestock, wheat, and timber, etc. 3. Meat packing and flour milling are big Midwestern business. 4. Railroads deliver wheat to the mills in Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Wichita. 5. Buffalo, at the eastern end of Lake Erie in New York State, is a milling center. 6. It is cheaper to transport goods by water than by rail. 7. So every year grain ships deliver their cargoes of midwestern wheat to the flour mills of Buffalo. 7. Detroit is the center of automobile industry. 8. Over half the motor vehicles and equipment made in the United States comes from the Midwest. 9. And over two-fifths come from Michigan alone.

3.11. Act out a conversation below.

HAWAII

-	How did Mark Twain call Hawaii?
-	Famous American author, Mark Twain, once called Hawaii "the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean".
-	Who are believed to be the first inhabitants of Hawaii?
-	I n the fifth or sixth century, daring Polynesian voyagers sailed to Hawaii across thousands of miles of the Pacific in their double canoes. They are believed to have been the island's first inhabitants. British Captain James Cook accidentally rediscovered Hawaii in 1778, and traders and priests and ministers soon followed.
-	What is the population of Hawaii?
-	Today, about 900,000 people inhabit the island chain's land area of 16,7 thousand square kilometers.
-	When did Hawaii become the fiftieth state of the United States?
-	In 1900 the Hawaiian former kingdom was annexed by the USA, and in 1959 it became its fiftieth state.
-	How far is it from Hawaii to California?
-	About 3.5 thousand kilometers separate Hawaii from California, its closest sister state.
-	How many islands are there in Hawaii?
-	The twenty islands of Hawaii lie upon the Pacific, from southeast to northwest. The largest island, Hawaii, lies at the southeastern end of the chain and is almost twice as large as all other islands combined.
-	What is the climate of Hawaii?
-	Hawaii belongs to the hot climate, but the climate is rather less hot because of the ocean currents that pass their shores, and because of the winds that blow across the land from the northeast. .

12. Translate the following into English.

1888 рік. Останнє велике стадо бізонів 75 тис. знищили у Йєлоустонському парку. Фінальна сцена – 21 бізон. Це все, що залишилося від багатства у 70 млн. Голів. Така ж драма розігралась і з багатьма іншими тваринами та птахами. «На зламі 1900 року, – пише Мак Кланг, – стало очевидним: природу не лише приборкали, її вже вщент знищили». На цей час в Америці прийняли закон, що зберігає тварин. На землі, яку поглинає індустрія господарства, створили острівки колишньої Америки – національні парки. Для полювання визначається термін, регламент, заборона. Але «статус-кво» у стосунках людини і природи. На жаль, довго не зберігся, і найсумніше: ескалатор при цьому рухається донизу. Зараз мова уже йде не лише про загрозу для тварин, сама людина однаковою мірою з ведмедями, лисами, журавлями, орлами та зайцями відчула себе залежною від стану помешкання під назвою Земля.

12. Give a talk on “The Geographical Position and Climate of the USA”.

IV. Listening Comprehension Text.