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Выполнила: ученица 8 «А» класса МОУ
Захаровской сош Кадеева Александра.
Преподаватель: Студикова Татьяна
Юрьевна.
Washington D.C. is the capital of the USA, founded on 16 July 1790. It is
situated on the Potomac River, on a piece of land called the District of
Columbia, which is why people call the US capital Washington, D.C. The City
of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of
Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the
Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason
that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as
Washington, D.C. It is not the biggest city in the United States, but it is the
most important.
Washington D.C, does not belong to a state, you know. Don't confuse it
with the State of Washington, which is located in the northwest of the United
States. It was chosen by George Washington as the permanent site for the
nation's capital on December 1,1800.
Do you know who George Washington is?
He was the first person to be elected the
President of the United States. George
Washington was born in Virginia,
just south of Washington, D.C.
He grew up on a large farm.
He went to school for about eight years.
He especially liked to study mathematics.
He also liked to study history and geography,
because he wanted to know about other
parts of world. He the third President
of the United States.
Washington D.C. has a total area of 68.3 square miles, of which
61.4 square miles is land and 6.9 square miles is water.
Washington has a humid subtropical climate.
Spring and autumn are mild, with low humidity, while winter brings
sustained cool temperatures and annual snowfall averaging 16.6
inches.
Blizzards affect Washington on average once every four to six
years.
Summers tend to be hot and humid, with daily high temperatures
in July and August averaging in the high.
The combination of heat and humidity in the summer brings very
frequent thunderstorms, some of which occasionally produce
tornadoes in the area.
The buildings are not very tall, the streets and avenues are
straight, green and beautiful. The longest and the biggest avenues
are named after American states.
The architecture of Washington varies greatly. Six of the top 10
buildings in the American Institute of Architects 2007 ranking of
"America's Favorite Architecture" are located in the District of
Columbia. There are many places of interests: the White House;
the United States Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington
National Cathedral and Washington Monument.
The White House is the president's lives
and works. It is one of the most famous
buildings in the world. Tourists can't see the
part where the president lives, but they can
see the Red and other rooms.
The tallest building in Washington, D.C,
and the most famous building in the United
States, because this is where laws are made.
The Capitol is surrounded by a beautiful garden
with many trees and flowers.
The tallest
building in
Washington, D.C,
and the most
famous building
in the United States,
because this is
where laws are
made. The Capitol
is surrounded by a
beautiful garden with
many trees and
flowers.
This is the Lincoln Memorial, built in honor
of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln taught
himself how to read and I write. He became
the sixteenth president of the United States
in 1861. Lincoln wrote the Emancipation
Proclamation, which freed the blacks in the
South from slavery. Inside the memorial is a
huge statue of the former president.
Washington National Cathedral, whose official name is the Cathedral Church of
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, is a cathedral of the Episcopal Church.
Located in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, it is of neogothic
design, and it is the sixth largest cathedral in the world, the second largest in the
United States, and the fourth tallest structure in Washington, D.C.
The cathedral is the seat of both the presiding
bishop of the Episcopal Church and its bishop of the
Diocese of Washington, composed of the District
of Columbia and the Charles, Montgomery, Prince
George's, and St. Mary's counties in Maryland.
It is an associate member of the Washington
Theological Consortium.The Protestant Episcopal
Cathedral Foundation, under the leadership of the
nine Bishops of Washington, erected the
cathedral under a charter passed by the United
States Congress on January 6, 1893.
Construction began on September 29, 1907,
when the foundation stone was laid in the
presence of President Theodore Roosevelt
and a crowd of more than 20,000. Construction
lasted 83 years. The last finial was placed in the
presence of President George Bush in 1990.
This monument was built in honor of George Washington. It is
555 feet tall and provides a panoramic view of Washington, D.C,
via elevator.
By the way, the city is famous for its museums.
Example
The Natural History Museum is one of
three large museums on Exhibition
Road, South Kensington, London (the
others are the Science Museum, and
the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its
main frontage is on Cromwell Road.
The museum is a non-departmental
public body sponsored by the
Department for Culture, Media and
Sport.
The museum is home to life and earth
science specimens comprising some
70 million items within five main
collections: Botany, Entomology,
Mineralogy, Palaeontology and
Zoology. The museum is a worldrenowned centre of research,
specialising in taxonomy, identification
and conservation.
Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical
as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. The
Natural History Museum Library contains extensive book, journal,
manuscript, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the
scientific departments.
The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons,
and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature —
both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the
vaulted central hall. The Natural History Museum is one of three large
museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are
the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main
frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public
body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some
70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology,
Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a worldrenowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and
conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections
have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens
collected by Darwin. The Natural History Museum Library contains
extensive book, journal, manuscript, and artwork collections linked to the
work and research of the scientific departments.
The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons,
and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature —
both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the