Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí Zpracováno v rámci projektu : „EU Peníze SŠ“, reg. číslo: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0053 EU –OPVK VY_32_INOVACE_268 Datum vytvoření: 2012/2013 Autor: Mgr. Hana Svrčková Škola: Střední průmyslová škola textilní, Liberec, Tyršova1, příspěvková organizace
Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí 8. The USA – Basic information Výukové cíle: Prohloubení základních znalostí o Spojených státech žáci dovedou hovořit o národních symbolech USA a orientují se v politickém systému země Metodické poznámky: na závěr připravené úlohy k diagnostice dosažení VC řešení kontrolní úlohy se zobrazí na samostatném snímku
What do you know about the country? • • • • • •
What is typically American? What do you know about the people? Which places have you heard about? Who is the president of the USA? How many people are there? What is the capital city?
America or the USA? • The USA lie in North America (continent) • It borders Canada in the north and Mexico in the south • Its capital is Washington D.C. • Consult the map now!
What are the USA? • The USA = The United States of America • It is a democratic federal republic consisting of 50 states • Consult the map and name some of the states!
The Flag • It is called The StarSpangled Banner or Stars and Stripes. • It consists of 13 red and white stripes and 50 white stars in a blue rectangle. • The stripes represent the 13 colonies which founded the USA and the stars represent the 50 states of the USA.
50 states of the USA
The people “a nation of nations” (Walt Whitman)
the third-largest population in the world 250,000,000 inhabitants
The original inhabitants were the Indians – today called Native Americans. America has been called “a melting pot” –
a place where people from all over the
world meet and mix with other cultures
The melting pot the first white settlers were the British West Africans were brought as slaves, today about 12 % of population are Afro-Americans Today, there are large Hispanic communities,
especcialy in Mexico and California Asian-Americans have been the major immigrant group since the 1960s, come from Laos, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea etc
The political system 1. • The USA are a democratic federation of 50 states • The basic of the political system is the Constitution from 1787 • It cannot be changed, only amended, e.g. the Fifteenth Amendment (dodatek) gave the black Americans the right to vote • There is a federal government in Washington D.C. and the 50 states have their own governments, too.
The political system 2. The legislative body is the Congress. It has two chambers - the House of Representatives and the Senate. The executive power lies in the hands of the President and his Cabinet the judicial branch – the most important federal court is the Supreme Court two main political parties are the Democrats (more liberal) and the Republicans (conservative)
The Congress and The Capitol
The President, the White House
The Anthem • The Star-Spangled Banner has been used an a national anthem since 1931 •
O say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Comprehension check 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
What is the full name of the USA? What is the national capital? Who is the head of state? What is the population of the USA? What type of state are the USA politically? What is the national anthem called? What does the US flag look like?
Answer key • • • • • • •
The United States of America Washington D.C. The president 300,000,000 people Democratic federal republic Star-Spangled Banner 50 stars and 13 stripes
Použitá literatura • •
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BORSBEY, Janet, SWAN, Ruth: Crossing Cultures, reálie anglicky mluvících zemí. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA. ISBN 978-80-7240-683-8 BRENDLOVÁ, Světla: Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí, 2. dopl. Vyd. Plzeň: FRAUS. ISBN 80-7238-307-8 CUNNINGHAM, Sarah, MOOR, Peter: New Cutting Edge Intermediate Student‘s Book. 3. vyd. 2007. Harlow: PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED. ISBN – 13: 978-0-582-82517-8
Zdroje obrázků • • •
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