| Write a summary about the US economy on one of the following topics and present it to your groupmates.  Foreign trade
The stock market
| E-commerce
Federal Reserve
| | Recent economic situation
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WORD FILE
| Unit 3 Module 2
| | capital
government
state
financial center
skyscraper
legislative branch
executive branch
juridical branch
head of state
armed forces
border
federal union
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
political party
anthem
stripe
bill
free enterprise system
wholesale/ retail trade
private ownership
small/ medium-sized/ large business
corporation
conglomerate
Federal Reserve System
district
entrepreneur
| subway
consumer
output
gross national product (GNP)
economic gain/ growth/slowdown
mixed/ industrial economy
inland lakes
shipping access
productivity
spending
price level
computer-related venture
co-owner
sole proprietorship
niche/ specialized market
strength
failure
business partnership
franchising
chain store
delivery service
major player
bankruptcy
assets
sales revenue
housing/ stock market
fiscal policy/ monetary policy
money supply
agribusiness
| net income
yield
successful
powerful
dominant
stable (prices)
steady (growth)
eventually
in exchange for
to be rich in
to dominate
to rise
to treat
to achieve
to meet needs
to influence
to depend on
to strengthen
to stand for
to bind together
to maintain
to join forces
to authorize
to create/ start/ expand a business
to take the lead
to charter
to respond to
to take into consideration
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Module 3 Canada
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A. Look at the pictures above and name three hidden words.
| B. Missing word cloze quiz. Choose the correct word from 1) – 8).
A land of (1) distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing (2) in 1867 while retaining (3) to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed (4) with the US, its (5) to the south across an unfortified (6). Its paramount political problem continues to be the (7) of the province of Quebec, with its French-speaking (8) and unique culture, to the remainder of the country.
| 1)
| o vastly
o beautiful
o vast
o small
| 2)
| o region
o nationality
o domain
o domonion
| 3)
| o threads
o ties
o tied
o family
| 4)
| o on parallel
o in parallel
o parallel
o of parallel
| | 5)
| o pupil
o neighbor
o sister
o cousin
| 6)
| o line
o border
o bordering
o frontier
| 7)
| o related
o relation
o paternity
o relationship
| 8)
| o peoples
o residings
o residents
o inhabitant
| READING 1: CANADA PROFILE
A. Read Canada Profile and ask questions to the given pieces of information.
GEOGRAPHY
| Area
| total: 9,984,670 sq. km.
land: 9,093,507 sq. km.
water: 891,163 sq. km.
| | Natural resources
| iron ore, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, potash, diamonds, silver, fish, timber, wildlife, coal, petroleum, natural gas, hydropower
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PEOPLE
| | Population
| 32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
| | Nationality
| noun: Canadian(s) adjective: Canadian
| | Languages
| English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
| | GOVERNMENT
| | Government type
| a constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
| | Capital
| Ottawa, Ontario
| | Main cities
| Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
| | Independence
| 1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (independence recognized)
| | National holiday
| Canada Day, 1 July (1867)
| | National symblos
| the maple leaf and the beaver
| | Executive branch
| chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II, represented by Governor General
head of government: Prime Minister
| | Legislative branch
| bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat and the House of Commons or Chambre des Communes
| | Judicial branch
| Supreme Court of Canada; Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts
| | Political parties
| Bloc Quebecois; Conservative Party of Canada; Green Party; Liberal Party; New Democratic Party
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| | Canada Parliament
| Supreme Court of Canada
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