Ex.1. Make up dialogues

a) Two students are exchanging information about America.

a) Two students are discussing Iraq’s problem. One of them is enthusiastic about everything and the other against it.

Ex.2. Make up the questions on the text.

Ex.3. Speak on the topics.

1. Presidents of the United States of America.

2. The first Soviet and Kazakhstan President.

Ex.4. Suggest the stories of your own about two presidents of America (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln) using the words listed below. The order in which the words are given here may be used as a guide.

The Father of the Nation

Virginia

a planter’s family

England

private school

to ride a horse

to hunt

to shoot

to sail and swim

to be good at arithmetic

to measure land

a career in the service of his country

to serve two terms

to respect for one’s courage

honesty and wisdom.

a big plantation

the 16^th President of the USA

to fight Indians

to push the borders of the US

to live in poverty

to encourage the boy to study

a pioneer

a born story-teller

shy young man

to advice to study law

honest Abraham

to be elected

the four terrible years of war

to hate slavery

to be in Ford’s Theatre, Washington

Ex.5. Give a brief summary of the text.