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  The central lowland between the two main mountain ranges < makes up the basin of the Mississippi River.
  The Mississippi together with the Missouri < form the longest river in the world (7,300 km).
  The northern part of the USA embraces the region of the five Great Lakes (Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario) < which are connected by natural channels cut by rapids. The greatest of these rapids is the Niagara Falls.
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  "The United States of America" is the name of the country composed of 50 states < joined in a federal republic, and its citizens are known as "Americans".
  In the North the U.S. is bordered by Canada, < and in the South it borders on Mexico.
  It is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the East, < and by the Pacific Ocean in the West.
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  Hawaii, which became the 50th state in 1959, < is situated in the Pacific Ocean halfway between the west-coast states and the Far East.
  Alaska is separated from Russia by < only about 50 miles across the Bering Strait.
  The main part of the United States consists of several physical divisions, < including highlands and lowlands regions.
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  Major highlands are the Appalachian Mountains in the east < and the Rocky Mountains in the west.
  The Rocky Mountains extend from Mexico to < Canada.
  The mountains are crossed by streams which flow through deep canyons < and fall into the Pacific Ocean.
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  The country is rich in coal, oil, iron and other minerals < which form a solid base for the development of American industry.
  As regards agriculture, < both animal husbandry and arable farming are prominent in the economy of the United States.
  The United States' economy < is highly developed.
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  On the whole, the USA has < a continental climate.
  Crossed by mountain ranges from north to south, < the country is unprotected from cold winds from the north and from warm winds from the south.
  The largest rivers among them are < the Colorado and the Columbia.
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  The headquarters of the United Nations is < located in New York.
  The new cultural center in the city is the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, < which was built in the 1960s.
  It is the home of the New York professional hockey team, the Rangers, < and its professional basketball team, the Knickerbockers.
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  Between the 20th and 60th Streets it is < a street of shops and department stores.
  After 110th Street it passes through < Harlem and slum tenements to the Harlem River.
  Harlem covering the north central section of Manhattan is < almost a city within a city.
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  Early in the 20th century, as a result of racial antagonism in other sections of the city, < the blacks moved to Harlem and formed a majority of the population.
  Puerto Ricans form the second largest group within Harlem, < living mainly in the eastern part of the district (Spanish Harlem).
  Most of the houses in Harlem are < in a dreadful need of repair.
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  The best known of the more than 30 museums in the city is < the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  Its magnificent collection of European and American painting contains < the works of many of the greatest masters of world art.
  The second best known museum < is the Museum of Modern Art.
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  Madison Square Garden, with a capacity of 18,900 people, < has been the center of boxing, hockey and basketball events.
  There are eight public holidays a year in Great Britain, < that is days on which people need not go in to work.
  The holidays are: < Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring Bank Holiday and Late Summer Bank Holiday.
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  Most of these holidays are of religious origin, though it would be true to say that < for the greater part of the population they have long lost their religious significance and are simply days on which people relax, eat, drink and make merry.
  Bank holidays are not statutory public holidays, < but their observance is no longer limited to banks.
  Besides public holidays, there are other festivals, anniversaries and simply days, < for example Pancake Day and Bonfire Night, on which certain traditions are observed, but unless they fall on a Sunday, they are ordinary working days.
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  All the public holidays, except Christmas Day and Boxing Day observed on December 25th and 26th respectively, < are movable, that is they do not fall on the same date each year.
  The term bank holiday applies also to Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Easter Monday, New Year’s Day and May Day and dates back to the 19th century when by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871 and a supplementary act of 1875 these days as well as the Monday in Whit week and the first Monday in August, August Bank Holiday, were constituted bank holidays, < i. e. days on which banks were to be closed.
  Good Friday and Easter Monday depend on Easter Sunday which follow on the first Sunday < after a full moon or after March 21st.
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  May Day falls < on the first Monday in May.
  The Spring Bank Holiday falls < on the last Monday of May, while the Late Summer Bank Holiday comes on the last Monday in August.
  Good Friday and Easter Monday depend on Easter Sunday which follow on the first Sunday < after a full moon or after March 21st.
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