The National Emblems of the USA

Презентация к учебнику «English VI»(Афанасьева О.В., Михеева И.В.)

Выполнила: учитель МАОУ «Гимназия №23»Михалева Н.Г.

Songs

• The official song of the USA is “the Star-Spangled Banner”(«Звездное знамя») (written by Francis Scott Key) It is devoted to the National Flag

• The national song (the Americans want it to be the official song of their country) is “America, the Beautiful”(«Америка-красавица»)

• People from other countries know it well. They sing it using their countries’ names instead of the name “America” in it.

the Flag It is called “Stars and Stripes”It has 50 stars which represent 50 states and 13 stripes which represent original 13 coloniesThe colours are symbolic:Red -hardness and valour (доблесть)White -purity and innocenceBlue -justice

the Bald Eagle(белоголовый орлан)

• It was chosen because of its long life, great strength

• At that time Americans thought this bird existed only on the American continent

• This bird symbolises independence and freedom

“Uncle Sam”• it’s a tall white-haired man with a

white goatee (козлиная бородка) and a star-spangled suit

• Many people think it was named after Samuel Wilson who was a businessman and in 1812 supplied the U.S. army with beef in barrels. On the barrels letters “U.S.” were written. One of the workers said that U.S. stood for Uncle Sam Wilson

• This symbol is still spirit of the USA

the Statue of Liberty• It’s a present from France to the

American people. (on July 4th, 1884)• It was a symbol of a great hundred-

year international friendship between America and France during the American revolutionary war.

• The Statue of Liberty was originally a black woman.

• But then it was changed to a white woman because it would hurt the feelings of the South that lost the war.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

• It’s in South Dakota• It represents the first 150

years of the history of the USA

• It’s 18 metres high• It covers 5.17 km and

1,745 m above sea level• The presidents are:

G.Washington, Th.Jefferson, J.Madison, A.Lincoln

the Motto

• The National American motto is

“In God We Trust”