The English Language

Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari (2) The United States of America (2)
350 yillik rivojlanishidan so'ng, Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari hali ham g'arbiy dunyoda etakchi o'rinni egallaydi. AQSh dunyodagi eng kuchli va rivojlangan mamlakatdir. Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari Shimoliy Amerika qit'asining markaziy qismida yotadi. Uning g'arbiy qirg'og'i Tinch okeanida yuviladi. Sharqiy qirg'og'i Atlantika okeani va Meksika ko'rfazida yuviladi. AQSh uchta alohida qismdan iborat. Ular Gavayyalar orollari, Alaska va AQShning qolgan qismi. Ellik davlat va Kolumbiya okruglari mavjud. Shtatlar hajmi, aholisi va iqtisodiy rivojlanishi jihatidan juda katta farq qiladi. Qo'shma Shtatlar aholisi taxminan 250 million kishini tashkil qiladi. AQShni G'arb dunyosining etakchisi bo'lgan boshqa davlatlar ustidan iqtisodiy, siyosiy va harbiy hukmronlik qiladi. Qo'shma Shtatlar federal respublikadir. Hukumat uchta filialga bo'linadi: qonunchilik (AQSh Kongressi), ijroiya (prezident va uning boshqaruvi) va sud (AQSh Oliy sudi). AQShda ikkita asosiy siyosiy partiya mavjud: Demokratik va Respublika. AQSh bayrog'i "Yulduzlar va chiziqlar" deb ataladi. 50 ta yulduz - moviy maydonda oq - 50 ta davlatni ifodalaydi, 18 ta chiziq 1376 ingliz koloniyasini anglatadi. AQSh poytaxti Vashington. U Jorj Vashington bo'lgan birinchi prezident sharafiga nomlandi. AQShning eng yirik shaharlaridan Nyu-York, San-Fransisko, IMS Anjeles, Chikago va boshqalar bor.

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    The Discovery of America (1)
    

America was founded by Columbus in 1492. Columbus fled to this country because of persecution by Ferdinand and Isabella, who refused to believe the world was round. Before Columbus reached America he cried "Ceylon! Ceylon!" because he wanted to see India. When he arrived, he cried again. This time he cried "I have found it!" Columbus was mistaken in thinking he had reached India. There is still a great deal of confusion about the East and the West. As Columbus discovered, if you go west long enough you find yourself in the east and vice versa. In the New World most of the eastern half of the country is called the Middle West although it is known as the East by those who live in the Far West. Columbus, who was as confused as anybody who has been at sea for a long time, called the first people he saw "Indians". Accompanied by his followers, Columbus made several other voyages in search of India. Try as he might, however, he kept discovering America and finally returned to Spain to die.