The United States of America is a union of fifty states and is the third largest country in the world

The USA is the 4^th largest country in the world after Russia, Canada and China
The country is washed by 3 oceans: the Arctic, the Atlantic and the Pacific. 
Outlying areas include Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands has a sea-border with Russia.
The USA is a highly developed industrial state.



Brainstorming
1. Is your Institute large or small?
2. How many floors does your Institute have?
3. What subjects do you study?
4. Do you wear a uniform?
5. What is your favourite subject?
6. Do you like your Institute?
7. How many lessons do you have?
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE USA
In the United States of America each state has its own educational system. There are the following types of schools in the USA:
1. Elementary schools, public and private - 6 years.
2. Secondary schools, public and private - 6 years.
Junior High School (3 years). Senior High School (3 years).
3. Separate professional colleges.
Teachers' Colleges, Higher Technical Institutes, Theological Schools, etc.
A school system in the USA may be organized according to a 6 - 3 -3 pattern, that is a six- year elementary school programmer, a three - year junior programme. Some other variations may be4-4-4 or 5-3-4. In many states children go to school at the age of 6 - 8, and continue it to the age of 14 -18. At the present time more than two million Americans between the ages of 7 and 17 are out of school. Children from first through twelfth grade are all called students.
The elementary school of America is the common school and is at tended by all groups of the population. In the Southern States the public elementary schools for white and Negroes are separated. The system of Secondary school education in the USA includes different kinds of schools public and private, large and small, urban and rural, traditional and experimental. In the Junior school English, mathematics and history are studied by all the pupils. The other subjects are selective. The Senior High School has different curriculum: Cultural Technical, Agricultural, Commercial, Home Arts and Vocational.
Higher education in the USA is organized differently from that in Europe. There are public and private Universities and colleges in the USA. The largest and the best of them are private institutions of higher learning. Their students must pay high fees for studies.
The first level of higher education in America is the "undergraduate" level, which usually requires four years of study. Students finishing this level receive "bachelor's degrees." People completing the second level of higher education receive "master's degrees." This usually takes between two and four years more. People completing the third level of higher education receive "doctorates." The second and third levels of higher education are called the "graduate" levels.