Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему Washington DC

of Washington D.C.
The city…
The White house

The Capitol

The Washington Monument
Arlington

National Cemetery
Universities in Washington
National Museum of Natural History
The National Gallery of Art

USA. it is situated in the east of the

country, on the bank of the river Potomac. A hundred square miles were taken from states of Maryland and Virginia. It was called the district of Columbia. The city is divided into four sections: NW,NE, SW, and SE. Numbered streets run north and south. Lettered streets such as A-street, B-street run east and west.

The geographical position of Washington D.C.

first US president George Washington chose the place for

the city. The city was named after the first president.

The history of Washington D.C.

city, about 500 thousand people live there. There are

a lot of parks, gardens, museums in the city. There is no industry, skyscrapers in the city.

The city…

American president. The building was designed in 1772 by

James Hoban and 8 years later and 2.5 million dollars the house was ready. In 1780 the second US president became the first host of the residence. At the beginning of its history the white house was called the presidents’ house, the president palace and the president castle. Only in 1901 it got this well-known name- the White House.

The White house

floors, 132 rooms, 35 bath-rooms, 412 doors, 147 windows,

28 fire-places, 8 stairs, 3 lifts, a tennis court, a swimming –pool, a cinema.

the US Congress meets and makes laws. The building

began in 1793 and finished in 1830.

The Capitol

structure in the USA, is in the Potomac River.

It was opened to the public in 1888. It is 555 feet tall, is called the “Pencil” because of its shape. There is an elevator, which will carry you to 500-foot level observation windows.

The Washington Monument

Cemetery is situated. John Kennedy was buried there. The

famous Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is also situated there.

Arlington National Cemetery

Washington . They are Harvard University, Georgetown University, George

Washington University American university and etc.

Universities in Washington

1910. It has the great collection of plants, animals,

minerals.

National Museum of Natural History

the world’s finest canvases. The Gallery's collection of some

116,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present. The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the USA by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon.

The National Gallery of Art