06.05.2020 

7 група -  англійська мова - тема уроку № 60 "Природні ресурси США. Державні свята США"

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The United States supplies itself with oil, gas, uranium, iron, titanium, vanadium, copper, lead, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, beryllium, lithium, gold, silver, phosphorites, potassium salts, boron ores (unique Boron deposit), fluorite, barite. At the same time, the country has almost no reserves of manganese and chromium ores, bauxite, nickel ores, cobalt, mercury, antimony, tin, tantalum and niobium, asbestos. Stocks of copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, etc. can be significantly increased through the use of poor ores and ocean floor ores. Of the 40 major minerals, only 18 in the United States provide for themselves by 50% or more. The US economy is dependent on imports of 68 types of raw materials, and this trend is likely to continue in the future.
The United States has numerous deposits of non-metallic industrial raw materials and building materials (bentonites, clays, facing stones, marble, sand, gravel, gravel, etc.). There are a number of deposits of precious and industrial stones, of which the most important are turquoise, tourmaline, sapphire, chrysolite, petrified wood, rose quartz and jade. The large turquoise province is located in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. In pcs. Montana is a large deposit of sapphire Yogo-Halsh, represented by a length of 8 km. The largest deposits of jewelry tourmaline, kunzite and pink beryl: Pala, San Diego, Himalayas (California). Similar tourmaline deposits are known in pcs. Man. Chrysolite is also found in Arizona (San Carlos in Apache County), agate - in Oregon (Jefferson County, Waxo and Crook), ornamental petrified wood - in Arizona, jade, jadeite and jade - in Wyoming, Alaska and California.

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The schedule of public holidays in the United States is largely influenced by the schedule of federal holidays, but is controlled by private sector employers who provide 62% of the total U.S. population with paid time off. A typical work week has historically been 40 hours a week with a Saturday–Sunday weekend, although many professionals are currently expected to work 50 hours a week for fixed salary.[citation needed]

Public holidays with paid time off are generally defined to occur on a day that is within the employee's work week. When a holiday occurs on Saturday or Sunday, that holiday is shifted to either Friday or Monday for work purposes. Most employers follow a holiday schedule similar to the federal holidays of the United States, with exceptions or additions. The federal holiday schedule mainly benefits employees of government and government regulated businesses, however, this sector only comprises 15% of the working population.

At the discretion of the employer, other non-federal holidays such as New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve and the Day after Thanksgiving are common additions to the list of paid holidays while Columbus Day and Veterans Day are common omissions. Besides paid holidays, there are festival and food holidays that also have wide acceptance based on sales of goods and services that are typically associated with that holiday. Halloween and Valentine's Day are examples of widely celebrated uncompensated holidays.