The United States of America is a very diverse country. Its nature, climate, population varies from the East Coast to the west, from the northern border to the southern.Climate is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the southwest.Natural resources include coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, and timber.Natural hazards are a great deal of problems for the USA. Every year, they loose hundred millions of dollars, because of natural hazards. The USA is famous for hurricanes along the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico coasts and tornadoes in the Midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding.Sometimes there are tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes happen. Earthquakes are very often in California.Talking about environment, one should add that air pollution results in acid rains in both the US and Canada. The US is the largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels.Water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers takes place here.Climate and Natural Resources. Климат и природные ресурсы. Соединенные Штаты — это страна контрастов. Природа, климат, население страны изменяются с восточного побережья на западное, с северной границы на южную.Климат на большей части умеренный, тропический на Гавайях и в штате Флорида, арктический на Аляске, полузасушливый на великих западных равнинах реки Миссисипи и полупустынный на юго-западе.Природные ресурсы включают: уголь, медь, свинец, молибден, фосфаты, уран, бокситы, золото, железо, ртуть, никель, серебро, вольфрам, цинк, нефть, природный газ и древесину.Природные катаклизмы представляют огромную проблему для США. Каждый год страна теряет сотни миллионов долларов из-за природных катаклизмов. США известны своими ураганами вдоль атлантического побережья и побережья Мексиканского залива, торнадо на среднем западе и юго-востоке, грязевыми оползнями в Калифорнии, лесными пожарами на западе, наводнениями.Иногда наблюдаются цунами, вулканы и землетрясения. Очень часты землетрясения в Калифорнии.Говоря об окружающей среде, необходимо добавить, что загрязнение воздуха выливается в кислотные дожди как в США, так и в Канаде. США — самый крупный «производитель» двуокиси углерода от сжигания ископаемого топлива.Имеет место и загрязнение воды из-за сброса пестицидов и удобрений.
Nowadays money plays in life people. some people think that a person can be happy only with a large wallet in his pocket, while others believe that happiness is not about money. who is right? the question is controversial. i’m going to express my opinion.i strongly believe that without money, a happy existence in today's world is impossible. firstly, with the help of wealth, you can improve living conditions and rise to a new social level. secondly, the availability of funds is a kind of independence, freedom of choice. you can choose almost everything and the more money a person has, the better his choice. thirdly, you can buy branded items, which are now at the peak of popularity, it allows you to look more attractive, have something that others do not have.however, there is another opinion that money still remains just a means of payment. to begin with, on them it is impossible to buy truly important human values, sincere feelings. also, money becomes not a means, but an end, then misfortunes begin. they very often become the subject of speculation, theft, robbery.undoubtedly, money alone doesn’t carry any good. yet, i insist on exactly money has become today an expression of human happiness and well-being because, having money, we can realize various interesting projects, get a good education, make our lives more comfortable and safe.in conclusion, i can say that each of us has our own attitude to money, we perceive their presence or absence differently, but we must learn to handle it correctly.
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