has enriched it. About 70 precent of all native speakers of English live in America. The British people who settled in America ub the 17th century brought their language with them. The vocabulary of American English probably started developing on the first day after the arrival of the first English-speaking settlers, and it has continued to change for 400 years. As the New World had many plants,animals, and other things that were not found in Britian, the settlers added new words to their vocabulary every day. Their language was also influenced by the languages of the Native Ameircans and the settlers from other countries like Spain,France, and Germany. Examples of Native American words include tomato, potato, maize, tobacco, moccasin, and barbeque. Vocabulary changes are not as easily accepted by older people, but young generations often use a mixture of both types of English. There are no borders for songs, films, and
London London is the capital of Great Britian. London is the second biggest city in europe after Moscow, second biggest portcity after Rotterdam and one of the most important financial and trading citys in the world. It also a biggest media capital in the world, such as BBC, CNN, ITN and so on. London was built by the romans, side of the river Thames about 2000 years ago. From the first to fith century the city was the center of the romans premises. In the dark ages the city was abandoned
Country study test # 3 1. Why was it often said that ,,the sun never sets on the British Empire"? ... is used to describe an empire of such a large extent that, at any one time, at least part of its territory is in daylight. This was a saying refering to the fact that Britian had colonies all around the world. 2. What is the Commonwealth? The Commonwealth is an association of sovereign nations that support each other and work together towards international goals. 3. When was it founded? 1931 4. Who were the founder members? Great Britain, the Irish Free State (now the Republic of Ireland), Canada, Newfoundland (since 1949 part of Canada), Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. 5. Are they still members? Why
elected President. He was against slavery and promised to stop it from spreading any further. 11 Southern States decided to break away from the Union. The Federal Government did not allow this and a bloody Civil War began. In 1865, the North won the war. The Constitution was amended to abolish slavery and solidify the Union. When World War I began in 1914, America tried to stay out of the fighting, but it did not want Germany to win. In 1917 it entered the war as an ally of Britian and France. The allies won in 1918. In 1933, a Nazi dictatorship came to power in Germany. World War II began in 1939. again most Americans wanted to stay out of the war. They were called isolationists. America stayed out of the war until 1941, when its own territoy was attacked. After that, Americans were again fighting alongside the British in a common cause and they won. When the war ended in 1945, only two great powers were left: the USA and the Soviet Union
Operation failed Expeditionary force witdrew The Mesopotamian campaign Began in 1914, when an Indian force landed at Abadan to protect oil installations. It was a British campaign, aim was to secure Persian oil supplies. 1916 10 000 soldiers were captured by the Turks. Baghdad fell. The Tyrks were defeated, adied by the Arab revolt. Jerusalem was taken in the end of 1917 and Damascus and Aleppo fell in 1918 The campaign on the West Front Britian always tried to seize the initiative but it resulted in huge casualties. Several battles. Huge damages, failure. Poison gas used for the first time. German defences were last broken through by the allies. The german leadres agreed to armistice, war became to a sudden end The campaign for the irish HomeRule in the 19 C and 20 C A movement to repeal the Act of Union between britain and Ireland, gave ireland parliament responsible for domestic affairs.
397 Mara code, 331 Mary, Queen of Scots, 86-90, 417 Masking system, 293 Masons, 413 "Mathematical Theory of Communication, A," 443- 444 Mathematics, 339, 440, 442 See also Statistics Mauborgne, J. O., 198-199, 301 as Chief Signal Officer, 7, 24 cryptologic highlights, 7 invents unbreakable cipher, 198-199 May, A. N., 371 Mayfield, I. S., 16, 40 Mellenthin, F. W. von, 365, 366 Menet Khufu, 68 Mesopotamia, 72 Mexican microdot ring, 288 Meyer, A., 207 M.I. l(b), 172, 187, 264 M.I. 8 (Great Britian), 264 Mi-8 (U.S.), 168-173 Microdot, 287-289 Middle Ages, 78-79 Mid-Pacific Strategic Direc- tion-Finder Net, 9, 11 Midway, Battle of, 309-310, 311-314 Minckler, R. W., 11 Mitchell, B. F., 390-391, 396-397 Mitchell, J. W., 336 Mobasheri, J., 374-376 Monalphabetic substitution, 77-79, 406, 407, 412, 413, 417, 444-445 definition, vii solution of, 81-83 See also Atbash; Caesar substitution; Checkerboard Montdidier, Battle of, 164 Montgomery, B., 256 Montgomery, W., 134-135, 138-139, 263 Moorman, F