civilizációbtételek visual aid to speaking exams of british & american civilisation

“I think it was his eyes! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture – a pale blue eye , with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold : and so by degrees – very gradually – I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the e forever.”

Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado.

‘Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore “ ‘

Item CHINA USAGDP Size $5.745 Trillion $14.6 Trillion

Labor Force 780 Million 154.9 million

Unemployment Rate 4.30% 9.70%

Population below Povery Rate

2.80% 12.0%

Budget-Revenue $1.149 Trillion $2.02 Trillion

Budget-Expenditures

$1.27 Trillion $3.397 Trillion

Public Debt 17.5% of GDP 58.9% of GDP

Oil Consumption 8.2 million bbl/day 18.69 million bbl/day

Current Account Balance

$272.5 billion $ -561.0 billion

Debt – External $406.6 billion $13.98 Trillion

FDI Abroad $278.9 billion $3.507 Trillion

Social classes in Britain

Class

% of househo

ldsA Upper middle class

(senior civil servants, professional, senior management and finance)

3

B Middle class (middle managerial) 16C1 Lower middle class

(junior managerial/clerical, non-manual workers)26

C2 Skilled working class 26D Semi-skilled /unskilled working class 17E Residual (dependent on state benefit,

unemployed ,occasional part-time)13

“ This day honors American soldiers killed in war. There are many parades on this day. It is on the last Monday in May, and it is also the unofficial beginning of the summer vacation season.”

“This day honors the American worker. It falls on the first Monday of September , it marks the end of summer.”