THE PRESIDENT

OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA (the USA)

Who is the president of the United States?
Do you know the names of other U.S. presidents? What are they famous for?
Do you want to be president of the United States of America? Maybe you can apply for the job. Answer these three
questions. Are you a U.S. citizen? Are you thirty-fie years old or older? !ae you been a resident of the United States
for fourteen years or lon"er? Did you say #yes# to all three questions? $hen you can ta%e the first steps to the &hite
!ouse.
'ou become president for a term. A term is four years. 'ou can only sere two terms. $his means that you can only be
president twice. $his became law in ()*(.
+efore that, the law was different. -n fact, .ran%lin D. /ooseelt became president in ()00. !e was still president
when he died in ()1*. !e was president for twele years. 2o one was president lon"er than he was.
As president of the United States, you earn 3455,555 a year. 'ou also "et an e6tra 3*5,555 for e6penses, ta6 free.
'ou hae your own limousine, jet, and house%eepers, all free. 'ou also lie rent free, in the &hite !ouse in
&ashin"ton, D.7. And you are head of the richest country in the world.
8residents of the United States are ery different people.
$wenty-two were lawyers, four soldiers, four farmers, four teachers, two writers, two businessmen, one en"ineer,
one tailor, and one actor. 9i"ht of them did not hae a colle"e education:
1. VOCABULARY
/eplace the underlined words in the sentences with the words below.
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$o be president, you must be a person who lives in the United States for fourteeen years.
$o be president, you must be a person whose country is the United States.
'ou become president for a fixed period of time.
A president can only work for two terms.
&hen you are president, you make 3455,555 a year.
'ou also "et 3*5,555 for money to pay for other things you need.
As president, you "et free use of an expensive car with a driver.
+efore ()*(, you could be president for more than ei"ht years. In truth, .ran%lin D. /ooseelt was president for twele
years.
,. COMPREHENSION
2A. Looking for Main Ideas Write compete answers to these !uestions.
(. !ow lon" can you be president for?
4. !ow much do you earn as president of the United States?
0. !ow many presidents were lawyers?
2". Looking for Detais #ne word in each sentence is not correct. $ross out the word and write the correct answer
a%o&e it.
$o be president, you must be forty-fie years old or older.
$o be president, you must be a lawyer in the United States for fourteen years.
A term is ei"ht years.
.ran%lin D. /ooseelt was president for two terms.
9i"ht presidents did not hae a teacher education.
As president, you are the businessman of the richest country in the world
-. .RAMMAR
Ma%e these sentences plural.
9;AM8<9= >ne president was a lawyer.
$wenty-two residents were lawyers.
>ne president was a soldier.
.our ..................
>ne president was a writer.
$wo ......................
>ne president was a businessman.
$wo .....................
>ne president did not hae a colle"e education.
9i"ht ...........................
!e was president of the United States.
$hey ..........................
/. DISCUSSION
Discuss the answers to these questions with your
classmates.
&hat ma%es a "ood president?
&ho is your faorite president? &hy?
7an a woman be president?