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The USA sights. By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová. VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r02 10. Match the attractions. 1/ Las Vegas 2/ Florida 3/ Los Angeles 4/ Chicago 5/ New Orleans 6/ Houston 7/ San Francisco 8/ Dallas 8/ Atlanta 9/ Detroit 10/ South Dakota. a/ Willis ( Sears ) Tower, Al Capone, Windy City
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The USAsights By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0210
Match the attractions 1/ Las Vegas 2/ Florida 3/ Los Angeles 4/ Chicago 5/ New Orleans 6/ Houston 7/ San Francisco 8/ Dallas 8/ Atlanta 9/ Detroit 10/ South Dakota a/Willis (Sears) Tower, Al Capone, Windy City b/ NASA base c/ home to CNN, Coca-Cola, 1996 Olympics d/ Golden Gate Bridge, Lombard street, cable cars e/ the birthplace of jazz and blues, “Mardi Gras”, Creoles f/ J.F. Kennedy shot in 1963 g/ Mount Rushmore h/ Ford, Chrysler, Pontiac, Chevrolet i/ Hollywood, Beverly Hills j/ Everglades NP, Kennedy Space Center, Disneyworld k/ neon lighting and casino gambling
Which attraction? Choose from: a/ Golden Gate Bridge b/ Las Vegas c/ Old Faithful Geyser d/ Disney World (FL) e/ Lombard St. f/ Cape Canaveral g/ Willis Tower (Chicago) h/ Hollywood (LA) i/ Mount Rushmore j/ Yellowstone NP 1/ The US crookest street in SF 2/ The faces of Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson carved in rock 3/ Lying in the Mojave desert, in 1940s became the gambling center 4/ Spacecraft is launched; Discovery, Columbia, Atlantis, Endeavour 5/ 2.7km, opened in 1937, made of steel, 6 lanes of vehicles and pedestrians 6/ 442 m, completed in 1973, 2nd tallest US building, 108 stores 7/ Home to the Dolby Theatre where Oscar awards have been given since 2002 8/ opened in 1971, 47 sq/miles, meet Mickey and Minnie, Cinderella Castle in the Magic kingdom 9/ 8,983 km2, A supervolcano in Wyoming (Montana/Idaho), grizzly bears, wolves, bison, elk 10/ Erupts up to 56 m, almost every 91 minutes
Do you remember? 1) What desert does Las Vegas lie in? Mojave 2) Can you name all 4 presidents carved in Mount Rushmore? Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt 3) How long is Golden Gate Bridge? 2.7 km 4) What superlative does Lombard street have? The crookest 5) How many stores are there in Willis Tower? 108 6) How often does Old Faithful erupt? Every 91 minutes 7/ When was Disney World opened? 1971
Sources: http://skola.amoskadan.cz/s_aj/ajhtm/ae/ae06.htm#INTERESTING_PLACES_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_vegas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_shuttle_missions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser