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Culture 2 The USA – City Life

Reading Your culture

1 3.40 Read about the USA. How many 3 In pairs, answer the questions.

states are there in the USA? 1 What is the largest city in your country?
2 3.40 Read about the USA again. Answer 2 What is your favourite city in your country?
3 What other cities do you know in Europe
the questions.
and the USA?
1 I s the USA a multicultural country? Why?
2 What is the capital of the USA? Why is this city 4 Write a short paragraph about your favourite
important? city in your country. Use your answers to
3 What’s the ‘Big Apple’? Exercise 3 and the USA examples to help you.
4 Which famous buildings are in New York?
5 What’s the weather like in LA?

The USA

The USA has 50 states and they are all
different. There are many different kinds of
climate, landscape, cities and culture in the
USA. People from all over the world live
there. It is very multicultural.

DC I love NYC City of Angels
Washington The ‘Big Los Angeles
DC is the Apple’ has a (LA) is very
capital of population multicultural.
the USA. of 8.2 million People from
It is a very people. all over the
important The New world live,
city. The President and his family York skyline is very famous. It has work and enjoy the good weather
live in Washington DC in the White some very tall buildings called in LA. The city has many important
House. The White House has skyscrapers. The Empire State centres of culture, science and
tennis courts, a swimming pool Building and the Chrysler building technology and it is the movie
and a cinema for the President’s are very easy to recognise. The capital of the world! You can see
family. Inside the White House is Statue of Liberty is in New York the famous Hollywood sign in the
the Oval Office. It is the offi ce of Harbour. It was a present from the hills of the city. You can also walk

the President. Many leaders from people of France to the USA. It is a down Hollywood Boulevard and see
around the world travel to the Oval symbol of freedom and democracy. the handprints of famous actors.
Office to meet the President.

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