New York City Washington, D.C. Los Angeles San Francisco Las Vegas

NÁZEV ŠKOLY: Gymnázium Lovosice, Sady pionýrů 600/6 ČÍSLO PROJEKTU: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/ NÁZEV MATERIÁLU: VY_32_INOVACE_5B_19_American.cities TÉMA SADY: Konverzační témata a specifická slovní zásoba z angličtiny ROČNÍK: oktáva/4.A DATUM VZNIKU: březen 2014 AUTOR: Mgr. Lucie Kučerová

 tento výukový materiál slouží k osvojení znalostí nutných ke zvládnutí maturitního tématu American cities v angličtině a je určen k prezentaci na interaktivní tabuli všechny snímky jsou opatřený animací, čímž vzniká prostor pro interakci studentů a komunikaci v angličtině faktografické informace jsou v prezentaci ilustrovány fotografiemi, které se v některých případech objeví po kliknutí v okamžiku, kdy se o daném faktu hovoří v prezentaci; při následujícím kliknutí zase zmizí, aby nerušil v pokračování prezentace materiál je opatřen třemi hypertextovými odkazy na stránku youtube.com; první je ve snímku číslo šest a odkazuje na krátký dokumentární film o Washingtonu DC, druhý se ve snímku číslo třináct a odkazuje na dokument o Los Angeles a třetí ve snímku číslo čtrnáct je o San Franciscu prezentace je koncipována tak, aby vzniklo co nejvíce prostoru pro aktivní zapojení studentů do hodiny

 more than 8 million inhabitants  5 boroughs: Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens  Carnegie Hall ◦ historical concert stage building ◦ about 100 concerts (modern/classical) held there  The Metropolitan Museum of Art ◦ more than 2 million works of art  The Empire State Building

 Liberty Island, New York Harbor, Manhattan  a gift to the USA from the French  represents Libertas (Roman godess of freedom)  many symbols: ◦ a torch ◦ broken chains ◦ a tablet with the date of July 4, 1776 ◦ spiked crown ◦ sandals, robe

 D.C. = District of Columbia = separate area  named after the first president George Washington  the seat of all the country‘s big federal offices ◦ the White House (the president) ◦ the Capitol (the Congress)  the National Mall ◦ a large open area in the center of the city. ◦ Washington Monument, Jefferson Memorial, the National World War II Memorial, etc.

 The White House ◦ the symbol of the American presidency ◦ the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States ◦ built between 1792and 1800 ◦ not originally white  burnt by the British in the War of 1812  later restored and painted its present colour

 honors America‘s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln ◦ in service during the American Civil War ◦ opposed slavery ◦ assassinated while watching a play  the form of a Greek temple ◦ recalls classical period that gave humankind the first democracy  many famous speeches held there ◦ e.g. Martin Luther King‘s I have a Dream

 remembers those who served in the Korean War ( )  the form of a large triangle made from black stone ◦ archive images from the war  19 steel statues of soldiers on patrol ◦ dressed in full combat gear ◦ spread among the bushes representing the terrain of Korea

 the newest memorial on the Mall  the first memorial to honor an Afro-American  dedicated to Dr. King, a pastor in Georgia ◦ led many non-violent protests against segregation and racial inequality during the 1950s and 1960s ◦ the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (35) ◦ assassinated after giving a speech in Memphis in 1968

 honors George Washington, the country‘s first president  170 meters tall obelisk ◦ the world‘s tallest stone structure ◦ 36,000 blocks of marble and granite stones  visible from almost all over the city

 the political center of the US government ◦ the Senate ◦ the House of Representatives  on the top of Capitol Hill  its dome is topped by the bronze Statue of Freedom

 four million inhabitants ◦ ethnically diverse ◦ many immigrants from Latin America and Asia  Hollywood ◦ Hollywood walk of fame  Mann‘s Chinese Theater ◦ built in 1927 to be the world‘s greatest cinema ◦ autographs of movie stars written in cement in the theatre‘s courtyard

 built on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay  known for its steep hills  Golden Gate Bridge ◦ built in1937 as the largest one in the USA ◦ more than 100,000 cars cross it every day  Alcatraz Island ◦ originally a lighthouse, then a military port ◦ best-known for being a prison  a National Historic Monument now

 in Nevada desert  the city that never sleeps  the only place where all types of hazard are legal  home of world-famous casinos, hotels and world sights replicas

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