PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE USA
WASHINGTON– Washington is the capital of the USA
-it is named by George Washington
-It is situated on the Potomac River
–The White house– is seat of American President
It wasn´t always white. It was repainted after fire which was made
by British people.
-The Lincoln Memorial– it is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln who was a president
during the American Civil War. He cancelled slavery as well
-The Capitol– it´s place where the Senate and House of Representative meet together
–The Washington memorial– it is called The Washington monument as well-
–Jefferson memorial
-The Smithsonian Institution- there are museums and Zoo.
–The Pentagon- is the largest single building in the world
–The Vietnam Veterans Memorial- is a black granite wall where are the names soldiers
killed or missing in the Vietnam War.
–the Arlington Cemetery- it is in Virginia
NY-it is called Big Apple
-it´s the biggest city in the USA
-it has 5 parts: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.
-it is located on the Hudson River
-UP TOWN– Central Park– it is the biggest park in NY
-there is a memorial of John Lennon
-it is a place for relaxation
–Harlem-there live mainly black people
-there is the highest criminality in NY
–Lincoln´s centre – is cultural centre. There is a philharmonic and ballet
–Broadway– is famous because of musicals and plays
-MID TOWN- The Empire State Building-is probably the best known building in NY
– The Rockefeller Centre
– Times Square- is named by New York Times
It is something like Trafalgar square in London
-there are hundreds of advertisements
-St. Patrick´s cathedral– it is made in neogothic style
-it is in the centre of NY- in the past it too different place, but
at present NY is bigger
–Madison square garden– is the most popular sport centre in NY
–Carnegie hall– there are concerts
-DOWN TOWN-is the oldest part, so there are no streets and avenues
-There is The China Town and Little Italy, where live minorities
–WTC= World Trading Centre
-it was called Twins
-11th September it was damaged because of terrorists.
–Wall street– it is economical centre and seat of NY stock market
– The Brooklyn Bridge- it joins Brooklyn and Manhattan together
THE EVERGLADES– it is in Florida
-it isn’t swamp as many people think, it is a river
-the fastest way of travelling is airboat there
-you can see endangered animals as alligators or crocodiles there
YOSEMITE NP– it is situated in Sierra Nevada Mountains
-there are rocks, waterfalls, lake glaciers etc
-it is attractive mainly for rock climbers
THE GRAND CANYON– is one of the natural wonders
– You can rafting, hiking or travel by helicopter there
SEQUOIJA NP-Sequoias are huge old trees
-this park is full of them
YELLOW STONE NP– is in Wyoming
-it is the oldest National park in the USA
-there are volcanoes and hot springs
DEAD VALLEY-there died lots of seekers of gold
-it is extremely hot place
BOSTON– close to Boston there is Harvard University so there is high intelligence
-Boston tea party
PHILADELPHIA– was the capital before Washington
ATLANTA-there is the seat of Coca Cola
-in 1996 there were the Olympic Games
MIAMI– it is ideal place for holidays, because there is a beautiful weather and there is Disney world
too.
HOUSTON– NASA seats there
-there are lots of oil industries
-it´s famous because of rodeo
NEW ORLEANS– in the past Louisiana was French colony, so there live French people
-it is multicultural city- there is lots of black people
-it´s city of jazz and magic
MEMPHIS– city of Rock´n´roll
-Elvis Presley came from Memphis
TENESEE– is centre of country music
LA- is famous because of Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Disney Land
SAN FRANCISCO– there is a huge China Town
-it is very hilly place so there are special cable cars
-Alcatraz is connected with San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge
-Alcatraz is a famous prison
SEATTLE-close to Seattle is situated Silicon valley where seats Microsoft
CHICAGO-there is the highest criminality in the USA
There is quite big minority of Czech and Polack people
DETROIT– is called Mottown or The city if steel
-there seats General Motors
LAS VEGAS– it is gambling centre
-there is no problem to get marrie