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A. Read and complete the paragraphs 1 6 with the sentences a-f.
Then listen and check your answers. 

THEUS OFA! Alaska is the largest

state in the USA.
It is bigger than The US flag is
France, Spain, called the ʻStars
Italy and the UK and Stripesʼ or
together. 1
sometimes ʻOld
a. Its nickname is ‘the windy city’. © MM Publications
Mount Rushmore, Gloryʼ. 2
in South Dakota,
is a mountain with
a sculpture of
the heads of four
presidents cut into
the side of it! 3

Chicago is the third
largest city in the US. It
California is on lies on the shore of Lake
the west coast Michigan which is one of
of the USA. the ʻGreat Lakesʼ and it
There are two
main cities, Los can get very cold there in
Angeles, famous the winter. 4
for the Hollywood N e w Y o r k Ci t y i s t h e c o u n t r y ʼ s
New York City is the countryʼs
film studios and San largest city with a population of
Francisco, famous for the Golden over 8 million. It is very popular
Gate Bridge. 5 with tourists who come to the
theatres, museums and sights like
theatres, museums and sights like
the Statue of Liberty. 6
DID YOU KNOW?

d. The USA bought this land from Russia in
b. From left to right they are George 1867 for $7 million.
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore e. There are fifty stars on it, one for each
Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. state.
c. It’s 1,280 metres long and goes from one f. The statue was a gift from France in the
side of San Francisco Bay to the other. late 19 century.
th

CULTURE FOCUS
B. Read again and write T for True, F for False or NM for
Not Mentioned. There have been many famous
1. ‘Old Glory’ is another name for the flag of the USA. Serbian-Americans in history.
Inventor and electrical engineer
2. California usually has good weather. Nikola Tesla, poet Charles Simic and
physicist Mihajlo Pupin are just three
3. You can see the heads of four presidents at Mount Rushmore.
of the most well-known ones.
4. The Golden Gate Bridge is in Los Angeles. Do you know any other famous
Serbian-Americans?
5. 8 million tourists visit New York City every year.
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