Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí

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Datum vytvoření: 2012/2013

Autor: Mgr. Hana Svrčková

Škola: Střední průmyslová škola textilní, Liberec, Tyršova1, příspěvková organizace

Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí

14. Washington D.C.

Výukové cíle:

Žáci dovedou prezentovat své znalosti o hlavním městě Spojených států, orientují se v mapě

Žáci dovedou rozeznávat nejznámější stavby a místa ve Washingtonu D.C.

Metodické poznámky:

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Washington D.C.

• the seat of the federal government, the

President, the Congress and the Supreme

Court.

• The city is not a part of any state, it covers

the area of the District of Columbia

between Maryland and Virginia on the

Potomac River.

• Find the city on the map

Washington D.C.

History of the nation‘s capital

• The first capital of the USA was

Philadelphia.

• Washington D.C. was built at the end of

the 18th century and the capital moved

there in 1800.

• It was named in the honour of G.

Washington, the first American president.

Architecture

• A French architect Pierre Charles L’Enfant

created a design of the city based on

Versailles.

• Most buildings are in the neoclassical

style, avenues are tree-lined.

• Most main government buildings,

monuments and museums stand around

the Mall area (a large, open space).

The Mall

The layout of the city

The White House

• the home of the

US president

• some rooms are

open to public

• Stands at 1600

Pennsylvania

Avenue

The Capitol

• seat of the U.S.

Congress, the

House of

Representatives

and the Senate

• No building in

Washington DC

can be higher

than the Capitol

The Library of Congess

• includes

about 98

million

items

Washington Monument

• Built in honour of

George

Washington

• Is 169 m high, when

finished in 1884, it

was the highest

building in the

world

Lincoln Memorial

• It looks like a

Greek temple

and contains a

large seated

sculpture of

Abraham

Lincoln and

inscriptions of

two well-known

speeches of his

Airlington National Cemetery

• A military

cemetery where

veterans since the

Civil War to the

War in Afghanistan

are burried

National Air and Space Museum

• Is one of the

most visited

museums in

the USA

What do you know? 1. Washington D.C. lies between Maryland and

Virginia on the Hudson river.

2. The first capitol of the USA was Boston.

3. The Mall is the area outside the White House.

4. The layout of streets in Washington D. C. is based of

the design of Paris.

5. The Capitol is the seat of American government.

6. Lincoln Memorial is a high column on the Mall.

Answer key

1. On the Potomac river.

2. Philadelphia.

3. The Mall is an open green space around which the

main buildings are built, but the White House lies at

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

4. On Versailles.

5. The seat of Congress.

6. Washington Momument.

Použitá literatura

• BORSBEY, Janet, SWAN, Ruth: Crossing Cultures, reálie anglicky mluvících

zemí. 1. vyd. Dubicko: INFOA. ISBN 978-80-7240-683-8

• BRENDLOVÁ, Světla: Reálie anglicky mluvících zemí, 2. dopl. Vyd. Plzeň: FRAUS.

ISBN 80-7238-307-8

• CUNNINGHAM, Sarah, MOOR, Peter: New Cutting Edge Intermediate

Student‘s Book. 3. vyd. 2007. Harlow: PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED. ISBN – 13:

978-0-582-82517-8

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