Red Line 4, Coursebook

12 twe l ve When did you last see fireworks? Why do you think this part of the US is called New England? Who is the US President at the moment? October TheWhite House I spent a day inWashington D.C., the capital.The President of the United States lives here, in theWhite House. He didn’t have any time for me, so I went on to NewYork City. September New England The white people started to come to the US from Europe in the early 1600s.They built what are the oldest towns of the US, in New England. I took this photo near Boston. July Independence Day There’s a big party every year on 4th July, or Independence Day, when Americans celebrate their freedom from England. Everybody wears the colours of the American flag and goes out in the evening to watch the fireworks. August The Midwest I stopped for lunch at this typical small town in the huge Midwest, the area between Kansas and Ohio.“Nice folks here,” as the Americans say – but the Midwest is not the most interesting place in the world. All you see here is corn and wheat for hundreds and hundreds of miles.That’s why they call this part of the US the ‘Corn Belt’. Z Zoom-in Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv