Red Line 4, Coursebook

thir teen 13 You can find out more about the musical on the Internet. Find the four states on the map at the front of the book.Which states are in the east, which are in the west? Make your own list of US facts. Here are some ideas: • How many states? • Important day? • Capital? You could also collect information about an American city or movie star for a US file. Why not add to the file as you work through this book? Number plates Each of the 50 US states has a different number plate (in the US: license plate). Here are some of the plates I saw on my journey. US facts Here are some more US facts: • There are more than 290 million Americans. Everyone who is born in the US gets an American passport. • The state of Alaska is bigger than Germany, France and Spain together. • The journey from L.A. to NYC takes five and a half hours by plane. (It’s about 2,400 miles.) • There are five time zones in the US. Hawaii is five hours behind NewYork City, which has East Coast time. November West Side Story I like to be in America! OK by me in America! Everything free in America, for a small fee in America! I love musicals, and one night I went to see a real classic: West Side Story. It’s got SO many good songs, like ‘America’.What do you think of it? The story is about immigrants in NewYork and their problems. November Empire State Building My last stop was NewYork City! I LOVE the city’s energy, its size, its huge SKYSCRAPERS, like the Empire State Building. I hope you’ll love it, too. Zoom-in Z Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv