Washington D.C. the capital of the USA

Reálie anglicky
mluvících zemí
Zpracováno v rámci projektu : „EU Peníze SŠ“, reg. číslo: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0053
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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.
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Spojených států, orientují se v mapě
 Žáci dovedou rozeznávat nejznámější stavby a místa ve
Washingtonu D.C.
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snímku
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
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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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