Introduction to the USA

Here is the text from our lesson.
Tady je text, se kterým jsme pracovali v hodině.
  


 

There are 50 states in America. The capital city of the United States is Washington, D.C. Other big cities are New York, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. The most *important *person in America is the president. You can visit beautiful places like Niagara Falls and Grand Canyon. Favourite *national sports are baseball, American football, basketball, and hockey. The first man on the moon was an American.

*Vocabulary:
important /ɪmˈpɔːtənt/ důležitý
person /ˈpɜːsən/ osoba, člověk
national /ˈnæʃənəl/ národní 

Do you know all the 50 states in the U.S.? If not, look here!

   Znáte všech padesát států USA? Jestli ne, podívej se sem!

 Please, do the quiz!

Prosím, vyplňte kvíz!
 

USA Introduction

Source:

MATZ, Mary. Discovering America. Praha: Nakladatelství Bridge, 2003.
* The pictures are borrowed from publically available sources. All links to the picture sources are included in the bibliography of the diploma thesis.
** The vocabulary translations and transcriptions are borrowed from Oxford studijní slovník: výkladový slovník angličtiny s českým překladem. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-430655-3.