New-York

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New-York

• I- Anticipation.
• 1- Oral conversation
• Which words or phrases do you think of when you
  hear the name New-York ?
• Mandala propositions des élèves.

Lights
World Trade Centre
Broadway
Big Apple
Capital city
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North America
Skyscrapers
New-York
The statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
American city
The Empire State Building
The U.S.A.
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2- Where is New-York located?
New-York
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3- Carte des U.S.AQue signifie U.S.A?
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Présentation de New-York

• Diaporama N2 chanson de Madonna.

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MadonnaI Love New-York

• Listen to the song and complete the blanks.

I dont like _______________________ But I
___________________ New York Other
_________________make me feel like a dork Los
Angeles is for _________________ who
_______________ _______________ and London Baby
you can keep (chorus) Other cities
_______________ make me mad Other places
__________________ make me _________ No other
city ever made me _______________ except New
York I ____________ New York (x3) If you dont
like my ___________________ Then you can F
off Just go to _____________________ Isnt that
where they __________________ New York is not for
___________________ pussies who _____________ If
you cant stand the _____________________ Then
get off my _____________________ (chorus) Other
cities ___________ make me mad Other places
__________________ make me _____________ No other
cities ever made me ____________________ except
New York I ___________________ New York (x3)
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I LOVE NEW YORK Correction

• I dont like cities
• But I like New York
• Other places make me feel like a dork
• Los Angeles is for people who sleep
• Paris and London
• Baby you can keep
• (chorus)
• Other cities always make me mad
• Other places always make me sad
• No other city ever made me glad except New York
• I love New York (x3)
• If you dont like my attitude
• Then you can F off
• Just go to Texas
• Isnt that where they golf
• New York is not for little pussies who scream
• If you cant stand the heat
• Then get off my street
• (chorus)

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The main skyscrapers
Empire State Building
One Penn Plaza
40 Wall Street
World trump Tower
Time Warner center
70 Pine Street
GE Building Rockfeller Center
City Group Center NY
General Motors Building
Chase Manhattan
Chrysler Building
Cityspire
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New Yorks skyscrapers Position, height, year
Height (m) Height (ft) Year Building
1 417 1372 1973 World Trade Center (destroyed)
2 381 1253 1931 Empire State Building
3 317.7 1045 1030 Chrysler Building
4 290 954 1932 70 Pine Street
5 281.8 927 1930 40 Wall Street
6 278.2 915 1977 Citygroup Center New York
7 262.5 863 2001 Trump World Tower
8 258.4 850 1933 GE Building
9 248 818 1987 Cityspire
1O 247.2 813 1961 Chase Manhattan Plaza
18 228 750 1972 One Penn Plaza
19 228 750 2004 Time Warner Center
27 214.3 705 1968 General Motors building
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THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

• She represents the United States and she
  welcomes all visitors and immigrants. But the
  famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York
  harbour was built in France.
• It all started at dinner one night near Paris
  in 1865. A group of Frenchmen were discussing
  their emperor and the democratic government for
  the U.S. They decided to build a monument to
  American freedomand perhaps even strengthen
  French demands for democracy in their own
  country. At that dinner was the sculptor
  Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. He imagined a statue
  of a woman holding a torch burning with the light
  of freedom. An internal iron structure was
  designed by Gustave Eiffel.
• Turning Bartholdis idea into reality took 21
  years. French supporters raised money to build
  the statue, and Americans paid for the pedestal
  it would stand on.
• The statue was presented to the U.S., taken
  apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in
  crates and rebuilt in the U.S. It was Frances
  gift to the American people.
• Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated.

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NEW-YORK THE SATUE OF LIBERTY

• I- FAST READING
• 1- Look at the document and complete.
• This document is composed of
• -----------------------------------
• -----------------------------------
• -----------------------------------
• 2- Which paragraph corresponds to the following
  titles?
• The aim (objective) is reached. -------------
• The statue a symbol. --------------------
• How it began. -------------------
• A trip to the U.S.A. -------------------------
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• Money for the statue. -------------------------
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• II- VOCABULARY
• 1- Find, in the text, the synonyms for the
  following words or expressions.
• - Port .
• - Next to
• - A building ..
• - Liberty .
• - Drawn .
• - Carried by boat
• - Present .
• 2- Transparent words
• Find, in the text, the English equivalents for
  the French ones below.
• - représente
• - visiteurs
• - groupe
• - demande
• - imaginer

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• III- COMPREHENSION
• 1- Which pronoun is used to talk about the
  statue? Why?
• 2- Pick out all the names of persons and places
  and say who and what they correspond to.
• 3- Which events do these dates correspond to?
• - 1865
• - 1886
• 4- Right or wrong? Justify your answer by
  quoting from the text.
• a) No Europeans participated to the building of
  the statue.
• b) The statue was the symbol of New York only.
• c) The statue was the symbol of slavery.
• d) France was, at the time, a democratic
  country.
• e) Bartholdi was a painter.
• f) Nobody wanted to pay for the statue.