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New York: sights

New York: sights. By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová. VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r02 13. 5 boroughs. Manhattan 2) Brooklyn 3) Queens 4) The Bronx 5) Staten Island. Which boroughs are these bridges between? George Washington Bridge Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Brooklyn Bridge. Can you name the sights?.

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New York: sights

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  1. New York: sights By Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová VY_32_INOVACE_AJ3r0213

  2. 5 boroughs Manhattan 2) Brooklyn 3) Queens 4) The Bronx 5) Staten Island Which boroughs are these bridges between? George Washington Bridge Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Brooklyn Bridge

  3. Can you name the sights? The Flatiron Building The Brooklyn Bridge The Statue of Liberty

  4. Can you name the sights? St. Patrick‘s Cathedral The American museum of Natural History Radio City Music Hall

  5. Can you name the sights? Empire State Building Times Square Central Park

  6. Which of the sights are these? 1) Completed in 1883, it is the first bridge to be constructed using steel. The bridge links the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn The Brooklyn Bridge 2) Named after the Dutch protection against Indians and later the English, nowadays it is the financial center: Wall Street 3) The two 110-storey office towers that were completed in 1970 and crashed down as a result of terrorist attack on September 11, 2001: World Trade Center/ Twin towers

  7. 4) Built in 1895 to commemorate Washington’s inauguration, situated on Washington Square (a place of duels and executions) Marble Arch 5) The place where thousands of people celebrate New Year, while watching the lighted ball drop Times Square 6) The largest Roman Catholic church in America and the eleventh largest church in the world, coming from the 2nd half of the 19th c: St. Patrick‘s Church 7) Founded in 1870, it houses works from such artists as Pablo Picasso or Vincent Van Gogh. More than 100,000 works are contained there for example Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory: Museum of Modern Arts (MoMA)

  8. 8) Art-deco style building, completed in1930, 1048 feet high (77 floors), designed to resemble an automobile: Chrysler Building 9) Home of the Knicks basketball team and the New York Rangers ice hockey team, hosts over 600 events a year (rock concerts, wrestling, boxing matches, etc.): Madison Square Garden 10) Officially opened in 1876, people can enjoy a Zoo, an ice-skating rink, three small lakes, an open-air theatre, many athletic playing fields and children's playgrounds, several fountains, and hundreds of small monuments and plaques scattered through the area: Central Park

  9. 11) Built in 1931, it has 102 stores and is 381 m high, 73 elevators, Even in the winds up to 300 km per hour, the structure sways no more than about 2 cm: Empire State Building 12) Built in the Art Deco style which utilizes glass, aluminum, chrome, and geometric ornamentation. Events such as awarding Grammy Awards annually take place here: Radio City Music Hall

  10. The missing info ________________ was completed in 1883, it is the first bridge to be constructed using __________. The bridge links the boroughs of _________ and ___________. _________ Street was named after the Dutch protection against __________ and later the __________, nowadays it is the __________ center. WTC: The two 110-storey office towers that were completed in 1970 and crashed down as a result of __________ attack on __________ 11, _____:

  11. Marble ______ was built in 1895 to commemorate Washington’s inauguration, situated on ______________ (a place of duels and __________) __________ is the place where thousands of people celebrate _________, while watching the lighted _________. St. ___________ Cathedral is the largest Roman _________ church in America and the ___________ largest church in the world, coming from the 2nd half of the ____th c: _________ was founded in 1870, it houses works from such artists as Pablo ______ or Vincent _________. More than 100,000 works are contained there for example Andy _______'s Marilyn ________ .

  12. ______________isArt-deco style skyscraper, completed in19____, 1048 feet high (77 floors), designed to resemble ___________ ________ is homeof the ________basketball team and the New York ___________ice hockey team, hosts over 600 events a year (rock concerts, wrestling, boxing matches, etc.): ________ wasofficiallyopened in 1876, people can enjoy a Zoo, an ice-skating ______, three small lakes, an open-air ______, many athletic playing fields and children's _______, several fountains, and hundreds of small monuments and statues (Alice in _______)

  13. _______ wasbuiltin 1931, it has 102 stores and is 381 m high, 73 elevators, evenin the winds up to 300 km per hour, the structure sways no more than about ___cm: Radio ______ Music ______ wasbuiltin the Art Deco style which utilizes glass, aluminum, chrome, and geometric ornamentation. Events such as awarding _____________annually take place here.

  14. Sources: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map_Julius_Schorzman.png/616px-5_Boroughs_Labels_New_York_City_Map_Julius_Schorzman.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/NYC_Brooklyn_Bridge_western_ramp.jpg/800px-NYC_Brooklyn_Bridge_western_ramp.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Flatiron_building_by_day_september_20004.jpg/436px-Flatiron_building_by_day_september_20004.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Statue_of_Liberty.jpg/800px-Statue_of_Liberty.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Radio_city_exterior.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Natural-history-museum.jpg/800px-Natural-history-museum.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Saint_Patrick_front1.jpg/450px-Saint_Patrick_front1.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Time_Square_in_NYC%2C_2007.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/New_York_%2840%29.jpg/400px-New_York_%2840%29.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/CentralParkFromAboveCropped.jpg http://www.skola.amoskadan.cz/s_aj/ajhtm/ae/ae07.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building

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