• introduction
• was chosen by G. Washington
• 600 000 people
• District of Columbia
• centre of legislative, administrative and judicial
• 1,2,3 → N-S, A,B,C → E-W, major avenues after some of the 50 states
• The US Capitol – seat of Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate
• The Pantagon – the centre of military forces
• The Library of Congress – the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, 29 milion books, 12 million
photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts
• The Mall – park, Capitol-Washington Monument, 7 Smithsonian Instution museums: National Air and Space Museum
• The Washington Monument – white obelisk, marble, 45m
• The Jefferson Memorial – bronze staue of Jefferson (stand), outside are cherry trees (City Tokyo presented to DC)
• The Lincoln Memorial – Greek temple, 36 columns, white marble statue (seated)
• The White House – residence of President, 132 rooms
• Arlington National Cemetery – Veterans buried there, Kennedy Memorial Grave
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial – people, who dead in Vietnam War, polished black granite walls
• Democratic – donkey, Republicant - elephant
Plot of New York City:
• introduction
• history – indians → Dutchmans → New Yorkers
• nicknames: melting pot, big apple and city, that never sleep
• inhabitants + surround
• 5 parts
• rivers
• avenues → N-S, streets → E-W, 5th avenue – fashion, Wall street, Broodway – theater
• skyscraper
• traffic transport
• famous place (Empire State Building, Central park, Macy – world’s largest store)
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