COORECTION : HELLO FROM USA 1

1) Warming up: How much I know about USA? (check in the internet for answers)

2) Listen and try to understand. Discover NYC.

Listen to the conversation then identify the following elements:

➢ First hearing: General comprehension

❖ The numbers of speakers: 4

❖ Their identity: Tom, Chad, Scarlet, the father.

❖ The place (where they are): New York City;

❖ What they are doing: Visiting NY (sightseeing)

➢ Second hearing: Say what each character wants or doesn’t want to do and why.

❖ Tom wants to see the Statue of Liberty, but Chad doesn’t want to go because there are

lots of stairs.

❖ Chad wants to go to the Empire State Building because he loves skyscrapers. There are

73 elevators there and they are very fast.

❖ Scarlet wants to buy new slim jeans, but the boys doesn’t want to go shopping because

they hate it/she can go shopping another day.

This is the US flag. It is

white, blue and red. It has 50.

stars, and 13 stripes. Each

star represents a state.

This is the Statue of

Liberty. It is located in New

York

The United States of

America is located in North

America. The US capital city

is Washington DC

In the US, there are 50

states. Each state has its

capital city.

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❖ Listen to the conversation again. Identify their final itinerary. Number on the map the

places they visited in order.

First, they take the ferry to go to Liberty Island, and visit the Statue of Liberty. After that, they

go to the Empire State Building. They can take the bus or the subway. It’s on Fifth Avenue. There

are lots of stores on 5th Avenue. Then, they can also visit The Met (The Metropolitan museum of

Art), because they like museums. It’s near Central Park. They can later have picnic near the zoo. Chad

wants to have a hotdog with lots of onions.

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3) Build up your vocabulary: Learn more about NYC:

Look at the previous map and read the following facts about NYC, then fill in the gaps.

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Readthe quick facts, then write the corresponding numbers

Numbers

One World Trade Center The Empire State

Building The Chrysler Building

Use the map above to name the buildings and the famous landmarks in NYC

Trump Tower

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. Food in NYC : Visit the following link: Watch Now: Planning Your Visit to New York City

Watch the video (au milieu de la page) and name the different food in NYC.

American desserts: Use the words in the box to name these famous American desserts.

Central Park Times Square Madison Square Garden

F

Chineese

food New York Pizza

Bagel with a

schmear (un

fromage à

tartiner)

Pastrami and rye

sandwitch

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4) Sentence Construction : Exprimer la volonté.

Expressions Want to ……………. Would like to ………………..

Forme Positive Négative Positive Négative

I, you, we,

they

Want to+ base

verbale

Don’t want to + BV Would like to +

base verbale

Wouldn’t like to

+ BV

He, She, It Wants to + BV Doesn’t want to+

BV

Exemples I want to visit

Times Square

You don’t want to

see the Statue of

Liberty

They would like

to have picnic

near the zoo.

She would like

to go shopping

on 5th Avenue.

They wouldn’t

like to go

shopping.

He wouldn’t like

to see Empire

State Building.

He wants to go to

Central Park

She doesn’t want

to visit the Met

Exercise: put the following sentence in the opposite form: from (+) to (–) / from (–) to (+)

❖ Tadd wants to visit the Met museum.

He does want to visit the Met.

❖ Scarlett would like to have a picnic in Central Park

Scarlett wouldn’t like to have a picnic in Central Park

❖ I wouldn’t like to eat in China Town.

I would like to eat in China Town.

❖ They don’t want to eat Pizza in Little Italy.

… They want to eat Pizza in Little Italy.

❖ We want to eat a cheesecake.

We don’t want to eat a cheesecake.

Name other American desserts that you know:

➢ Muffins

➢ cookies

➢ pancakes

➢ brownies

➢ Apple pie/ pumpkin pie ….

➢

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5) Action time:

You plan to visit NYC with your family. Write a paragraph (8 lines minimum) to say what each

family member wants or doesn’t want to do.

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