New York: sightsBy Mgr. Šárka Jurajdová

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5 boroughs1) Manhattan2) Brooklyn3) Queens4) The Bronx5) Staten Island

Which boroughs are these bridges between?George Washington BridgeVerrazano-Narrows BridgeBrooklyn Bridge

Can you name the sights?

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Flatiron Building

The Statue of Liberty

Can you name the sights?

Radio City Music Hall

St. Patrick‘s Cathedral

The American museum of Natural History

Can you name the sights?

Empire State Building

Central Park

Times Square

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 BrooklynThe Brooklyn Bridge2) Named after the Dutch protection against Indians and later the English, nowadays it is the financial center:Wall Street3) 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

4) Built in 1895 to commemorate Washington’s inauguration, situated on Washington Square (a place of duels and executions)Marble Arch5) The place where thousands of people celebrate New Year, while watching the lighted ball dropTimes Square6) 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 Church7) 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) Art-deco style building, completed in1930, 1048 feet high (77 floors), designed to resemble an automobile: Chrysler Building9) 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 Garden10) 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

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

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, _____:

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 ________ .

______________is Art-deco style skyscraper, completed in19____, 1048 feet high (77 floors), designed to resemble ___________ ________ is home of the ________ basketball team and the New York ___________ ice hockey team, hosts over 600 events a year (rock concerts, wrestling, boxing matches, etc.):

________ was officially opened 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 _______)

_______ was 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 ___ cm:

Radio ______ Music ______ was built in the Art Deco style which utilizes glass, aluminum, chrome, and geometric ornamentation. Events such as awarding _____________annually take place here.

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