Life in America/Fact File

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Task

1. Read the text and then do the Reading Comprehension excercises below.

TThe City of Los Angeles has many special features. Los Angeles (L.A.) is known as the entertainment capital of the world. It is also a cultural center with more than 100 museums, and many of them are very good. The city also has warm and sunny weather.

There are many famous places in Los Angeles. One is the Walk of Fame, which has more than 2,600 stars on the sidewalk, and new stars are added every month. People also come to Los Angeles for jobs, for example in the technology industry.

Los Angeles is the only city in North America that has hosted the Summer Olympics two times. It will host them again in 2028. Downtown Los Angeles is the biggest government center outside Washington, D.C.

The city also has some unique places. For example, it has the only wooden lighthouse left in California. It also has the largest old theater area in the United States. Los Angeles is also important for art and jobs in art. The Los Angeles area has more than 23,000 jobs in art. This makes it the biggest art center in the country, even bigger than New York.

population

12,447,000 (2020)

area

4,083 square miles (10,570 km²)

time zone

Pacific Standard Time (PST) (GMT-8)

Interactive exercises

Reading comprehension

Do the exercises on a sheet of paper.

How many people live in Los Angeles? (over 12 million) (!about 12 million)

What is Los Angeles known as? (the entertainment capital of the world) (!a small industrial city) (!a farming town)

How many museums does Los Angeles have? (more than 100) (!about 20) (!fewer than 50)

What is the weather like in Los Angeles? (often warm and sunny) (!usually cold and snowy) (!very rainy all year)

How many stars are on the Walk of Fame? (more than 2,600) (!about 500) (!exactly 1,000)

How often are new stars added to the Walk of Fame? (every month) (!every year) (!every week)

How many times has Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics (before 2028)? (two times) (!one time) (!three times)

What special building exists in California? (the only remaining wooden lighthouse) (!the tallest lighthouse in the world) (!a glass lighthouse)

Which city has more art jobs? (Los Angeles) (!New York) (!Chicago)

How many art jobs are in the Los Angeles area? (more than 23,000) (!about 5,000) (!fewer than 10,000)

Use of English

Which words are explained? Drag & drop them into the gaps.

population	the people who live there
president	leader of the nation
skyscraper	very tall building
inhabitant	person who lives there
amusement park	attraction with many rides

American English or British English?

Sort the expressions to the cliparts.

	candy (AmE)	sweets (BrE)
	shopping mall (AmE)	shopping centre (BrE)
	fall	autumn
	cookie	biscuit
	apartment	flat
	pants (AmE)	trousers (BrE)

See also: American English

Living in America

Sightseeing

Life in America

1. Fact File: LA
2. Sightseeing
3. San Francisco
4. Weather Records
5. Sports