Thursday, March 1, 2012

Around the world

21 comments:

  1. NEW YORK CITY
    Location: United States of America
    Official Language (s): English
    Population: 18.9 million people
    Currency: Dollar
    Things to do: Visit historical monuments, going to shopping malls, gardens and visit the zoo.
    Places to visit: Midtown Manhattan, the United Nations Headquarters, the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Times Square, and the Unisphere in Queens.
    Famous Monuments: The Statue of Liberty.
    Typical Food: The city famous for bagels, cheesecake, New York-style pizza, hot dogs and pretzels.
    Curiosities: New York is a center for the television, advertising, music, newspaper, and book publishing industries and is also the largest media market in North America.


    Names: Ana Luisa and Bruna

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  2. Choose one of the cities above and visit some websites to learn more about it. You should be able to find the following information:

    Location: New York City – U.S.A.
    Official Language (s): English
    Population: 8 175 133 hab
    Currency: Dollar
    Things to do: See a baseball game
    Places to visit: Central Park, Metropolian Museum of Art
    Famous Monuments: Statue of Liberty
    Typical Food: Have all kinds of food, but Fast food is the majority
    Curiosities: New York is the biggest city of America

    Now that you know a little bit more about the city would you like to visit it? Why?
    Cause all time we hear New York, we think a so good place… I always dream to visit it.

    Lucas Oliveira & Jõao Vitor Lacerda

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  3. Choose one of the cities above and visit some websites to learn more about it. You should be able to find the following information:

    Location: England
    Official Language (s): English
    Population: 7.556.900
    Currency: Pound
    Things to do: visiting tourist spots
    Places to visit: Big Bang
    Famous Monuments: Big Bang
    Typical Food: Beans on toast
    Curiosities: Because a large fire, the city was completely revamped in 1666.

    Now that you know a little bit more about the city would you like to visit it? Why?
    Yes,I would. Because I always dream visit the Big Bang.

    Names:Felipe E Matheus Moura

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  4. New York is amazing! I'd love to visit New York too!!! Good Job BRUNA, ANA LUISA, LUCAS and JOÃO VITOR!!!

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  5. We'd love to visit New York City. Because there are many places to visit and it's a wonderful city.

    Names: Bruna and Ana Luisa

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  6. Location: Australia, Capital de Nova Gales do Sul
    Official Language (s): Ingles
    Population: 4.280.000
    Currency: Dólar Australiano
    Things to do: Visit the Sidney Harbour Bridge and the Sidney’s Beach
    Places to visit: Sydney Harbour, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Rocks, Praias de Sydney, Paddington
    Famous Monuments: Paddington, Sydney Opera House
    Typical Food: Carne de canguru, surf and turf
    Curiosities: Word champions cup 2003
    Sandro e Luis Felipe

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  7. We don't want to go because is very far
    Luis Felipe e Sandro

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  8. gabriela smith and leticia gontijo
    Location: __________United States of America____________________________
    Official Language (s):_____English_______________________
    Population: ________8 175 133 hab. ____________________________
    Currency: _____American Dollars_________________________________
    Things to do: ___Visit one museum a day, or siply walk around the citty, take a lotter of pictures and enjoy the must because New York is so Pretty!_______________________________
    Places to visit: ___Statue of Liberty, Wax Museum, Abercrombie and Ficth and Hollister ’s stores, outlats, Central Park, Times Square, Brodway,Twins towers.______________________________
    Famous Monuments: ____Statue of liberty, Bull of Wall Street, _________________________
    Typical Food: _____Fast-food_______________________________
    Curiosities: ______Wall Street is finacial’s heart of New York, the name of the Statue of Liberty is “The Liberty Shining the world”. ________________________________

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  9. London
    Location: England
    Official Language: more than 300 languages are spoken within its boundaries.
    Population: 7,825,200
    Currency: Pound sterling
    Places to visit: Big Ben (Londres), Leeds Town Hall (Leeds), Teatro Playhouse (Liverpool) e Museu Lowry (Manchester)
    Things to do: War Horse, The Courtauld Gallery, Jersey Boys, The Phantom of the Opera, Priscilla Queen of the Desert Musical
    Famous monuments: Stonehenge, Avebury, London Brigde,
    Typical foods:
    Curiosities:



    Lays Ferreira

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  10. leticia e gabriela
    we going to visit new york this year!

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  11. London-England
    English (oficial language)
    8.3 million people
    Euro
    Tower Bridge and Big Ben
    Palace of Buckingham, the Palace of Kensington and Palace of St. James
    Cathedral of Sant Paul , London eye and Hyde park
    Fish and tips, pizza and beans on toast
    Statue of a man talking on a phone,
    one of the curiosities of London
    We love visit london, because have much thinks too see, is very beautifull.
    Ana Clara E Jessica

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    1. It's really amanzing! London is the most cosmopolitan city I have visited! :-)

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  12. New York City
    Location: U.S.A
    Official Language(s): English
    Population: 18.9 million people
    Currency: U.S. dollars
    Things to do: Go in the zoo, see baiseball games, shop
    Places to visit: Times Square, Central Park
    Famous Monuments: The Statue of Liberty
    Typical Food: Hamburguer, Cheesecake, Pizza, Hot dog
    Curiosites: You know the names of New York? We have selected some most famous: The Big Apple Capital of the World, Gotham, Naked City, City That Never Sleeps, NYC, Empire City, Melting Pot; Gothamland, Capital of Everything

    Now that you know a little bit more about the city would you like to visit it? Why?
    Yes, I would like to visit New York because of the beautiful sights that the city presents.

    Name : Fernanda Letícia .

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    1. I didn't know New York had so many names. Good job, Fernanda!

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  13. LONDON

    Location: It is the capital of England and Great Britain, located on the banks of the River Thames.
    Official Language (s): British English
    Population: This city is now home to more than 7 million people.
    Currency: Euro
    Things to do: One million thing to do.

    Places to visit: Visit the Museum of Natural History, the Science Museum or the British, or scouring historical monuments and buildings of London as Big Ben, Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace or the Cathedral of San Pablo , among many other landmark buildings and monuments.
    Famous Monuments: Os monumentos mais conhecidos são a Abadia de Westminster junto ao Big Ben, as Casas do Parlamento, o Museu de Cera Madame Tussaud, o Museu Britânico, o Palácio de Buckingham, o Palácio de Kensington, o Palácio de St. James, o Royal Albert Hall, a Tower Bridge, a Torre de Londres, o London Eye a Catedral de São Paulo, a National Gallery, a Tate Gallery e Parques Reais de Londres (entre eles o Hyde Park).
    Typical Food: Roast Beef (roast beef) served with Gravy (sauce made with meat juices and vegetables that were cooked - when it is natural is a delight) and vegetables (peas, brussels sprouts, carrots). It's tasty and very healthy. Can be served with Yorkshire Pudding, which is a pudding made from flour, eggs and milk (more salt can be added sugar Also). The roast beef may also be accompanied by mashed potatoes.
    Curiosities: London was founded by the Romans under the name Londinium in the year 43 d. C..
    Built by the Romans in the second century, the wall around the city (she was about 3 km) survived for 1,600 years.
    Because a large fire, the city was completely revamped in 1666.
    Regarded as one of the rivers "urban" cleanest in the world, the Thames was once so polluted that the British Parliament was forced to end the sessions because of the stench.
    The oldest subway system in the world is London. Called the London Underground, opened in 1863. Currently, the London Underground carries more than 1.5 billion people per year.

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    1. It's really interesting to learn about London's history. I have seen a little part of this wall you are talking about.

      Good job. But, who are you?

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  14. Location: London is the capital of England and United Kingdom, is situated in the south.
    Official Language (s): English
    Population: 7.500.000
    Currency: Libra Estrelina (1GBP = 1.04EUR)

    Things to see: Station Westminster, Palace of Buckingham, Big Ben, London Eye, Hide Park, British Museum and etc.
    Places to visit: : Station Westminster, Palace of Buckingham, Big Ben, London Eye, Hide Park, British Museum and etc.
    Famous Monuments: Station Westminster, Palace of Buckingham, Big Ben, London Eye, Hide Park, British Museum and etc.
    Typical Food: English Breakfast (consists of eggs and bacons, today, there are several variations, including tomatoes or canned beans), Fish e Chips and Roast Chicken ( accompanied with vegetables and gravy, a kind of special sauce)
    Curiosities: Postman's park seats and Stacked up graves in Postman's park


    Ana Clara And Anna Carolina

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    1. Good job with the information, but now you need to explain why you'd like to visit London.

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