Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Jan Rozsíval. Slezské gymnázium, Opava, příspěvková organizace. Vzdělávací materiál byl vytvořen v rámci OP VK 1.5 – EU peníze středním školám. American Cities 3 – San Francisco, Salt Lake City VY_32_INOVACE_ ledna 2013

1.What do you learn about The Golden Gate Bridge? 2.What is The Silicon Valley? 3.What is said about financial situation of the people living in the Bay Area? 4.What is Lombard Street famous for? 5.What is the most famous kind of public transportation? San Francisco San Francisco Audio Source:

1.Why does the city have its name? 2.What do you learn about the Mormons? 3.What is said about Temple Square? 4.Which national parks or places of interest in Utah are also mentioned and what do you learn about them? 5. Who organized 2002 Winter Olympics? Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Audio Source:

Your English speaking friend and you are in the USA. You want to spend a couple of days together in one of the cities mentioned above. Both of you will choose one place and will try to persuade the second person to visit „your“ destination. Eventually, agree on one city. Remember to use proper phrases for suggesting, agreement, disagreement etc. Now work in pairs and imagine the following situation:

Suggesting: How about…? Do you think we could…? I think we should… Why not…? Why don´t we…? So instead of(…), we can… Agreement: Of course/Right/Absolutely. It´s a great idea. I counldn´t agree more. I agree that… I´m of a similar opinion. Expressing your opinion: I think we should… I´m sure we could… In my opinion… Disagreement: I´m afraid I don´t agree with you. I don´t think so. I see what you mean, but… I wouldn´t say so. Plan: First, we can…and then we could… The first thing we should do is… If we have time, we can also…