1. New-York I- Anticipation. 1- Oral conversation Which words or phrases do you think of when you hear the name «New-York »? Mandala + propositions des élèves. New-York Big Apple Broadway North America Ellis Island American city The Empire State Building The statue of Liberty Skyscrapers Capital city Lights World Trade Centre NO The U.S.A.

2. 2- Where is New-York located? New-York

3. 3- Carte des U.S.A Que signifie U.S.A?

4. Présentation de New-York Diaporama N°2 + chanson de Madonna.

5. Madonna I Love New-York Listen to the song and complete the blanks. I don’t like _______________________ But I ___________________ New York Other _________________make me feel like a dork Los Angeles is for _________________ who _______________ _______________ and London Baby you can keep (chorus) Other cities _______________ make me mad Other places __________________ make me _________ No other city ever made me _______________ except New York I ____________ New York (x3) If you don’t like my ___________________ Then you can F off Just go to _____________________ Isn’t that where they __________________ New York is not for ___________________ pussies who _____________ If you can’t stand the _____________________ Then get off my _____________________ (chorus) Other cities ___________ make me mad Other places __________________ make me _____________ No other cities ever made me ____________________ except New York I ___________________ New York (x3)

6. I don’t like cities But I like New York Other places make me feel like a dork Los Angeles is for people who sleep Paris and London Baby you can keep (chorus) Other cities always make me mad Other places always make me sad No other city ever made me glad except New York I love New York (x3) If you don’t like my attitude Then you can F off Just go to Texas Isn’t that where they golf New York is not for little pussies who scream If you can’t stand the heat Then get off my street (chorus) Other cities always make me mad Other places always make me sad No other cities ever made me glad except New York I love New York (x3)

7. The main skyscrapers Empire State BuildingOne Penn Plaza40 Wall StreetWorld trump TowerTime Warner center 70 Pine Street Chase ManhattanChrysler BuildingCityspire GE Building Rockfeller Center City Group Center NYGeneral Motors Building

8. New York’s skyscrapers Position, height, year Height (m) Heig ht (ft) YearBuilding 141713721973World Trade Center (destroyed) 238112531931Empire State Building 3317.710451030Chrysler Building 4290954193270 Pine Street 5281.8927193040 Wall Street 6278.29151977Citygroup Center New York 7262.58632001Trump World Tower 8258.48501933GE Building 92488181987Cityspire 1O247.28131961Chase Manhattan Plaza 182287501972One Penn Plaza 192287502004Time Warner Center 27214.37051968General Motors building

9. She represents the United States and she welcomes all visitors and immigrants. But the famous Statue of Liberty standing in New York harbour was built in France. It all started at dinner one night near Paris in 1865. A group of Frenchmen were discussing their emperor and the democratic government for the U.S. They decided to build a monument to American freedom—and perhaps even strengthen French demands for democracy in their own country. At that dinner was the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi. He imagined a statue of a woman holding a torch burning with the light of freedom. An internal iron structure was designed by Gustave Eiffel. Turning Bartholdi’s idea into reality took 21 years. French supporters raised money to build the statue, and Americans paid for the pedestal it would stand on. The statue was presented to the U.S., taken apart, shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in crates and rebuilt in the U.S. It was France’s gift to the American people. Finally, in 1886, the statue was dedicated.

10. I- FAST READING 1- Look at the document and complete. This document is composed of: ----------------------------------- 2- Which paragraph corresponds to the following titles? The aim (objective) is reached. § ------------- The statue: a symbol. § -------------------- How it began. § ------------------- A trip to the U.S.A. § ---------------------------- Money for the statue. § ------------------------------

11. II- VOCABULARY 1- Find, in the text, the synonyms for the following words or expressions. - Port : ……………………………………………………………. - Next to: ……………………………………………………… - A building: ………………………………………………….. - Liberty: ………………………………………………………. - Drawn: …………………………………………………………. - Carried by boat: ……………………………………………………… - Present: …………………………………………………………………. 2- Transparent words Find, in the text, the English equivalents for the French ones below. - représente : - visiteurs : - groupe : - demande : - imaginer : - idée : - pied d’estal : - finalement :

12. III- COMPREHENSION 1- Which pronoun is used to talk about the statue? Why? 2- Pick out all the names of persons and places and say who and what they correspond to. 3- Which events do these dates correspond to? - 1865: - 1886: 4- Right or wrong? Justify your answer by quoting from the text. a) No Europeans participated to the building of the statue. b) The statue was the symbol of New York only. c) The statue was the symbol of slavery. d) France was, at the time, a democratic country. e) Bartholdi was a painter. f) Nobody wanted to pay for the statue.