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Traveller
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Reading Module 1
Different
cultures, one country
A. Discuss.
B. Read the text and complete
the chart with the correct
nationalities.
People from Germany mainly live in the central and northern parts of
the U.S. In the southwest, there are many Mexican people, and in the
southeast, there are a lot of African-Americans. On the northeast coast,
there are many Europeans.
There are a lot of French people in Louisiana. New York has a lot of
Greeks. California has a lot of Chinese people and Hawaii has many
Japanese. Michigan has a lot of Dutch people, and North Dakota and
Minnesota have Norwegians. Illinois and Pennsylvania have many Polish
people, and Florida has a lot of Cubans and Puerto Ricans.
In the United States there are about 300 million people. Many of them come from other countries.
These people bring their culture to the U.S., food, music, etc. The U.S. is called a ‘melting pot’
because different people live together as one.
French
Polish
Greek
European mix
Norwegian
German
Alaska
Hawaii Florida
Michigan
California
North
South
EastWest
Have you ever been to the United States? If yes, what did you like about it? If not, what do you know about
the U.S.A?
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