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Different cultures one country.wma (1260772)

 

DIFFERENT CULTURES ONE COUNTRY

 

In the United States there are about 1_________ million people. Nearly 40 million of those people 2_________ from other countries.  These groups of people 3_________ their culture, food, etc to the U.S is called a ‘’melting pot’’ 4_________ different people live together as one nation.

People from Germany 5_________ mainly in the central and northern parts of the U.S. in the southwest, there are many 6 _________ people, and in the southeast, there are lot of African –Americans. On the northeast coast, there are 7_________ Europeans.

There are a lot of French people in Louisiana. New York 8 _________ a lot of Greeks. California has a lot of 9_________ people and Hawaii has many 10_________ . Michigan has a Dutch community, and North Dakota and Minnesota have Norwegians. Illinois and Pennsylvania have many 11_________ people, and Florida has a lot of Cubans and Puerto Ricans. 
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Touchdown.wma (1547620)

 

TOUCHDOWN!

In the U.S., football is a very popular 1_________. The game is really 2_________, but it has a lot of rules. Player can score points by 2_________ with the ball to score a touchdown, or they can kick a field goal. Most 3_________ grade school, high school, and college in the country has a football team, and everyone loves going to the 4_________. For the high school football, the games are always on Friday 5_________.

It’s definitely   the place to hang out 6_________ you are a teen college football games usually take place on Saturday afternoons, and professional football on 7_________. The main professional group of football 8_________  is the NFL (National football league). There are 32 teams in the NFL, and the important game every 9_________  is the super Bowl. The big college game is the Rose Bowl. In these games the 10 _________ teams of the play against each other.

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Halloween.wma (1649212)

 

HALLOWEEN

Halloween is on October 31. It is an 1_________ celebration in the States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Decorations are a very important part of the 2_________.  People 3 _________ decorating their yards and homes with jack-o- 4_________ black cats and witches. They put up various 5_________ and other scary thing.

Some of the most popular 6_________ for Halloween are: witches, pirates, 7_________, cats, ghost, mummies, skeletons, and monsters.

The kinds of 8_________ that are most popular for Halloween are caramel 9_________, candy corn, ‘’un-sized’’ candy bars, and other candy. People love 10_________ fresh apple cider!

There are many fun 11_________. The most popular activity for children is ‘’trick-or-treating’’. Children dress up in costumes and go around their 12_________ with their parents, or in groups. They carry pumpkin-shaped buckets or 13_________ and try to fill them with candy.

Other Halloween activities, 14_________ for older people are Halloween parties, bobbing for apples, 15_________ scary movies and telling ghost 16_________.

 

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