Atestat Limba Engleza Buildings and Places USA
Atestat Limba Engleza Buildings and Places USA
Atestat Limba Engleza Buildings and Places USA
KRETZULESCU"
Coordonator:
CORBAN FLORENTINA
Student:
BRINZARU MARIUS ANDREI
-May 2016-
Table of Contents:
1. ARGUMENT ..1
2. INTRODUCTION ..2
3. THE HISTORY USA .3
4. HISTORICAL PLACES IN USA .5
4.1 New York City, New York.......5
4.2 Washington, D.C ... ..5
4.3 Los Angeles ...6
5. BUILDINGS IN USA ..7
5.1 Empire State Building ..7
5.2 The White House ......8
5.3 Golden Gate Bridge ..9
6. CONCLUSION ......10
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
8. ANNEXES
ARGUMENT
There are too many worthy landmarks and monuments in the USA1
to mention.
Several natural and manmade landmarks and sights stand out as being of outstanding
natural brilliance, while others have singnificant historical importance, offer
impeccable facilities or irresistible ambiance.
Reflecting an intriguing and often turbulent past, USA's buildings and places are an
endless source of fascination. Its castle, monuments, abbeys and stately homes
provide a virtual link between the past and the present.
Places and buildings give un a some of continuity with the past, and help to develop
an emotional attachment to our land. We need to retain a stock of buildings that
create a special some of identity and hold our individual and collective memories.
Like precious family heirloms that are
paused from generation to generation, they can create an enduring bond between
generations. Such buildings land soul to cities and make it different from all the
others. Conservation most be intergral to urban planning in USA.
Buildings and places are inportant their social and historical significance. They are
part of the memories. they document evolution of building styles in USA, and are
fine examples of the work of pioneering local arhitects. Most importantly they
capture the mood and aspirations of a young nation.
INTRODUCTION
Almost all cases in the United States is studded with museums, historic houses and
monuments as the Statue of Liberty, the Grand Canyon 2 , the Empire State Building,
and The Pentagon. In fact, you will see monuments troughout the United States in
small towns and big cities, parks, libraries, churchyard, cemeteries. Streets in the city
and along the roads and even on the mountains. This seems to be well coordinated
and sustained efforts to create an inerasable and comensate for its past
commemorated striking absence creating what would be this great country in the
18th century. Monuments, East said, help tell the story of a people. They define the
values of a nation and to help preserve her memories. The monuments are reminders
of the public, who are a people and where they come from. A monument attracts
everybody "attention, it's a bit of our past that deserves our respect." Lonnie Bunch
former Smithsonian curatator, the Nationa Museum of African American History and
Culture, indicates be brief " In many respects, there are few things as powerful
importan and as a people, as a country wich is rooted in it's history. " Some people
even think of monuments and land around them as sacred places. A great monument
of the age of building in the United States was the last half od the 19th century, after
the civil war. Another era has begun construction of the monument to the lat 20th
century
Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the
state of Arizona.
Indigenous peoples of Asian origin have inhabited what is now the mainland
United States for many thousands of years. This Native American population was
greatly reduced by disease and warfare after European contact. The United States
was founded by thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. On
July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their
right to self-determination and their establishment of a cooperative union. The
rebellious states defeated the British Empire in the American Revolution, the first
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The Bering Strait , known to natives as Imakpik, is a sea strait between Cape
Dezhnev, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the easternmost point (16943' W) of
the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA, the westernmost point (16805' W)
of the North American continent, with latitude of about 65 40' north, slightly south of the polar
circle. This is sometimes spelled Behring in older books.
successful colonial war of independence. The current United States Constitution was
adopted on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states
part of a single republic with a strong federal government. The Bill of Rights,
comprising ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil
rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791.
In the 19th century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain,
the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and
the Republic of Hawaii. Disputes between the agrarian South and industrial
North over states' rights and the expansion of the institution of slavery provoked
the American Civil War of the 1860s. The North's victory prevented a permanent
split of the country and led to the end of legal slavery in the United States. By the
1870s, the national economy was the world's largest. The SpanishAmerican
War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a military power. It emerged
from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons and a permanent
member of the United
Nations Security Council. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the
Soviet Union4 left the United States as the sole superpower. The country accounts for
43% of global military spending and is a leading economic, political, and cultural
force in the world.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics commonly known as the Soviet Union was
a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991. A more informal
name also used among its residents was the Union
Washington, D.C.
Though not the first capital of America, this city has a wealth of history as the
political powerbase of the country. The result of negotiations between the first
colonists (each state wanted it somewhere else), the city was sacked and burned
during the War of 1812. Rebuilt to completion, today the capital draws millions of
tourists every year to iconic monuments, memorials and the Smithsonian Museum
complex. As the home of Congress and the White House 6, no other city can provide
as much insight into the United States as Washington D.C.
Los Angeles
Ellis Island was the gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the site of the
nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 to 1954
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White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United
States.
Is the most populous city in California7 and the second most populous in the
United States, after New York City, with a population of 3.8 million, on a land area
of 498.3 square miles. It is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long BeachRiverside combined statistical area, which contains nearly 17.8 million people and
which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Los Angeles is
also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most
multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as
"Angelenos".
Of ten known by its initials, LA, and nick named the City of Angels, Los Angeles
is a world center of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media,
fashion, science, technology, and education. It is home to renowned institutions
covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most
substantial economic engines within the United States. Los Angeles has been ranked
the third richest city and fifth most powerful and influential city in the world, behind
only New York City in the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area
has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion , making it the third largest
economic center in the world, after the Greater Tokyo Area and the New York
metropolitan area. As the home base of Hollywood, it is known as the
"Entertainment Capital of the World", leading the world in the creation of motion
pictures, television production, video games, and recorded music. The importance of
the entertainment business to the city has led many celebrities to call Los Angeles
and its surrounding suburbs home. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer
Olympics. Los Angeles is also home to renowned universities such as the University
of Southern California8 and the University of California, Los Angeles.
BUILDINGS IN USA
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the centre of the borough of Manhattan in New York
City, USA.
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34th Street is a major cross-town street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, connecting
the Lincoln Tunnel and Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
of
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John Adams (October 30, 1735 July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and
political theorist.
12
Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of
the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President.
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the
opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route
101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco on the
northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden Gate
Bridge was the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed
in 1937, and has become one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San
Francisco, California, and of the United States. Despite its span length being
surpassed by eight other bridges since its completion, it still has the second longest
suspension bridge main span in the United States, after the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge in New York City. It has been declared one of the modern Wonders of the
World by the American Society of Civil Engineers13. The Frommers travel guide
considers the Golden Gate Bridge "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most
photographed, bridge in the world", although Frommers also bestows the most
photographed honor on Tower Bridge in London, England.
Construction began on January 5, 1933. The project cost more than $35
million. The Golden Gate Bridge construction project was carried out by the
McClintic-Marshall Construction Co., founded by Howard H. McClintic and Charles
D. Marshall, both of Lehigh University.
Strauss remained head of the project, overseeing day-to-day construction and
making some groundbreaking contributions. A graduate of the University of
Cincinnati, he placed a brick from his alma mater's demolished McMicken Hall in
the south anchorage before the concrete was poured. He innovated the use of
movable safety netting beneath the construction site, which saved the lives of many
otherwise-unprotected steelworkers.
CONCLUSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.en.wikipedia.org
http://www.asce.org
http://www.schirmer.com
http://www.shapeofamerica.org
http://www.favoritearchitecture.org
ANNEXES
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Washington D.C
Los Angeles
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