Man-made Wonders of America
Um recurso pedagógico para dar mais vida à sua aula de inglês.
Sobre a série
Uma série documental de vários níveis (A1 e A2) que explora oito grandes maravilhas construídas pelo homem nos Estados Unidos, da Represa Hoover à Ponte Golden Gate, narrada com fotografias reais e áudio narrado. Cada episódio não se limita a descrever a obra: explica por que se decidiu construí-la, quem a construiu e por que ainda importa hoje, nomeando com honestidade seu custo humano.
Os episódios (6)
1A wall that holds back a river. In Black Canyon, on the Colorado between Nevada and Arizona, a wall of pale concrete drops away like a tower of sixty floors turned upside down, and a whole river waits behind it.
4:18
2The Empire State Building & the skyscraper boom
The race to the sky. Manhattan is small and its land costs a fortune, so New York built upwards: in 1931 a silver spire on one hundred and two floors became the tallest building in the world.
4:16
3A river made by hand. Five hundred and eighty kilometres of straight water across New York State, dug by people and walked by horses, joining Lake Erie to the sea.
4:05
4A concrete river across dry land. A blue line eleven hundred kilometres long, open to the sun and the wind, carrying water right across California's brown fields.
3:21
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- 1
A wall that holds back a river. In Black Canyon, on the Colorado between Nevada and Arizona, a wall of pale concrete drops away like a tower of sixty floors turned upside down, and a whole river waits behind it.
4:29 - 2
The Empire State Building & the skyscraper boom
The race to the sky. Manhattan is small and its land costs a fortune, so New York built upwards: in 1931 a silver spire on one hundred and two floors became the tallest building in the world.
4:24 - 3
A river made by hand. Five hundred and eighty kilometres of straight water across New York State, dug by people and walked by horses, joining Lake Erie to the sea.
3:48 - 4
A concrete river across dry land. A blue line eleven hundred kilometres long, open to the sun and the wind, carrying water right across California's brown fields.
4:36 - 5
- 6
