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The Hoover Dam

Odcinek serii Man-made Wonders of America

CEFR: A2, B1
W tym odcinku
  • Ilustrowany pokaz slajdów (52 ilustracje)
  • Słowniczek (15 słów)
  • Quiz ze zrozumienia (18 pytań)
  • 40 notatek kulturowych
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Fragment: pierwsze 30 sekund odcinka. Cały odcinek trwa 4 min 18 s.
Poziom

O odcinku

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.

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Przewodnik dydaktyczny

Objective & content

This A2+ documentary takes learners to the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, between Nevada and Arizona. The narrator explains why the dam was built (floods, dry summers, growing cities), how 21,000 workers built it during the Great Depression, and what it gives the South-West today: flood control, stored water and electricity. The text states plainly that about 96 workers died in accidents. Language focus is present simple to describe the dam and past simple for dated build facts, with comparatives and superlatives (the Three Gorges Dam is "much bigger"). The main skill is listening comprehension, followed by the in-app quiz.

Materials & prerequisites

The episode comes with a student sheet and a teacher sheet (PDF and HTML). Learners should already know present simple, there is / there are and basic past simple forms (was, were, built, worked).

Curriculum alignment

Tagged for cycle 3 (6e): "L'enfant et le temps qui passe" and "L'enfant et son environnement élargi". The episode targets CEFR A2+.

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