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1. New Orleans is a typical American city.
2.
Jackson Square offers different kinds of entertainment.
3. Visitors to the City Park
can play sports there.
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As an American city New Orleans is unusual.
It’s a city whose business is above all pleasure. It was founded around 1718
by the French. The French Quarter was the original city of New Orleans. The beautiful homes of the
Quarter – with their courtyards and patios, their high ceilings and large
windows – were designed for comfort in a hot climate. Jackson Square is the heart of the
Quarter. The square is alive with artists, mimes and musicians. The Louisiana State Museum
is in four different buildings, three of which are in Jackson Square. Mardi Grass is the
city’s most famous festival. There are many parades, and even spectators are
dressed in colourful costumes. The City
Park is one of the five largest city
parks in the USA, bigger
than New York City’s Central
Park. It boasts a botanical garden, golf courses, tennis courts,
800-year old trees and a miniature train. New Orleans is a city where jazz and the
blues really got started. You’ll find many jazz clubs in New Orleans, for example, in the French
Quarter. When you get hungry, you can treat yourself to local specialties,
like alligator soup and crawfish pie.
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4. The main places of interest in Portland are situated in
different parts of the city.
5. Portlandia is the country’s
largest copper statue.
6. Informal lectures on animals are
given to animal lovers at the Washington
Park Zoo.
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There is plenty to see in Portland, Oregon.
All the major sights are grouped downtown. Portland’s downtown area is centered on the
mall, which is closed to all traffic except city buses. Here you can see the
unusual Portland
Building, a post-modern
collage of pink, blue and yellow concrete and tile. Fans of this building
find it very original. Near the Portland
Building there is
Portlandia, the nation’s largest copper sculpture after the Statue of
Liberty. From April until Christmas the Saturday Market takes place in
downtown Portland.
The area is filled with street musicians, artists and crafts people. Less
than two miles west of downtown is Washington
Park. The Washington
Park Zoo is Portland’s
pet. The zoo also features a number of interesting “animal talks” at various
times on weekends and has a pet-the-animals children’s zoo. The city is
famous for the Rose Festival in June. It attracts crowds of visitors. The
Rose Queen is crowned with sapphires, zircons and rubies.
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