The Great Lakes
– northern part of the Midwest
Lakes
– Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
– the largest is Superior (the largest inland lake too)
– Niagara Falls – water from four drains into the fifth ,lake Ontario (2650000 liters per second )
a) The American and Bridal Veil Falls are in New York State,
b) The Horseshoe Falls are in Canada
– visitors watch from the opposite bank, from a helicopter, or from a boat below
– are visited by spouses in honeymoon
Chicago
– “Windy city” – people are conceited
– slaughter – destination for cattle from Texas
– world capital of grain , chewing gum (Wrigley’s` )
– hamburger – McDonald`s opened in 1955 the Hamburger University for people, who want to rum a McDonald`s restaurants
– the second largest town, where emigrants live ( about 54 languages and dialects, 50 % of population is black ), the largest Polish city after Warsaw, Irish population
– Berwyn – suburb in Chicago, Where Czech live, main road Cermak road (Cermak was a mayor )
– Has a busiest airport in the world, largest railway station in the US
– Has the tallest skyscraper, called Sears Tower ( 110 stories, 443 meters )
Detroit
– was founded by a Monsieur Cadillac in 1701
– automobile capital of the world
– General Motors, Ford, Chrysler – produces 70 % of America` s automobiles => Motown or Mototown
– America`s biggest cereal manufactures ( including Kellogg`s )