U2 Intro

Into the great wide open

1 Watch the film and [x] the right answers.
1. How much of the USA is rural? 2. Where is the American Midwest?
a) 97% a) the northern-western part of the USA

b) 79% b) the northern-central part of the USA

c) 59% c) the northern-western part of the USA

5. Which activites can you do … 6. How many national parks are there
in the USA?
hiking, swimming, mountain biking a) 16
hiking, camping, skiiing b) 63
Kiking, caoeing, kayaking c) 61

3. Yellowstone National Park, the first US 4. Which animals can you see?
national park, is in
a) Alaska. wolves, bears, elks
b) Wyoming. bears, wolves, eagles
c) Milwaukee. bears, wolves, owls

2 Answer the questions.

1. What is special about Alaska? Name three things.

2. What are possible problems about living in rural areas?

3 THINK: advantages and disadvantages

Note down two advantages and two disadvantages for the two topics in the table:

Living in the rural part of the USA “homeschooling”

advantages
(Vorteile)

disadvanteges
(Nachteile)