Let's talk about the USA
Who is the new president of the USA after the elections on November 6th?
ACTIVITY 1
Listen tothe American National Anthem and choose the appropriate words.
- The singer is called Jessica Sánchez. Who is she? (Find the answer on the net.)
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Oh, say! can you see by the dawn's early light /night/star
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming;
Whose broad stripes and white /light / bright stars, through
the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in
my hair / air / despair,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there:
Oh, say! does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave / save / race?
Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust":
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave / save / race.
ACTIVITY 2
Find words that mean:
a. soft glowing light from the sky; period of obscurity.
b. lines.
c. shine with a strong light.
d. a long strip of cloth with a slogan.
e. to move one's hand or something to and fro.
