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WASHINGTON
Washington was founded in 1791 in the district of Columbia, for the purpose of serving as the capital of the United States of America.
George Washington chose the place located midway to keep at close touch as possible between the states. Washington is quite new as it didn’t exist for two hundred years. It is not a very large city, but it is very important as the capital of the USA. There is a law in Washington against building structures higher than the Capitol; therefore it presents a different appearance from New York with its sky-scrapers.
The Capitol, where the Congress meets, is a very high and beautiful building with white marble columns. It is in the very centre of the city.
Not far from the Capitol is the Library of Congress. It holds five million books.
Today Washington is a city which attracts a lot of tourists by its fashionable hotels, restaurants and sightseeing attractions as “Mount Vernon” – the house of the first president George Washington, the Lincoln Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the White House and others.
The White House, the residence of the president, is the oldest public structure in the capital and one of the most beautiful. It is said that in 1812 when England was at war with America, the British captured the city, and some of the buildings, including the Capitol and the house of the president, were set on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the brown stone walls of the president’s home were painted white – and it has been the “White House” ever since.
Among the newer buildings one of the most imposing is the National Gallery of Art. Washington has wooded areas and red-brick houses. And the whole of this city, with its long wide avenues, with shady trees on both sides, its low buildings and its crowds of government officials, is unlike New York with its sky-scrapers and its noisy streets.
WHEN THE TORNADO HITS
A tornado is about to strike this family's farm. It's moving quickly towards them, but luckily they've already seen it conning. The mother has wrapped the baby in a blanket; the father has called all the children. The two boys are carrying some of the animals: a cat and three puppies. The family is rushing into the storm cellar, where they'll be safe under the ground.
When the tornado hits, they'll be sitting in the storm cellar. They won't be moving around; they'll be hiding in the safest part of the cellar. The mother will still be holding the baby, but the animals will probably be running around, making noise.
Source: OWI Artist John Sluart Curry, Hack ley Art Gallery.
Each person will be listening to the sounds of the storm. They'll hear chickens squawking, and they'll hear the wind blowing. They'll all be thinking about the farm and asking themselves questions about it:
“What will the farm look like when we come out of the storm cellar?”
“Will the house still be standing?”
“Will the barn still be standing?”
“Will all the animals be alive?”
“Will it be raining very hard?”
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