VIP Class Notes (Nicholas)

Next Class Focus

Review Mexico and Central America, and the idea of “extinct”.

New Orleans / NEW OR-LINS

Cowboys

Gold Rush – a rush of people or many people came to California in search for gold including Chinese people

Rust Belt – 锈 – the part of America that lost their manufacturing jobs

e.g. Trump won the Presidency because he won the support of the Rust Belt.

temperate = consistent = the same weather all year round

Everglades – 沼泽地 – the wetlands of the USA

e.g. The American alligator lives in the Florida Everglades.

alligator vs. crocodile

alligator – smaller, longer mouth

crocodile – bigger, wider mouth

Great Plains – plains = flatlands where there are many tornadoes

e.g. There are many tornadoes that destroy people’s homes on the Great Plains.

tornado – 龙卷风

e.g. Dorothy’s home from the Wizard of OZ was in Kansas, right in the middle of Tornado Alley.

raccoon – 浣熊

eg. Sometimes people in America think that raccoons are thieves!

jazz music – an African American style of music

e.g. If you want to listen to jazz music, go to New Orlean’s.

hurricane – 飓风- heavy rain + wind + tornado

e.g. Hurricanes destroy the southeast of the USA.

e.g. Hurricanes are bigger than monsoons.

e.g. The only safe place in a hurricane is in the “eye of the hurricane” — this is the center.

blizzard – big snow storms

lake effect snow – the lakes cause this snow

monsoon – 季风 – heavy rain + wind

Two-thirds of all cities are by the sea

Oceans cover 70 percent of the world