4 Geographic areas of California
2 Where George's tour started
3 California not as George expected
1 Where George is now
5 Californian people
1. Read the postcard on page 6 with students and ask them to recall the missing information. Then play the tape right through while students listen for the missing details. Play it twice if necessary and then check answers by playing the tape again and stopping when the missing details are given.
Dear Sam,
I'm here in Joshua Tree National Park, in the___southeastern_
part of California. Have been traveling around the state of
__california___ for three weeks now. Very different from what
I have seen in ___American movies____ . Not everyone is ___rich__
and not everyone lives near the __beach_____. First traveled
southeast through rich farmland then to the central part.
They grow everything here including __cotton, nuts, vegetables_____
and fruit. Cattle too. Then traveled further ____southeast______ into
mountains and ____desert_____. Californians are very friendly,
and they are from many different ___races_____ and cultures.
Every culture has its own ____music__, ___festivals_____, food and