Dialogue 20: American Citizenship (sit-uh-zuhn) Exam:

Exercise 1: Practice the following dialogue out loud. Switch characters.

Exercise 2: Practice identifying the location of each state and city mentioned on a map of the United States.

Exercise 3: Lookup and research each person mentioned in the dialogue creating a bio on each.

Student:               Do you know the American flag’s colors and how many stars there are?

Professor:            Of course, there are 50 white stars which represent the 50 states in the union (yoon-yuhn) and the colors of the flag are red, white and blue. There are 7 red and 6 white stripes which represent the 13 original states.

Student:               Do you know who the Vice President is? I need to do a book report on him.

Professor:            Yes, Vice President Joseph Biden.

Student:               Who really elects the President of the United States? 

Professor:            It is a group called the Electoral (ih-lek-ter-uhl) College chosen by popular vote.

Student:               Do you what happens if space aliens were to dematerialize (dee-muh-teer-ee-uh-lahyz) the president?

Professor:            If the President dies in office and doesn’t get to serve his elected four years or gets dematerialized and completely disappears in a UFO, the Vice President takes over.

Student:               I heard in class about a document called The Constitution (kon-sti-too-shuhn) can you tell me what it does and can it ever be changed? 

Professor:            The Constitution is the law of the country on which America bases all its laws on. It has been changed with 27 amendments (uh-mend-muhntz).

Student:               Do you know how many branches there are in our government and who gets to make the laws?

Professor:            There are three branches in the government, the first is the legislative (lej-is-ley-tiv) comprised of Congress (kong-gris), the second is the Executive (the President) and the third is the Judiciary (joo-dish-ee-er-ee) (courts). Congress who makes the laws is elected by the people and is comprised of The Senate and the House of Representatives. There are 100 senators, they are elected for a six-year term. There are 435 representatives elected for a 2-year term.

With more than 200 exercises, 50 different specialty word lists and 20 real life American English dialogues

With more than 200 exercises, 50 different specialty word lists and 20 real life American English dialogues        

Including: 

American Citizenship Dialogue

American Greetings

Going grocery shopping

Learning how to play poker

Motorcycle police officer

Ordering at a Delicatessen

Ordering at a Pizzeria

Ordering at a yogurt shop

Pitching a Hollywood screenplay

Requesting a Mortgage refinance

Shopping at the Flea market

Shopping at the Florist

Taking a taxi

Taking Metro

The Job interview

Visiting a Plastic Surgeon

Visiting a Post Office

Visiting Hollywood sites

Visiting the Beauty salon

Visiting the car mechanic

Visiting the Emergency room

Writing a cover letter 

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The Kitchen, The Bedroom, the Bathroom, American Clichés, Human Anatomy, Baby’s nursery, American Presidents and their Pets, Internet terms, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Ping Pong, Pool, Track & field, Swimming, Badminton, Antonyms, Astrology, Automobile parts, Birthstones, Car Brands and slogans, Colors, Corporate slogans, Diction mouth positions, Elements, the 4 kinds of sentences, Homonyms, Hygiene, Irregular verbs, List of Animals, Baseball overview, Meal times, Metric conversions, Musical instruments, Numbers, Phonetic spellings, Proverbs, Sentence focus, Social Media sites, Software terms, Spices, State Flowers, State Capitals and Governors currently in office, State Mottos, State Nicknames, State Songs, Street Addresses, Synonyms, The 12 verb tenses, The Bill of Rights, Weather terms, Yoga, American Citizenship Exam and answers. Hostels, Hotels, Hollywood Emergency Numbers, Motels, Museums

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American English list of Coffee houses.

American English's List of Coffee houses and Cafes

Alfred Coffee & Kitchen, 8428 Melrose Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90069, (323) 944-0811

Andante Coffee Roasters, 7623 Beverly Blvd,

Balconi Coffee Company, 11301 W. Olympic Blvd #124, Los Angeles, CA 90064, (310) 906-0267

Bar Nine Collective, 3515 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90232, (310) 837-7815

Barista Society Coffee Boutique, 800 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Blacktop Coffee, 826 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Blue Bottle Coffee, 1103 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Blue Bottle Coffee, 1712 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Blue Bottle Coffee, 8301 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, (510) 653-3394

Blue Bottle LA, 582 Mateo St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, (213) 621-4194

Bourgeois Pig, 5931 Franklin Ave, (323) 464-6008

Café Cito, 710 Heliotrope Dr., (213) 305-4484

Café Dulcé, 134 Japanese Village Plaza Mall Bldg. E, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 346-9910

Caffe Luxxe, 925 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403, (310) 394-2222

Caffe Vita Silverlake, 4451 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, (206) 709-4440

Chimney Coffee House, 1100 N Main St, #B, Los Angeles, CA 90012, (323) 343-0030

Cofax, 440 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036, (323) 424-7485

Coffee Bean, 7915 Sunset Blvd., LA, CA 90046

Coffee Colab, 305 E 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Coffee Commissary, 3121 W Olive Ave, Burbank

Coffee Commissary, 3425 Motor Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034

Coffee Commissary, 801 N Fairfax Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90046, (323) 782-1465

Coffee Tomo, 11309 Mississippi Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064, (310) 444-9390

Cognoscenti Coffee, 3156 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039,323-664-8633

Cognoscenti Coffee, 6114 W Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232, 323-664-8633

Copa Vida, 70 S Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 90024

Demitasse, 1149 3rd St, Santa Monica, CA 90403, (213) 613-9300

Demitasse, 135 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, (213) 613-9300

Dinosaur Coffee, 4334 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Document Coffee Bar, 3850 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Endorffeine, 727 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Espresso Cielo, 3101 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405, (310) 314-9999

Espresso Profeta, 1129 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024, (310) 208-3375

Found Coffee, 1355 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

G&B Coffee, 324 S Hill St #C19, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Go Get Em Tiger, 230 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004

Groundwork Coffee, 811 traction Ave, 90013 (213)626-6060

H Coffee House, 1750 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027

Insomnia, 7286 Beverly Blvd., 90036, 323-931-4943

Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, 1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291, (310) 399-1233

Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, 3922 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029, (323) 663-6173

Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea, 55 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105, (626) 578-1270

Javista, 6707 Sunset Blvd, CA 90028, (323)-464-6707

Kings Road Café, 8361 Beverly Blvd.,90048, (323)655-9044

Lamill Coffee Boutique, 1636 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, (323) 663-4441

Lavender & Honey, 1383 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91104

Menotti's Coffee Stop, 56 Windward Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90291

Paper or Plastik Café, 5772 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019, (323) 935-0268

Paramount Coffee Project, 456 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036

Peet’s coffee, 175 S. Fairfax Ave., 90036, (323) 648-4980

Primo Passo Coffee Co., 702 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, Ca 90403, (310) 451-5900

Single Origin, 6333 W 3rd St Stall 316, Los Angeles, CA 90048, (323) 761-7976

Solar de Cahuenga, 1847 N. Cahuenga, Hollywood, CA (323) 467-7510

Spring for Coffee, 548 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90013, (213) 228-0041

Starbucks, 7624 Melrose Ave, 90046, (323) 852-9690

Stumptown Coffee,806 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021, (213) 337-0936

Taza, 11 W Huntington Dr, Arcadia

The Refinery, 413 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401, (310) 986-2776

Tierra Mia, 653 S Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 895-6000

Two Guns Espresso, 350 N Sepulveda Blvd Ste 7, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, (310) 318-2537

Urth Caffé, 8565 Melrose Ave., (310)659-0628

Verve Coffee Roasters, 8925 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069, (310) 385-9605

Verve Coffee, 833 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90014, (213) 455-5991

Woodcat Coffee Bar, 1532 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, (213) 537-0147
The 24 Best Los Angeles Craft Coffee Bars
Best Los Angeles Craft Coffee Bars
2. Blue Bottle Coffee
3. Alfred Coffee & Kitchen Beverly Grove (& other locations)
4. Blacktop Coffee Downtown
5. Civil Coffee Highland Park
6. Coffee Commissary Burbank (& other locations)
7. Cognoscenti Coffee Culver City
8. Copa Vida Pasadena
9. Dinosaur Coffee Silver Lake
10. Eightfold Coffee Echo Park
11. Endorffeine Chinatown
12. Espresso Cielo Santa Monica
13. G&B Coffee Downtown
14. Menotti’s Coffee Stop Venice
15. Go Get Em Tiger Larchmont Village & Los Feliz
16. Intelligentsia Silver Lake
17. Paramount Coffee Project Fairfax Village
18. Rubies + Diamonds Hollywood
19. Verve Coffee Roasters Mid-City (& other locations)
20. Woodcat Coffee Bar Echo Park
21. Coffee Colab Downtown
22. Demitasse Little Tokyo (& other locations)
23. Found Coffee Eagle Rock
24. Balconi Coffee Company Sawtelle Japantown
25. Blue Bottle Arts District (& other locations)

American English: soccer terms

The game starts with a kick into the opposing team’s side.

The object of soccer is to score more goals than your opponent. Only goalies are allowed to use their hands.

There are 11 total players on the field. The team is comprised of the following:  one goalie, four defenders, four midfielders, and two strikers.

Attacker: The attacker is the player that possesses the ball.

Corner (kawr-ner): A corner is when a player touches the ball last and it travels out of bounds. The game restarts with a kick from the closest corner.

Crossbar (kraws-bahr): A long diagonal pass.

Defenders: The Defenders that stay in back of the midline to try and prevent goals from being scored.

Dribble (drib-uhl): Moving the ball forward by using the feet.

Forwards/strikers. The forwards are the ones kicking the ball into the goal.

Goal (gohl): When the ball is scored by a player it is called a goal. All goals under international law must be scored. The size of the goal is 24 feet by 8 feet.

Goalkeeper or Goalie (goh-lee): The Goalie protects the goal and is the only one allowed to use his arms. He must be fast, strong and smart.

Heading (hed): Using your head to direct the balls flight.

Linesman (lahynz-muhn): An assistant referee.

Midfielders: The Midfielders control most of the motion of the ball through the field.

Obstruction (uhb-struhk-shuhn): A player uses his body to block another player from getting the ball.

Off sides: Off sides is called when a player is in front of the ball or in the opponent’s half.

Penalty (pen-l-tee) spot: A small spot 12 yards out from the center of the goal where penalty shots are made.

Red card: The final card after two yellow cards throwing the player out of the game.

Send off (send-awf): When the player is removed.

Shielding: Shielding is keeping possession of the ball by using your body to block the opponent.

Shot (shot): A shot is when the ball is kicked or headed directly at the net to score a goal.

Tackling (tak-uhl): Tackling is using the feet or the shoulder to get the ball away from the carrier.

Throw-ins: A throw-in is when the ball travels outside the field, the opposing team gets to throw the ball back into the field. Some of the rules for the throw-in include: the player must throw the ball back into the field with both hands over his head and his feet must be on the ground. He must throw the ball from the spot where it went out.

Violations that result in a red card are: tripping a player, kicking a player, charging a player, spitting at a player, handling the ball, illegal blocking, charging the goal keeper, goal keeper using his hands when a team mate kicks the ball, wasting time.

Yellow card: A referee issues a yellow card as a warning violation to a player, when the player receives two yellow cards he issues a red card which removes the player from the game. 

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