I will write here some Notes from my books that I have studied at Jeddah Teacher College it is very useful books by an American writers
a short and quick Notes
I hope you like it especially, because
It is under the name of Cultural
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Cultural Note
TESTS
The TOEFL test ( Test Of English as a Foreign Language )
is very commonly used throughout the United States and Canada
as a measure of English proficiency.
Most major Colleges and universities require certain test scores as part of the admission process. For more information on the TOEFL and others tests given by Educational Testing Service ( TOEIC, GMAT, LSAT, etc. )
www.ets.org. Check
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Cultural Note
A Roommate
A roommate is someone who shares a dormitory ( dorm ) room
or an apartment with you. Generally, Roommates share expenses, like rent and utilities such as electricity and gas.
Sharing houses is very common among
young people in the United States, and most universities are
surrounded by relatively
low-cost student dormitories and apartments.
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Cultural Note
The Campus
In the United States and Canada,
the entire area where a university is located
is called the ( Campus )
In many places, the campus is simply a group of Buildings
In other places, the campus is like a large park
With a great deal of open space, trees, gardens and even lakes.
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Cultural Note
Schools in the US
In primary and secondary education alone,
over 70 percent of U.S. schools now have Internet access.
The number of students per computer
is fewer than eight, down from
twenty students per one computer in 1990.
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Cultural Note
First born & oldest born
First born children tend to be high achievers.
Interestingly, over 50 percent of U.S.
Presidents and 21 of the
First 23 astronauts were oldest children.
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Cultural Note
Adoption
Adoption is common in the United States.
Most adoptive children come from within the
The United States, but around
5 percent are Foreign-born.
Today, there are over 6 million adopted people
In the United States of America .
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Cultural Note
Federal immigration
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, was the first
federal immigration center in the
United States. The center was opened
On January 1,1892 to receive and process
The documents of new immigrants.
Between 1892 and 1924, over 12 million new Americans
passed through Ellis Island. As
many as 5000 people per day were
processed there.
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Cultural Note
Medical care
Medical care is very expensive in the united states.
Many Americans have health insurance
paid for by an employer, or they
buy insurance for themselves.
However, information in the last U.S. Census
Pointed out that over 40 million people in
The United States do not have any
Medical insurance.
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Cultural Note
Fitness centers
In the United States fitness centers have
Become so popular that there are special gyms
and fitness programs for
toddler and infants under one year of age.
Naturally,
they are accompanied by their
moms or dads
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Cultural Note
The Internet
The Internet is a giant network
of computers. It began as an experimental
four computers network established by the U.S.
Department of Defense so that
Researchers could communicate with each other.
By 1971, this network linked over two dozens sites.
Including Harvard and MIT.
By 1974, there were over 200 sites.
Today, it is estimated that use of the internet doubles each day.
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The source,
Mosaic 1 Grammar
Book by, Patricia K. Warner / Lou Spaventa
International edition
