jueves, 23 de octubre de 2008




Cooper’s hill cheese-rolling and wake .

Cooper’s hill cheese-rolling is a typical tradition at cooper’s hill in the Cotswold region of England.
The finality of the game is to take a cheese, the competitor’s run down the hill and the first will cross the final line win.
The tradition comes to the Roman Empire, when they come to England they found so many Pagan typical games like this.

But this sport is not very dangerous, because are so many ambulance and help-personal to carry you to the hospital.

jueves, 16 de octubre de 2008

United States of America



USA is a country in North America .It has fifty states and a federal district. The federal capital is Washington in the federal district of Columbia, between Maryland (on north) and Virginia (on south).

The official date of the foundation of the United States of America is the 4th of July of the 1776, they signed the Independence Declaration.
When the First World War started, the United States was neutral and they help British and French.
The United States of America has 50 states (Utah, Iowa, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida…)

The most important parties of America are “Halloween” (31st of October) “Thanksgiving” (fourth Thursday of November) “Christmas” (25th of December) “New year’s Day” (1st of January) and “Independence Day” (4th of July).

English is the
national language (214.8 million) and speak other languages:

-Spanish 29.7 million
-Chinese 2.2 million
-French 1.9 million
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Tagalog1.3 million
- Vietnamese 1.1 million
-German 1.1 million



On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists struck the World Trade Center in New York City and The Pentagon near Washington, D.C., killing nearly three thousand people.


The United States is a
multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values.
the most popular websites are
eBay, MySpace, Amazon.com, The New York Times, and Apple.[193] Twelve million Americans keep a blog.

The rhythmic and lyrical styles of
African American music have deeply influenced American music at large, distinguishing it from European traditions. Elements from folk idioms such as the blues and what is now known as old-time music were adopted and transformed into popular genres with global audiences. Jazz was developed by innovators such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington early in the 20th century. Country music, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll emerged between the 1920s and 1950s. In the 1960s, Bob Dylan emerged from the folk revival to become one of America's greatest songwriters and James Brown led the development of funk. More recent American creations include hip hop and house music. American pop stars such as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Madonna have become global celebrities.

Traditional American cuisine uses ingredients such as
turkey, white-tailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup.
Slow-cooked pork and beef
barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies are distinctively American styles.Mexican dishes such as burritos and tacos.



B
aseball has been regarded as the national sport; American football, basketball, and ice hockey.