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1 Miami lecture topics: 1. Introduction 2. Location 3. Climate 4. Economics 5. Important Sights 6. History 7. Natural Catastrophes Introduction To answer the question why so many people want to go to Miami is easy Every visitor things of sun, beach, sea and party But when you come to Miami, you ll be disappointed at first, because of it s location (you can t find a beach or something like that) Miami was changed in the 80 s, many skyscrapers where build and many people move to Miami, so Miami became the most important city of Florida If you re a tourist and want to go to the beach, you have to visit Miami s sister, the other city Miami Beach By the way: the name of Miami came from the Tequesta- indians and called Mayaimi for big water, that come s probable from the Okeechobee Lake file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (1 von 6) :29:38

2 Location Miami is situated in southeast Florida in the USA It consists of 25 local goverments, they build together the County Date This area is calling Floridas Goldcoast The 160 kilometre long spit, of their live more than 4 million people, is stretching from the Homestead in the south of the country, over Miami, Ford Lauderdale and West Palm Beach to the northern part from Palm Beach Climate The seaport Miami has a subtropical climate, with wet- warm sommers, and dry winters This contribute to the fullyear highseason for the tourism Here are many hotels with lovely beaches and all kinds of sport and relaxation possibility s The averagetemperatures are in no month under 18 C file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (2 von 6) :29:38

3 Economics Miami exists since the 18 cent., and has today approx inhabitants, Miami Beach has from it inhabitants For the economic development was the tourism from the beginning very important The airport is approaching from the most foreign airlines The south end from Miami Beach, that is known as the Art- deco- District, consists of serveral restore hotels, they known as the best examples for the architecture in the USA The city is an important finance- and tradingcenter, too Important Sights To the many sights belong the seaaquarium the museum for science and the historical museum of southflorida The University of Miami is situated in the near of Coral Gables History The area around Miami was long time inhabited from the American Indians At the end of the 19 cent.,there was build in Fort Dallas, the first settlement from the immigrants file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (3 von 6) :29:38

4 When Henry M. Flagler 1896 had laid a railway line to Fort Dallas and promoted this city as a relaxation place, began the city s expansion The revolution in the neightbouring Cuba 1959 had got a big influence of the development in Miami, because tenthousand cubanish fugitives settles down in the city Natural Catastrophes Big damages in the city and in his surroundings do tornados, by name in the years 1926, 1935, and 1992 The hurrikan Andrew was damaged in 1992 heavy the southern suburb s The hurrikan was the most expensive catastrophe in the american history To the middle of the 90 s Miami was recoverd, but the geographical position say further stormcatastrophes for the future ahead disappointed probable spit contribute to possibility s averagetemperatures approximately approaching enttäuscht wahrscheinlich Landzunge beitragen für Möglichkeiten Durchschnittstemperaturen ungefähr anfliegen file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (4 von 6) :29:38

5 belong (dazu) gehören promoted förderte expansion Ausdehnung influence Einfluss suburb s Vororte recoverd erholt economic Wirtschaft Englisch Deutsch Miami - Quiz Who has give away the name of Miami? a.) Henry M. Flagler b.) Tequesta- indians Where is Miami situated? a.) southeast Florida b.) northwest Florida How is calling the area around the County Date? a.) Goldcoast b.) Beach Coast What is Miami s climate? a.) passat climate b.) subtropical climate file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (5 von 6) :29:38

6 Since when exists Miami? a.) 18 cent. b.) 17 cent. What was from the beginning so important for Miami s development? a.) shipping b.) tourism What was the first settlement from the immigrands? a.) Fort Dallas b.) Fort Wyamming What had got a big influence of the development in Miami? a.) crack up car drivers b.) revolution in Cuba What do big damages in the city? a.) tornados b.) grandma with walking stick When was Miami from the damages recoverd? a.) 90 s b.) 80 s Originaldokument enthält an dieser Stelle eine Grafik! Original document contains a graphic at this position! file:///d /Refs/_To%20Do/_vor%2012_09_04%20-%20auf...20herbert%20%20barbara/Tag%202/Englisch-Miami.html (6 von 6) :29:38