Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States. It is also the name of the city, where the waterfalls are located. From largest to smallest, the three waterfalls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls.

Follow Up (for these tasks you may need additional material):

1. Find out why New York City is nicknamed “Big Apple”.

2. The city of Niagara Falls is situated partly in the USA and partly in Canada. Find out what side (American or Canadian) the waterfalls are located at.

3. Choose one of the US destinations (New York, LA, Hawaii, Florida, etc.) and get ready with its presentation (e.g. “10 Must-Visit Places in NYC”). For the presentation both the English and Russian languages are welcome.

IV. Some Facts AboutUS Higher Education

Ivy League

Ivy League is the name generally applied to 8 US universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale) that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in athletics. So originally Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising 8 above-mentioned private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States.

Stanley Woodward, New York Tribune sports writer, coined the phrase Ivy League in the early 1930s. A common folk etymology attributes the name to the Roman numerals for 4 (IV), asserting that there was such a sports league originally with 4 members. The supposed “IV League” was formed over a century ago and consisted of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and a 4th school that varies depending who is telling the story.

The first step towards organizing full league competition came in 1952 with the announcement that, beginning with the fall of 1953, each college would play every other college in the group at least once every 5 years. But of course the phrase Ivy League has been historically perceived as connected not only with University sports, but also with academic excellence and social elitism. The term Ivy League is commonly used to refer to those 8 schools as a group of highly prestigious educational institutions. The Ivy League universities are also called the “the Ancient Eight” or simply the Ivies.

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