Alumna: Karen Cynthia García Ramírez Materia: Lengua Extranjera ll Grado: 2° Grupo: “C” Instituto de Investigación y Enseñanza Iberoamericano A.C.
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PRIMER BLOQUE
MONTREAL CANADÁ
Metropolitan region Main article: Great Montreal Montreal is the center of a metropolitan region known as Greater Montreal, which extends for about 40 km radius of the city. The metropolis of Montreal is the second largest in Canada, and the tenth most populous city in North America. The Montreal Metropolitan Community (Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal) is the public body responsible for planning, coordinating and financing economic development, public transportation, garbage collection, etc, in this metropolitan area, comprising 3839 km ² and has 3,431 .551 inhabitants. The president of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal is the mayor of Montreal.
Weather A common scene in Montreal, winter days. Montreal's climate is humid continental, with four distinct 26 and varied seasons. In winter, the average temperature of the city is -10.2 ° C (excluding wind chill) with minimum of -40 ° C and -10 ° C and highs between 0 ° C and 15 ° C. In summer, the average is 21 ° C, with highs between 23 ° C and 38 ° C. January is the month with an average temperature of -10.2 ° C, the coldest of the year in Montreal in July while the average is 20.9 ° C, making it the warmest month. The lowest temperature ever measured is -37.8 ° C on January 15, 1957 The highest was 37.6 ° C, observed on 1 August 1975.26 According to a study published on December 5, 2005 by Quebec government, the southwestern regions of the province would have warmed considerably between 1960 and 2003, showing an upward increase in average temperatures of 1 to 1.25 ° C, higher than the global average warming (about 0.6 ° C). Rainfall is abundant in the region. On average, the city annually fall 2.4 meters snow, and rain is abundant throughout the year, mostly in summer, wettest city station. The removal of snow from the main streets and highways of the city Montreal is costing more than 50 million Canadian dollars per year.
Also, are common small snowfall at the end of spring. Also often develop Indian summer to early autumn. Some more rare weather phenomena such as auroras and geomagnetic storms occur occasionally. These variations are due to the location of the city in an area commonly found large air fronts, one from the North Pole, and the other from the United States. Wildlife Montreal comprises a very diverse flora and fauna among which highlights, among other species, silver maple (Acer saccharinum), symbol of the city of Quebec for its production of maple syrup. The city also has a rich heritage in its arboreal green spaces, parks and streets. Operates its own nursery production of trees adapted to the needs and constraints of the urban environment. The Nursery City of Montreal is located in L'Assomption, a town northeast of Montreal.
Religion About 84% of the population of the city is declared Christian, 32 the vast majority follow the Catholic Church. This heritage comes mainly descendants or French immigrants, Italians, Irish and Portuguese. The presence of protestantesy orthodox religions, minor, is mainly due to the British immigrants, Germans, Greeks and Lebanese. Since the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, few francophone Quebecers practice their religion. The proportion of practicing Christians in Quebec is much lower than the same ratio in other parts of North America. Among non-Christian religions, is located in the Muslim majority, mainly due to the influx of new inmigrantes.32La Montreal Jewish community has had an impact on the cultural and economic levels since the eighteenth century. There are also small communities Buddhists, Sikhs, Baha'is and Hindus.
Languages Cast linguistic native language on the island of Montreal in 2006. Francophone (majority) Anglophone (majority) allophone (majority) Francophone (minority) Anglophone (minority) allophone (minority) Most of the inhabitants of the metropolitan Community of Montreal (approximately 67.8%) have the francĂŠspor mother tongue, part of the population is allophone (18.4%), ie, that it has neither the mother tongue French or English, while about 13.8% Anglophone states. In the whole of the island of Montreal (which is the city of Montreal), the data changes: 53% of the population is francophone states, allophone 29% and 18% Anglophone. However, most people have at least a working knowledge of both official languages and most allophones have French or English as a second language. About 53% of Montrealers are bilingual in French and English, 29% speak only French (especially east of the island of Montreal) and 13% of Montrealers speak only English (west of the island of Montreal ). Some people are not able to communicate in either French or English. The tendency of new immigrants learn the majority has accelerated since the introduction of the Charter of the French language in 1970 losaĂąos Italian are also spoken quite in Montreal, Arabic, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish and
Hindi. The use of French in the home generally progresses in the urban community of Montreal.33
Culture Source on the roof of the Place des Arts Montreal has been named by the magazine Monocle as "Cultural Capital of Canada" and is recognized internationally for its cultural effervescence, 43 being also the third largest resort in Canada, after Vancouver and Toronto.
The city has numerous museums, from the museum of archeology and history of Montreal through the Fine Arts Museum or the Musée Juste pour rire, not counting the many theaters. Foremost among these, in particular the St-Denis Theatre, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde. The cultural complex of the Place des Arts hosts the Museum of Contemporary Art and several theaters. It is the headquarters of the Montreal Opera and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Events Tam-tams of Mount Royal. Over 40 festivals take place each year in Montreal.44 Following the severe winter, most of them take place
during the summer, such as the famous Festival International de Jazz de Montreal or even Les Francofolies de Montreal. During the Jazz Festival, large sections of the streets of the city center are cut to make room for outdoor scenes, places of free shows, and pedestrian circulation. The city also hosts numerous music and film festivals. Also noteworthy competition atificiales fires Montreal, Les Feuxs Loto-Quebec, the fireworks competition most prestigious in the world, where the best fireworks each year opt to take a place among the 11 competitors in the competition, all for getting a jupiter gold, silver or bronze. They take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays in July. Every Sunday in summer, a certain amount of people gather to attend the Tam-tams of Mount Royal, a popular cross-cultural and musical event, especially among young people. The center of concentration is the monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Mont-Royal in the park. Montreal is one of the largest gay centers in North America, as it has one of the largest gay districts of the continent. Your Gay Pride festival is the second largest in North America, behind only done in Toronto.
Monuments Monument George-Étienne Cartier. The era of the French explorers is commemorated by the conservation of two of their houses. The Antoine de Lamothe-Cadillac, founder of Detroit, is situated in the angle formed by the streets Notre-Dame and SaintLaurent. René Robert Cavelier La of La Salle, the region famous explorer of the Mississippi River, is located in the corner of the Rue Saint-Paul and Saint-Pierre in the VieuxMontreal. The Société Notre-Dame de Montréal who founded Ville-Marie is commemorated by an obelisk at Place d'Youville and its principal founder, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, by a statue in the center of the Place d'Armes. The transition to British rule is commemorated by Nelson's Column, one of the most controversial monuments of the city, located in the Place Jacques-Cartier and the statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Square. A monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier, one of the fathers of Canadian Confederation, presides over the entrance to the Mont-Royal Park. Catholicism is also a member of the Montréal and Québec culture. The Pietà, which dates from 1855 and is located in La Pietà elMausolée Cemetery Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a full size replica of Michelangelo's sculpture of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
Drink Located in Montreal an important cafe culture, a little French model.
REFLEXION since this activity was very interesting, because we can learn from the Gastronimia fun, culture, religion, languages, etc from various countries, while we learn about other countries are also learning about different vocabulary English.