Mexico City Park
A Mexico City Park
Vocabulary
| billion | giant (2) | even though |
| section | pack (2) | metropolis |
| traffic | gravitate | never-ending |
| cotton | artifacts | break/broke/broken |
| lazy | space (2) | take/took/taken |
| acre | cover (2) | green space |
| size | million | plague (2) |
| lake | vendor | anthropology |
| relax | squirrel | cotton candy |
| test (2) | break (2) | be sure to |
| sure | test out | make/made/made |
| limit | definitely | happens to be |
| list | extensive | population |
| pre- | Hispanic | take a break |
| leash | inhabit | civilization |
| eager | collection | eat/ate/eaten |
| hand | junk food | right out of your hand |
| palm | feed/fed/fed |
Video
Transcript
Even though Mexico City is a giant metropolis packed with 20 million people and plagued with never-ending traffic, you can take a break from it all with a lazy afternoon here in Chapultepec Park.
Chapultepec Park is an important green space in the city that covers almost 1,700 acres — twice the size of New York’s Central Park.
But most visitors gravitate to the section of the park with the lake and all the food vendors. Families come here to relax, look at some birds, test out their new leashes.
And have some cotton candy.
And while you’re here in the park, be sure to make time for the Museum of Anthropology which happens to be the most visited museum in all of Mexico.
So if your time is limited, this one should definitely be at the top of your list.
The Museum of Anthropology is home to an extensive collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts from every civilization that has inhabited Mexico.
Also in the park is a friendly population of squirrels that are eager to eat right out of the palm of your hand. But don’t feed them any junk food cause they’ll die.
Questions
City Park. Is Mexico City a small, medium-sized, big or very big city?
Square, Plaza. Most people travel by foot, by bicycle and public transport. True or false?
City Center, Downtown. Is Chapultepec Park located in the country? Is it very noisy in Chapultepec Park?
Market, Marketplace, Bazaar. What do people do in Chapultepec Park? What can you do in Chapultepec Park?
Fountain, Water Fountain. Did the presenter eat donuts and pastries?
Municipal Building, Government Building. The Museum of Anthropology contains modern paintings and sculpture. Is this right or wrong? What can you find in the Museum of Anthropology?
Church, Cathedral. The presenter fed pigeons. Is this correct or incorrect?
Mansion, Palace. Is your city similar to, different from or very different from Mexico City?
City Zoo. Are there lakes, rivers, streams and ponds in your city? What can people do there?
Castle, Fortress. There is a very big park in my city. Yes or no? Is it very popular? Do lots of people go there?
University, College. What is the biggest or most popular museum in your city? Describe it.
Canal, River, Lake, Pond. Have you or your friends ever visited Mexico?
Library. What comes to mind when you think of Mexico?
Botanical Garden. What might happen in the future?
