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In this activity, you will be offered a joke or a quote of a famous person that relates to the subjects of discussion in the video. It will make your understanding of the video easier.

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This lesson is about comparing life in the U.S. to life in other countries.  Read the following joke and answer the question below.

Only in America

1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.

3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.

4. Only in America......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet coke.

5. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

6. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

7. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering (language for people who cannot see).

 

What do all these situations have in common?

       

All of these: answer d.

All of these: answer d.

All of these: answer d.

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