Teil 1-2: Hörverstehen & Leseverstehen

The Golden Gate Bridge

If you go to San Francisco, you must visit the Golden Gate Bridge. It took 4 years to build and opened in 1937. The total length of the bridge is 1.7 miles. About 41 million vehicles cross the bridge every year.

You can walk across the bridge during the day from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. but you are not allowed to walk across it during the night when it is dark. But walking across the bridge, rather than driving across it, gives you a better idea of how big it is. The sea, for example, is 67 metres below you and from the middle of the bridge there’s a fantastic view of San Francisco. Because the sea is cold and the air around the bay is warm, the tops of the two towers are often in clouds.

The best view of the bridge is from the beach on the west side of it. From there you can see how beautiful the bridge is as it curves into the hills on the northern side of the bay. You can also see just how tall the bridge is from the beach; it’s 227 metres from the water to the top of it.