#154: Las Vegas

English Learning for Curious Minds

English - April 29, 2021 22:00 - 20 minutes - 19 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratings
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It's the world's Sin City, where fortunes and made and lost.

In this episode, you'll learn about the history of this unlikely city, from its early days as a desert oasis to its links with the Mafia, from eccentric entrepreneurs right through to atomic bombs.

Geographic location of Las VegasDiscovering Las Vegas ("The Meadows")1905: A sleepy railway townConstruction begins on The Hoover DamProviding entertainment for construction workers1930s and 1940s: Bugsy Siegel and The Mafia arriveBugsy Siegel's early lifeBuilding The FlamingoPost World War II: "cheap luxury"Watching atomic bombs explodeHoward Hughes arrives and never leavesPushing the mafia out of town1980s: Las Vegas revivalLas Vegas today

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/las-vegas

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