#154: Las Vegas

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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 Vegas • Discovering Las Vegas ("The Meadows") • 1905: A sleepy railway town • Construction begins on The Hoover Dam • Providing entertainment for construction workers • 1930s and 1940s: Bugsy Siegel and The Mafia arrive • Bugsy Siegel's early life • Building The Flamingo • Post World War II: "cheap luxury" • Watching atomic bombs explode • Howard Hughes arrives and never leaves • Pushing the mafia out of town • 1980s: Las Vegas revival • Las Vegas today

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

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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

Release date

Lydbog: 30. april 2021