Portland People and Places

WELCOME!

Portland is a wonderful place. It has many interesting stories. Please enjoy them! Welcome to Portland! We’re glad you are here! — Tim Krause, Instructor English for Speakers of Other Languages Portland Community College December 2018

The text was written by Timothy Krause, ESOL Instructor, Portland Community College. Images from “A Strange Hobby” and “A Surprise Question” are used with permission. All rights reserved. Other images are in the public domain except where otherwise noted in the alt text. This book was funded in part by a grant from Open Oregon Educational Resources. You may also be interested in these titles:

A SMALL CITY

• This is Susan. She is a student at Portland Community College. She lives in Portland.
• Portland is a small city in Oregon. Oregon is a state in the United States of America.
• There are many trees, rivers, and mountains in Oregon.
• This is the flag of Oregon. It is blue. Oregon is called the “Beaver State.”
• Summers are warm and dry in Portland. Susan likes the sun.
• Winters in Portland are different. They are cool and wet. Susan doesn’t like the rain.
• Portland is near a mountain. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hood.
• This is the flag of Portland. The green is nature. The blue lines are two rivers. The names of the rivers are the Willamette River and the Columbia River.
• Portland has many bridges. Some are for cars. Some are for trains. Some are for people and bikes.
• Susan has a garden with lots of trees and flowers. One flower is a pink rose.
• Portland has lots of parks. Many parks have gardens with roses. Portland is the “City of Roses.”
• Susan rides her bike to the parks. Portland has many bike lanes on the streets. It’s easy to ride a bike in Portland.
• Susan eats lunch outside in the summer. She likes food carts.
• There are many food carts in Portland. Susan is vegan. (vegan = she does not eat animals)
• Susan also likes soccer. Portland has two soccer teams. They are called the Portland Thorns (women) and the Portland Timbers (men).
• The unicycle isn’t easy to ride. It has only one wheel. There are no handlebars. There are no brakes. But Brian likes to learn new things. He learns very fast. He rides well.