Hi everyone! I need a native speaker to read the following text aloud for my students. Ideally a man with a U.S accent. Natural speed please. Thank you so much for your help and contribution!
San Francisco is the 4th largest city in the US state of California.
It is found in the state’s northern half, roughly halfway between Los Angeles and Oregon.
People from San Francisco are called San Franciscans. Some common nicknames for San Francisco are San Fran (though locals don’t love this one), The City, SFC, The Golden City, Golden Gate City, Fog City, 415 (after the area code), and Frisco. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. The suspension bridge spans a one-mile-wide strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
The City Hasn’t Always Been Named ‘San Francisco’.Founded in 1776, the city of San Francisco wasn’t named so until 1846. Prior to the renaming, the city was known as ‘Yerba Buena’, which means ‘good herb’ in Spanish. The city got its original name from the wild mint that grew around the areas where the first European settlers pitched their tents.
San Francisco’s Chinatown was established with the Gold Rush of 1848. It’s the oldest Chinatown in the US and the largest one in the world outside of Asia.
The city’s first electric streetcar started running in 1892. Much of the San Francisco cable car and streetcar system is still running today.
