2. It’s in New England, about two
hours west of Boston.
3. 1. There is much less traffic in
Amherst than there is in Oakland.
4. 2. There are fewer people in Amherst
than there are in Oakland:
Population of Oakland: 390,724
Population of Amherst: 37,819
5. 3. Amherst doesn’t have as many parks
as Oakland. This is the only one:
Old New England towns
like Amherst all have a
“town common.”
Hundreds of years ago,
everybody in town kept
their cows and chickens
on the common. Now
The common is like a
public park.
6. However, there is a lot of beautiful
country to visit all around the town.
7. 4. There is less public
transportation in Amherst than
in Oakland.
In fact, during school vacations the buses
stop running completely, and there is no
public transportation at all!
8.
5. Even though Amherst
is so much smaller than
Oakland, Amherst has
more museums.
9. This is the museum of the Amherst
Historical Society.
10. This is a science museum at Amherst
College. It has dinosaur bones.
11. Emily Dickinson, a famous poet, lived in
Amherst. Now, her home is a museum.
12. The National Yiddish Book Center is a library and
museum that preserves the literature and culture of
Jewish immigrants from Europe.
13. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is a lot of
fun for children. They can look at the original art from
their favorite children’s books.
14. However, the Oakland Museum of California is more
famous than any of the museums in Amherst (and it’s
just across the street from Laney College)!
15.
6. Amherst has bigger and more
famous colleges than Oakland.
There are two of them, the
University of Massachusetts and
Amherst College.
16. The University of Massachusetts is a big university with
about 30,000 students.
(Ms. Agard graduated from this university, and her father worked there
as a librarian.)
17. The tall buildings that you see in this
picture are all university buildings.
18. Amherst College is an old, expensive private
school with about 2,000 students.
19.
7. Amherst has fewer houses than
Oakland.
8. Amherst has fewer buildings
than Oakland.
9. Amherst has fewer stores and
less shopping.
20.
Amherst also has fewer jobs for
ESL teachers than there are in the
Bay Area, so that’s why Ms.
Agard lives here!
