01355383 Varieties of English and Cultures of English Native Speakers 08 | Page 8

Big is beautiful
It is no secret that the US is big. But how big?
The answer is… nearly 1 million square kilometres in total. From east to
west is around 4,000 kilometres. That means a 40 hours’ drive on the
shortest route, from San Francisco to Washington D.C., cutting through
the desert heartland, or 5 hours by plane.