New York ~ aE as nero SanaaNEW YORK In the 1650s, about $00 people lived in the quiet litle Dutch town of New Amsterdam, Now, in the twenty: first century, New Amsterdam isthe city of New York Seven and a half milion people liv there, and more than. ‘srenty million people come to vic ic every year ‘Why do they come? They want to see the New York of Jennifer Lopet, George Gershovin, and King Kong. They ‘want to visit some of New York's fine museums, or shop. in Macy’sand Bloomingdales, They wantto eathot dogs, take the Staten Island ferry see che Starue of Liberty and remember 911 “There are hundreds of things co:do in New York, What 40 you want to da? Your tour begins hepe amy arr ec ‘TSE RE es tet ee dai se ere ce ‘Siaiea RECAa Ae “ionamin tt, eminence heer ic pectoris say otter oa Ch a3 Pn a (BEE a a Sit Sesh te ante et oe (rhea Sie? ec ioe sf ing pe ‘Sc ga ai cig re mp ea ‘may Cty 00k en 3 (Ce ma.b h TeRa Ca ‘ama touw Se yp. Rea ary p 3 en ee Phe tment a 18 em, 3 am rman Pe at Beeps itp cn CONTENTS “The Big Apple In the beginning Visiting the city Around Manbat Great buildings ‘Museums and galleries Shopping and eating [Nights oucin che ciey Ourside Mi From baseball to tennis Welovea parade! shattan actives: Before Reading acrivries: While Reading sctiveries: Aer Reading n 1s 18 2 30 3 36 a 45 8 st 3a Qa a < = a ov xo -2 New York “There are a lot of apples on the tree’ they said, “but when you take New York City, you take The Big Apple!” Lots of famous people live or lived in New York: actors the Mar Brothers, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Whoopi Goldberg, and Tom Cruise; musicians Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, 50 Cent, Jennifer Lopez, Jerome Kern, and George Gershwin. ‘Yes, everybody wanted some of The Big Apple ~ and they want some today, too! When visitors think about New York, they usually think about Manhattan ~an island 134% miles long and 2 miles across, But New York has five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. The city hhas 6,500 miles of streets, and seven and a half mi people live chere. Another three and a half million people travel in to New York ro work every day. But New York was not always a big city 2 In the beginning Four hundred years ago, Manhattan Island was the home of the Native American people called the Algonquin Indians. In 1609, a man called Heney Hudson came up the river to Manhattan, He was British but he was on a Dutch ship, the Half Moon. Today, that river is called the Hudson Rives, In 1626, a Dutchman called Peter Minuit gave the Algonquin Indians about twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhatean. Minuit buile some houses, and called the litle town New Amsterdam after the city of [Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Twenty years later, about 500 people lived there,4 New York But in 1664, the British rook the town from the Dutch and changed its name to New York. Then there was the at of Independence (1775-1783) ~ a war hetween the British and some of the people of North America. It finished in 171 3, the British lefe, and che United States of America had its first president ~ George Washington, In 1790, about 33,000 people lived in New York, but then millions more men and women began to leave their countries and come ro America from all over the world ‘These immigrants all wanted to be part of the new country, and many of them wanted to live in New York. The first immigrants came from Germany and Ireland; later, more came from Italy, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Africa, and China, These ‘New Americans’ often lived in the same streets swith other people from their own country ~ Irish with Bulidng Brooklyn Bridge Irish, Italians with Italians, Chinese with Chinese, Today, there are parts of New York called Chinatown and Lictle lealy ‘The immigrants worked very hard, and many of them helped to build the frst skyscrapers and bridges. Brooklyn Bridge, more than 6,000 feet long, opened on 24 May 1883. Thousands of New Yorkers watched, and 150,300 people went across the bridge on the fest day In 1898, the five boroughs made a new city: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island were now ‘New York City ~ the second largest city in the world6 New York The 1 dancin 0s are often called the ‘roaring twenties’. With jazz, the first talking movies ~ America was an exciting place. And nowhere was more exciting than New York. From 1920 to 1933 people could not make or sell alcohol in New York — but of course you could find it in dark streets or behind the doors of small clubs In 1930 the Chrysler Building opened, then the Empire State Building in 1931. F building in the city ~ unl 19; 3 many years, it was the tallest , when the World Trade Center was built The two skyserapers of the World Trade Center, on Church Streetand Liberty Street, were the tallest buildings in New York, There were more than one hundred floors, with offices, shops, and restaurants inside. The Windows fon the World” restaurant was one of the most famous But on IL September, 2001 9/11" to Americans everything changed. At 846 am. on that day an American Airlines plane crashed into the North Tower of the Wotld Trade Center, Seventeen minutes lates, at 9.03 a m.. United Airlines plane crashed into the South Tower. Nobody can forget 9/11, People all across the world watched on TV and saw the last minutes of the two big towers. Thousands of people died in and near the Center. Today this place is called Ground Zero, Many visitors to New York like to go there and remember 9/11. It is one more story —one ofthe unhappiest sto from this cityVisiting the city Travel is easy in Manhattan. There are twelve avenues, First to Twelfth, and they go north and south, Sixth Avenue also has a name ~ the Avenue of the Americas. nd after Leh Street the Most streets go east and wes streets and avenues go in straight lines. The East Side is to the east of Fifth fi Lots of New Yorkers travel under che streets and enue, and the West Side is to the buildings of New York on subway trains. When you take the subway, ask yourself, “Where am I going ~ uptown north) or downtown (south)?" You can buy a MetroCard ‘The straight avenues of New York Visiting te city 9 at subway stations or at more than 3,000 other places round the city: Visitors ean also buy a one-day Fun Pass and travel with i all day ‘The subway is noisy and dirty, but it’s cheap and guick. Millions of people take the subway trains to and from work every day: Some trains go for twenty-four hours a day ‘When you want to go by bus, you can buy a MetroCard (Or you can get on the bus frst and put the right money in the box next to the driver. There are buses on most avenues and on the bigger streets. There are buses twenty four hours each day, but sometimes you can wait a long, time for a bus between midnight and 6 a.m.10 New York Visiting the city n ‘There are more than 12,000 yellow taxis ~ called yellow cabs — in New York, You can usually find a cab near the big hotels, and you can stop them in the street, There is a ferry from Battery Park to the Statue of Liberty and Elis Island. The Staten Island ferry also leaves from Battery Park. It leaves every twenty to thirty minutes, Yellow eabe twenty-four hours a day. And it's ree for everybody? For some of the best views of the city, take a Circle Line boat around the island of Manhattan. You ean learn a lot about the city, and you can see views of the other four boroughs of New York. Orgoiina helicopter and look down on the skyscrapers Helicopters leave from West 30th Street and Twelfth Avenue, and from Pir 6, Aeneas The Statue of Livery The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty tothe American peoplein 1886. The starue is about 150 feet high, and her arm is 42 feet long. From the tenth floor there are wonderful views of New York. Get your ticket from the ticket office at ee Battery Park before you get on the ferry: There is also a ‘museum on Liberty Island Between 1892 and 1954, Ellis Island was the frst stop for nearly 17 million immigrants, All the ships from Europe stopped here. Many famous people came through Ellis Island ~ Isaac Asimox, Samuel Goldwyn, Rudo warlie Chaplin and Wale Valentino, Sigmund Freud, C Disney: Today, you can rake a ferry boat across the river and visit Ellis Island. Here, in the museum, you can see pictures of many of those immigrants, South Street Seaport is by the East River. It tells the story of New York, the sea, and the rivers. It is full of shops, restaurants, museums, and ships old and new.Around Manhattan South of Canal Street and west of Chatham Square is New York’s Chinatown. Chinese people first came to Now York around 1850. Mast of them were men; they lived and worked in New York, and sent money home to their families. Many helped co build the railways in California and across the West before chey came to New York. Today; morethan 80,000Chinese- Americans livein Chinatown, There are many interesting shops here, and when you want to eat or drink, there are restaurants and tea-shops everywhere nearly 400 of them Little Italy is north of Canal Street and west of the Bowery: It was once the home of thousands of Italian immigeants, and now it has some of the best Italian restaurants in the city Fach year in September there is the Festival of San Gennaro. Three million people come every year to enjoy che eleven days of the festival. ‘The Festival of San Gennaro, Lite tly Arotend Manhatta ‘There is alot of music, and very good Italian food too. A big parade goes along Mulberry and Mote Streets, between | Canal and Houston Streets, on 19 September. Greenwich Village is west of Broadvray, between Ith Street and Houston Stret. Ie gotitsname from Greenwich in south-east London when the British were in New York before the War of Independence. Many famous artists and writers lived in the old houses on the litle strets of Greenwich Villages Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Jackson Pollock, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg all lived: jazz clubs, and theatres There are interesting shops, cafés, art galleries,4 New York AL75Y Bedlord Se house. It is just 9 et you can see New York's smallest feet across, and it was buile in 1873 Jefferson Market Courthouse, at 425 Sixth Avenue, is one of America’s ten most beautiful buildings. It has a beautiful tower with big clocks. Central Park is between Fifth Avenue and Central Park West, and from S9th to [10th Streets, Ie is six per cent of ‘Manhattan! In this quiet place you ean getaway from the people and the noise of the ety. Ithas a big lake, hundreds of trees, and beautiful gardens. Often there is music in the park too. Visit he Delacorte Theatre or the Central Park Zoo, or take 2 tour of Central Pack by bicycle. New Yorkers love to walk, tun, skate and play in Central Park it gets the mose visitors of any park in the United States Centra Pare Great buildings TThe Empire State Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street is New York's tallest skyscraper. Berween 1931 and 1 it was the tallest building in the world, ‘Work on the building started in 1930, and it opened in 1931. Ie is 1,250 feet high and has 102 floors, In 1933 people all over the world saw the Empire State Building in the movie King Kong, The Empire State BuildingYou can go up to the 86th floor for wonderful views of the city. In 1945 a plane flew over Manhattan and hit the 79th floor of the building. Fourteen people died in the accident. ‘The United Nations Building is by che East River at First Avenue and 45th Street. It has beautiful gardens by the river, People from more than 190 countries meet and work here. There are tours most days, and you can see some interesting statues in the gardens. Every day, trains take half a million people to and from the Grand Central Terminal on East 42nd Street at Park Avenue. This wonderful building opened in 1913. ‘The main part is 275 feet long and 125 feet high. Look up at the beautiful blue ceiling with its 2,500 stars. The windows are 60 feet high. The Grand Central Oyster Bar is one of New York's most famous restaurants, and there are lots more restaurants, cafés and shops. There are free ours on Wednesdays and Fridays Great buildings ‘The Rockefeller Center is between Fifth and Seventh Avenues and 47eh and Sst Streets, New Yorkers love o comehere at Christmas. Here there are shops, restaurants and cafés. There is also the famous Radio City Music Hall ~ the largest theatre in the world, The Center was built between 1931 and 1940. In che winter, you can skate con the Lower Plaza. And at Christmas there is always a big Christmas eree at the Rockefeller Genter. tis usually between 75 and 90 feet high6 Museums and galleries ‘There are more than sixty museums in Manhattan, Some stay open late one or two evenings in the week, and some are fre. The Metropolitan Museum of Art~‘5,000 years of art? ~ is New York’s biggest museum, and is on Fifth Avenue. It has three floors with thousands of paintings, statues and other things. Titian, El Greco, Monet, Cezanne, and Rousseau are just some of the names in the Metropolitan Mascum. There is a garden of statues too. Museuoms and galleries 9 Perhaps you are interested in American artists. At the Whitney Museum of American Att at 945 Madison Avenue you can see pictures by Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jasper Johns, William de Kooning and many ‘more American artists “The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is at 11 West S3rd teeet Ithas the world’s biggest collection of modern art. There are six floors of pictures, photographs, and statues. Two of che most famous pictures are Monet's Water Lilies and Picasso's Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon. The Museum of the City of New York on Fifth Avenue, at 103rd Street, tells the story of New York from its beginning. Watch the Timescapes movie, and visit the exhibition Perfornr about New York theatre ‘The Guggenheim Museum is also on Fifth Avenue, at ‘88th Street. This museum opened in 1959. You can see aT i2 New York the work of Picasso, Kandinsky; Modigliani, and other modern artists in this strange but wonderful building, ‘The American Museum of the Moving Image is on Thirty-Fifeh Av From Manhattan itis about a fiteen-minute ride on the nue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, subway. You can see more than 85,000 different thin from the movies ~ clothes from Chicago and Sear Trek, photos of movie stars, and much mote. You can learn abo movies and television, and watch movies in the Would you lke to see something different? At the New York City Police Museum at 100 Old Slip between South ‘The New York City Police Museum The intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum and Water Streets you can learn all about New York's police their work, theircars, and their clothes (irom 1626 to today), Ac the Intrepid Sea-Ait-Space Museum ~ Pier 86, Hudson River at 46th Stree planes, and helicopters. Atthe Museum of T Radio at 25 West S2nd Street, between Fifth and Sixth and watch you can visit US ships, sion and Avenues, you can listen to radio program: TV programmes ~ 120,000 of them! You can also watch ‘movies in the museum's theatre, And the International Center of Photography at 1133 Sixth Avenue at 43rd Street has thousands of photos from the eaiest times up to today, and exhibitions of old and new workShopping and eating 2B Shopping and eating People love to go shopping in New York. You can find nearly everything here, and sometimes things are very cheap. And there are shopping tours! Most of New York’s biggest shops are in midrown Manhattan, Fifth Avenue has some of the biggest names ~ Tiffany's, Cartier, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, Lord and Taylor, Gucci, Lacoste. Or go to the wonderful Trump Tower with its shops and restaurants, Macy’s~ “The World’s Largest Store’ — is on Broadway and 34th Street. For men’s clothes, go to Brooks Brothers or Paul Stuart, on Madison Avenue. For women’s clothes, try Betsey Johnson at 248 Columbus Avenue or Calvin Klein at 654 Madison Avenue, There are more clothes at American Apparel at 183 Houston Street, Urban Outfiteers at 628 Broadway between Bleeker and Houston Streets, Mr Joe at $00 Bighth Avenue between 35ch and 36th Streets and Levi's (famous for their jeans) at $36 Broadway between Prince and Spring Streets For cheap clothes, go to Cencury 21 at Street between Broadway and Church Street. And Hell's Kitchen Flea Market, at West 39th Street between Ninh and Tenth Avenues, and Avenue A Flea Market at 11th Corslande Sereet are both open on Saturdays and Sundays. For CDs and other music, go to Tower Records at1961 Broadway or Midnight Records 263 West 23rd Street. Are you looking for something old or different? ‘Then visit yphon Records at 233 West ‘72nd Street, House of Oldies at 35 Carmine Steeet, or Other Music at 15 East 4th Street. And there are bookshops. Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue has more chan three flea market million books. TheStrand Book Store at 828 Broadway sells new and old books, Readers ‘of mystery books can find thousands and thousands of them at Murder Ink at 2486 Broadway and the Mysterious Bookshop at 129 West S6th Street, Gotham Book Mart at 41 West 47th Street has hundreds of old books. Shopping and eating 2 For ‘something different’, go to SoHo (between Canal Street and West Houston Street) or Greenwich Village For everything Chinese, g Broadway berween Broome and Grand Streets You never need to he hungry in New York! There ace more than 25,000 restaurants, cafés, “fast food shops, and food stands in New York's five boroughs. You can find something for everyone ~ from the cheapest to the most expensive ~ and you can eat food from every counery in the world, But remember — when you buy food in America, in a restaurant or on the street, you usvally geta lott New Yorkers often eat at the delicatessen ~ or ‘deli’ ‘These food shops sell wonderful sandwiches. Thete are fast food stands on many streets. These sell food like hamburgers and hot dogs, and deinks like Coca-Cola From 3 p.m. to S p.m. you can have ‘afternoon tea’ at cone of the bigger horels ~ che Plaza at 768 Fifth Avenue, the Waldorf-Astoria at 301 Park Avenue ot the Carlyle at 35 East 76th Street.Nights out in the city Some of the best actors, singers, and dancersin the world live and work in New York. Most of the cheatres are in the streets near Times Square and on Broadway, between 41st and 53rd Streets, There ate thirty or more theatres ‘on Broadway; and rickets are expensive, but sometimes you ean get cheaper tickets on the day. “Off-Broadway” theatres are cheaper, and you can get a ticket more easily. You can find off-Broadway theatres in Greenwich Village and in some other parts of New York, And sometimes you can watch things for free! Bryant Park Free Summer Season in Bryant Park, Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street is between June and August. In the evenings you can watch movies, at lunchtimes watch theatre, and at weekends listen to concerts. And you can hear free concerts at Central Park SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, between June and September. The Lincoln Center is on Broadway and Gith Strect. Here you can see dancing or listen to music. You can also listen to music at Carnegie Hall on 57th Sticet and Seventh Avenue, and at Radio City Music Hall ar 1260 Sixth Avenue Now York is a wonderful city for jazz. You can hear some of the best jazz at the Blue Note at 131 West 3rd Servet, Village Vanguard at 178 Seventh Avenue South, and at Birdland at 315 West 44th Street. East Houston Street, Irving Plaza at 17 Irving Place at 15th For rock music, try the Mercury Lounge at 2 Sereet, S.OLB's at 204 Varick Street, che Hammerstein Balleoom at 311 West 34th Street, The Living Room at 154 Ludlow Street or Maxwell's at 1039 Washington Street. Sometimes you can hear rock concert at Madison Square Garden at Eighth Avenue and 33rd Street.ee There ate lots of Irish peoplein New York, and they love music You can hear Irish music at Blaggards Pub, 8 West 38th Street, or at Connolly's in Times Squate. There are cinemas~ often called movie thea tres — all over the city, and people make a lot of movies fon the streets of New York too. ‘Woody Allen is probably New York's most famous movie-maker: The New York Film Festival begins ar the end of September for ‘wo weeks at the Lincoln Center: You can see new movies from America and other countries for the first time Nightclubs are good places for an evening out, but they ean be expensive. Go to the Rainbow Nighe tin the city 2 Room at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Or there is the Supper Club ar 240 West 47th Street. For lots of laughs, go to the Comedy Cellar at 11 MacDougal Street between Bleeker and West 3rd Streets 1 to Carolines on Broadway at 1626 Broadway between 49th and SOth Stecets Bars and clubs, midnight movies, late-night shops, and ood stands in the street. “This city never sleeps,’ New Yorkers sayOutside Manhattan 31 ‘ Outside Manhattan New York is more than just Manhattan. There are four ‘more boroughs in the city Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Seaten Island. Brooklyn is one of the oldest parts af New York, and ichas many interesting old buildings. Many visitors (and many New Yorkers too) like to visit Coney Island. In this pare of South Brooklyn there are more than three miles of beaches. And you can have an exciting time at the amusement park. For children, there is the Brooklyn ‘Coney Island Amusement Park = eh ee Children’s Museum, at 145 Brooklyn Avenue. It was the first children’s museum in the world. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is in Queens. The 450,000-seat Shea Stadium, home of the New York Mets baschall team, is here. Flushing Meadows is the home of the US National Tennis Center. Queens has many museums and restaurants. Take the Number 7 subway from Times Square to Flushing. The tain takes you above the roads and houses and gives you ‘one of the best views of New York. “Two interesting places in the Bronx are the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden. The zoo opened in2 New York 1899. Today it has more than seven thousand animals. It also has a childven’s 200 and a big park. The New York Botanical Garden has forty-eight gardens, and a garden for children, ‘Take the free ferry to Staten Island, south of Manhattan, Staten Island has some beautiful old New York buildings, and there are lakes and hills with good views of New ‘York and the rivers. Historic Richmond Town is at 441 Clarke Avenue. In this museum village you can visit ‘owenty-seven differene buildings. One is from the 1690s, and another from the 1820s. Also on Staten Island is the Chinese Scholar's Garden ~a quiet, beautiful, green place ‘The New York Satanial Garden 10 From baseball to tennis Americans love 10 watch baseball, and New York has two famous baseball teams ~ the Mets and the Yankees, Shea Stadium is the home of the New York Mets, and they ember. play there between April and The New York Knicks basketball team play at Madison Square Garden from October to April ‘Madison Square Garden is also the place forice hockey, between October and April. The city’s oldest team, the New York Rangers, play here.M New York The city’s ewo football teams ~ American football, of course ~are the New York Giants and the New York Jets. See them at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey In November every year, 25,000 people run through all five boroughs of New York in the New York Marathon, They begin on Seaten Island, and finish 26 miles and 385 yards later in Central Park ‘You can ride a horse at che Claremont Riding Academy at 175 West 89th Street, or in Central Park. You can get lee hockey Fram baseball ta tennis 3 bikes for about ren dollars an hour in the park too, There are no cars in the park on Saturdays and Sundays, so people like riding and walking then, Runners can go to the Central Park Reservoir runn track, or to Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex, Piets 59-62. at 23rd Street and Eleventh Avenue. Tennis players from all over the world come to the National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, Queens, for the US Open Tennis Championships. These are in carly September. “The Now York Marathon rrr os11 We love a parade! New Yorkers love parades and there is one in some part of the city most months of the year. One of the biggest the St Patrick's Day Parade. SePatrick’s Day Parade is on 17 March. Its the longest, oldest, and most famous of all the New York parades. It started in 1762. Ie goes along Fifth Avenue from 4th Street to 86th Street. More chan 150,000 people walk in the parade. In March or April the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus comes to the city. On the first and last nights of the circus, there is a parade with the circus animals from the Queens Midtown Tunnel 10 We love a parade! a ‘Madison Square Garden at midnight ‘There is an Easter Parade oon Fifth Avenue on Easter Sunday, from 49th to 57th Streets America’s Independence Day is on 4 July. There are_many street parades and fireworks in the five boroughs of New York. (On 31 October is the Hall as a walk for children on Hallow Village. Its nove a big parade for everyone, ‘The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was in 1924. It is om the last Thursday in November and goes along, Parade, This began sn ight in Greenwich Broadway from 77th Street to 34th Street. The parade can miles long, Some people get up very early and wait for hours for the parade. ‘At Christmas you can go to Radio City Music Hall for their wonderful Christmas Show, or go skating at the Rockefeller Center. Late on New Year's Eve (31 December), many people go to Times Square. At midnight, everyone sings and dances and says ‘Happy New Year! co their friends ot the people near them. There are fireworks in Central Park. and a midnight run chrough the park. Perhaps you're thinking about a visit to New York What other things do visitors need to know? People often ask, ‘Is New York dangerous?” No more dangerousra than any other big city. There are a lot of police on the q of New York roo, Just be careful ~ don’t carry a i ee Some visitors find that New Yorkers are not ver ~ 1 Jot, but others only say “Yeaht’ or “OK! when you talk o i sothem, ot oe Te AL ANS NSS very cold in the middle of winter. Take che right clothe j The city is always changing. You can hear the n y building work all the time. Cars and buses stop and stat = Cee Bea De ety# New York and yellow cabs are everywhere. WALK and DON*T WALK signs go on and off, and people run between streets and avenues. That's New York ‘That's che most exciting city in the world. GLOSSARY cahol_srong drinks like win, becr or whisky fare plots and other bea artist someone who paints or draws pictures fal hings that people like ro look at basketball game fortwo teams of five players who ty to throw a ball into a high net boat a small ship for ravelling on water borough one pact of acey bus kind of big ‘ca which many people can wavel in buy. to give money for something capital city). the mest important ety in a eouncry circus ashow with people and animals tha goes from place ro place clothes things you wear, shirts, trousers, dresses club a place where you goto dance snd listen to music collection group of things ofthe same kind in one place ‘rash tohit something hard and noisily dance co move your body to music dangerous something dangerous can hurt o ill yo exhibition 2 namber of things people gor look ate ina smuseum or gallery ferry boat thar cakes people or shngs on short journeys across floor one level of «building food what you eat rallery_a place where you can see paintings and other kinds of balicopter a kindof small plane that ean go straight up into the Jmmigeane_s person who comes to another ouncry eo liv there island a piece of land with water around i lake an aea of water with land around it modern ofthe presen time ‘museum place where you can lok at old or interesting things2 Glossary music. when you sing or pla an inseument, yo make music ‘musician person who makes music mystery a kind af bok about crimes and strange events park large place with trees and gardens where people can goto valk, play games et part one of the pieces of someching railway the metal lines that tins goon fom one place ro smother restaurant place where people can buy and eat meals Fide to ston a horse and make e move; to travel ina ear or tain saint (Se) par of the name of avery good or holy persons often written a St sell co give something someone and get money for it team 2 group of people who play a sport together against another group theatre a building where you goto se plays tour short visit se a building oF city travel to go fom one place to another place view what you can ste from a certain place war Sighting berween countries or groups of people 200 a place where you can see wild animal in a town oF city New York ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES Before Reading 1 Read the back cover of the book, and the introduction on the frst page. How much do you know now about New York? Are these sentences true (T} or false (F)? 1 Twenty-five milion people lve in New York. 2 More than twenty million people visit New York every year. 3 In the 1650s New York was called Little London. 4 You can visit the Statue of Lord Nelson, 5 You can see a show in a Broadway the 6 New York is small, quiet, and boring Which of these places are you going to find in a book about New York? Tick six of the twelve boxes, Niagara Falls Macy's Harrods 1D The White House CiCentral Park Brooklyn Big Ben Cl Manhattan O The Eiffel Tower 1D The Colosseum (The Staten Island Ferry C1. Coney Island Which other places do you know in New York? ‘Which places in New York would you mos like to visit? ACTIVITIES While Reading Read Chapters 1 and 2. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F}? Change the false sentences into true ones. 1 Manhattan isan island, chirteen and a half miles long. 2 New York has five boroughs 3 ‘The city has 7,500 miles of strets. 4 George Hudson was the fist president of the United States of America “The frst immigrants came from Germany and Ireland. ‘There isa pact of New York called Little China 7 From 1920 co 1933 people could nat make or sell alcohol in New York 8 For many years, the Chrysler Building was the eallest in the city Read Chapter 3, and then complete these sentences with the right words avenues, cabs, fery, immigrants, people, subneay, views 1 There ate twelve in New York 2 The __is noisy, dirty cheap, and quick. 3 Taxis ate called yellow ip New York, 4 There ate wonderful ____of New York from the Statue of Liberty 5 The___of France gave the statue to the Americans in 1886, 6 You can take a___and vis Elis Island. 7 Ells Island was the frst stop for all che _ from Europe.6 -Acriviiss: While Reading [Read Chapters 4 and 5, then answer these questions. ‘When did Chinese people fist come ro New York? ‘Where are the est Italian restaurants in the city? ‘When i the Festival of San Gennaro? ‘What can you see at 75% Bedford Screet? ‘Where can you find a lake in New York? ‘When did the Empire Sate Building open? ‘Where do people from more than 190 countries meet and swotk? 8 Where are che windows 60 fect high? 9. Which isthe largest theatre in the world? 10 Whereis there a big tre at Christmas? Read Chapter 6, then match the beginnings and the endings of the sentences. 1 The Metropolitan Museum of Areis 2 The Museum of Modern Arthas... 3 At the Museum of the City of New York watch The Guggenheim Muscum opened ‘The American Museum of the Moving Image has Ac the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum you can see Acthe Muscum of Television and Radio you can watch the Timescapes movie. [New York's biggest museum. US ships, planes, and helicopters 120,000 TV programmes in 195. the world’s biggest collection of modeen art 85,000 different things from movies. acrivenes: While Reading > a Read Chapter 7. Match the places with the things you can eat or buy there, 1 Brooks Brothers afternoon tea 2 Betsey Johnson bb women’ elothes 3 Hells Kitchen Flea Market ¢ everything Chinese 4 Barnes and Noble men’s clothes 5 Pearl River Mart cheap clothes f 6 Waldorf Astoria books [Read Chapter 8. Match the places with the things you can see or hear there. 1 Broadway 1 movies 2 Central Park SummerStage rock music 3 Blue Note jazz 4 Mercury Lounge theatre 5 Connolly’ «free concerts 6 New York Film Festival fish music ‘Read Chapters 9,10, and 11. Complete the sentences with the names ofthe places. 1 At____ Island ehere are more than three miles of beach. 2 The___ Zoo opened in 1899. 3 ___ Stadium isthe home of che New York Mets, 4 The New York Marathon begins on ___ Island, 5 There are no cars in__Park on Saturdays and Sundays, {6 The StPacrick’s Day Parade goes along Avenve. 7 Goto___ Music Fall for their wonderful Ch Show. § On New Year's Eve, many people goto Square.1 Martin is visting New York. Rea ACTIVITIES After Reading is e-mail and circle the correct words, aoe Tes0c0An Hello / Goodbye rom Now York | arrived lft here on Friday caught th tain plane te Grand Central Terminal/ Victoria Station and then the tube subway to my hotel. tle next to Hyde Park/ Coral Parkin the centre of the city. The views / sights from my window are wonderta Yesterday | wont fora walkie on the Staten Island ferry /1raln to see tho Statue of Liberty / Ete! Tower The people of Britain France gave it to the Americans. ts ‘ery bigt For lunch we had a sandwich /aftemoon tea in famous New York deli Last night went to a famous thestre on Broadway / ‘Sixth Avenue, and saw a very exiting play, After the lay 100k a yellow /redeab back to my hotel ‘Tomorrow | am going to s88/wateh the movies paintings at the Louvre / Metropolitan Museum of Art ‘Then | am going shopping in Harrods / Macy's (On Monday am coming home. ‘See you soon, Martin is: After Reading 2 2 Here is a new phovo for the book. Find the best place inthe book to put the piceure, and answer these questions. The pict es on pag 1 Where was the photographer? 2 What are che people doing? 3 Who are the people in the piceures on the walls? 4 Would you like to visi this place? Now write a caption forthe photo.50 activins After Reading 3 Use the clues below to complete this crossword with words from the story. Then find the hidden ten-letter word in the crossword. 1 To give money for something, 2 To move your body to music. 3 To give something to someone and get money for it. 4 A large place with trees and gardens where people can go and walk, play gan 5 Tosit oma horse and make it moves to travel in a ear or 66 ‘Things thar you wear, e.g shiets, trousers, dresses. 7 A small ship for travelling on water, 8 To go from one place to another place. 9 One level of a building. 10 A kind of small plane chat ean go straight up into the ait ‘The hidden word inthe crossword is___, acrwinies After Reading” 51 4 Here isa paragraph about New York. Write the correct words in the spaces. (Contra Park, Elis Island, Empire State Building, ferry, Bifth Avenue, ht dogs, north-east, paintings, seven, subway, theatres, wenty New York is in the More than of the United States of Ameria. million people lve there and__ million people vise the city every year. They like to travel, fon the _, see the _in the museums and see the wonderful views from the ‘They also lke to eat and walk in_. Many people take the __to They also want to go shopping on Inthe ‘evening the __on Broadway are very popular. Now write a paragraph about a city in your country. Begin... (My city) million people, isin the __of __. Ithas. Now compare New York and your city: Which things are the same? Which things are diferent? What isthe most ingesting thing about each city? Where would you like 0 live? Why? 5 Imagine you are going to visit New York for a weekend, ‘What five chings would you most ike to see and do there? ‘What would you like to visic fist? What would you like 10 buy, and which food would you like to try? What isthe most interesting thing about the city for you? You can find ‘more information about the city at www.nyevisitcom.ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Escott worked in business before becoming a writer Since thenhehas written many books for readers of all ages, He was born in Somerset, inthe west of England, bu now lives in Bowenemouth inthe south From here he can easily reach che Dorset const, which, he ays, i is fourie pare of England. When he is not working, he kes looking for long-orgocten hooks in small backsteet bookshops, watching old Hollywood fms, and walking for miles long emp beaches. He has visited New York several times, Two of his favourite places are che Guggenheim Museum and the Tramp Tower. He also enjoyed the Cirle Line bot cout, and the crip t lis land, where he liked ceading the sad stories from the lives of eatiy inmmigrants tothe United Sees. He has writen or rerold more chan twenty stories for Oxfond Bookworms from Starter 10 Stage 6, and he has also written for the Oxford Dominoes series. 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