1 The Big Apple 1
2 In the beginning 3
3 Visiting the city 8
4 Around Manhattan 12
5 Great buildings 15
6 Museums 18
7 Shopping and eating 22
8 Nights out in the city 26
9 Outside Manhattan 30
10 From baseball to tennis 33
11 We love a parade! 36
GLOSSARY 41
ACTIVITIES: Before Reading 43
ACTIVITIES: While Reading 44
ACTIVITIES: After Reading 47
TRANSLATION 参考译文 51
內容試閱:
In the 1650s, about 500 people lived in the quiet little Dutch town of New Amsterdam. Now, in the twenty-first century, New Amsterdam is the city of New York. More than eight million people live there, and more than twenty million people come to visit it every year.
Why do they come? They want to see the New York of Jennifer Lopez, George Gershwin,and King Kong. They want to visit some of New Yorks fine museums, or shop in Macys and Bloomingdales. They want to eat hot dogs, take the Staten Island ferry, see the Statue of Liberty, and remember 911.
There are hundreds of things to do in New York. What do you want to do? Your tour begins here
在17世纪50年代,大约有500人居住在这个安静的荷兰小城镇 新阿姆斯特丹。现在已经21世纪了,新阿姆斯特丹变成了纽约城。城中有800多万人口,每年还有2000多万人去那里参观游览。
他们为什么而来?他们想看看这座跟詹妮弗 洛佩兹、乔治 格什温和金刚相关的城市。他们想要参观纽约精美的博物馆,或者到梅西百货和布鲁明戴尔百货店去逛一逛。他们想要吃热狗,乘坐斯塔滕岛渡轮,看看自由女神像,纪念9 11事件。
在纽约可做的事情有很多,那么你想要做什么?从这里开启你的旅程吧