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Welcome to The Big Apple 1

Unit 1 The City and State of New York 1

Unit 2 The Population of The Big Apple 4

Unit 3 The Economy of The Big Apple 8

Unit 4 Four Foreign Students in The Big Apple(Dialogue) 13

A New Yorker 16

Unit 5 Melting PotorTossed Salad? 16

Unit 6 Everyday New Yorkers 21

Unit 7 Nothing in The Big Apple Remains the Same for Long 23

Unit 8 On Foot 28

Getting Around The Big Apple 28

Unit 9 By Car 31

Unit 10 By Public Transportation 34

New York's History 38

Unit 11 Early Settlers and the Colonial Period 38

Unit 12 Nineteenth Century 42

Unit 13 Twentieth Century 46

Unit 14 Should the Old Make Way for the New?(Dialogue) 51

A Variety of Shapes 55

Unit 15 Skyscrapers and Office Buildings 55

Unit 16 Manhattan Connections:Bridges and Tunnels 58

Unit 17 The United Nations 62

Out of the Ordinary 67

Unit 18 New York Rides 67

Unit 19 More New York Rides 70

Unit 20 Central Park:Oasis of the Big Apple 74

The Flourishing Arts 78

Unit 21 Museums 78

Unit 22 Music and Dance 82

Unit 23 The Theater:Broadway,Off-Broadway,Off-Off Broadway 88

Unit 24 Movies in and around The Big Apple(Dialogue) 92

Unit 25 You Can Buy Anything in New York-and at a Bargain Price! 96

The Greatest Bazaar in the World 96

Unit 26 Department Stores in The Big Apple 98

Unit 27 Markets 102

Special Interests 108

Unit 28 The Sporting Scene 108

Unit 29 Of SpecialInterest to Women 111

Unit 30 Greenwich Village and SoHo 114

The Boroughs and Beyond 119

Unit 31 Brooklyn,the Bronx,Queens and Staten Island 119

Unit 32 Heading North and East 126

Unit 33 New York as a Jumping-off Place 130

Unit 34 Culture Buses 133