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