Background to New York

Contents
Introduction
Welcome to The Big Apple
Unit 1 The City and State of New York
Unit 2 The Population ofThe Big Apple
Unit 3 The Economy ofThe Big Apple
Unit 4 Four Foreign Students i'n The Big Apple (Dialogue)
A New Yorker
Unit 5 Melting Pot or Tossed Salad?
Unit 6 Everyday New Yorkers
Unit 7 Nothing in The Big Apple Remains the Same
for Long
Getting Around The Big Apple
Unit 8 On Foot
Unit 9 By Car
UnitlO By Public Transportation
New York's History
Unit 11 Early Settlers and the Colonial Period
Unitl12 Nineteenth Century
Unit 13 Twentieth Century
Unit 14 Should the Old Make Way fbr the New? (Dialogue)
A Variety of Shapes
Unit 15 Skyscrapers and Office Buildings
Unit 16 Manhattan Connections: Bridges and Tunnels
Unit 17 The United Nations
Out of the Ordinary
Unit 18 NewYorkRides
Unit 19 More New York Rides
Unit 20 Central Park: Oasis of the Big Apple
The Flourishing Arts
Unit 21 Museums
Unit 22 Music and Dance
Unit 23 r'ne Theater: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off
Broadway
Unit 24 Movies in and around The Big Apple (Dialogue)
The Greatest Bazaar in the World
Unit 25 You Can Buy Anything in New York - and at a
Bargain Price!
Unit 26 Department Stores in The Big Apple
Unit 27 Markets
Special Interests
Unit 28 The SportingScene
Unit 29 Of Special Interest to Women
Unit 30 Greenwich Village and SoHo
The Boroughs and Beyond
Unit 31 Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
Unit 32 Heading North and East
Unit 33 New York as a Jumping-off Place
Unit 34 Culture Buses