NEW YORK, NEW YORK....

Watch the video. Select the six words that you hear.

Dinner
Chinese
island

park
boat
bicycles

Japanese
train

bridges
square

Watch the video again. Choose the correct answers.

1 People call New York the Big: Orange/ Apricot/ Apple.

2 Brooklyn Bridge connects Brooklyn and : Manhattan / Queens / the Bronx.
3 There are 100,000

Chinese restaurants /American shops

in Chinatown.

4 Central Park is nearly 105/ 115/ 150 years old.

5 Times Square is an:

business/ entertainment/ sports

centre.

Complete the sentences.

1

The city has got

parts.

In the past, people travelled to the USA by .............

There are a lot of people and

There's a very big

in the centre of the city.

People call New York 'the city

sleeps'.

in Manhattan.

Complete the summary.

Introduction
New York, or 'The Big Apple', is a very big city in ........................ Eight million people live
there. The city has got five parts: Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan.
Travel
In New York people ................. by car, taxi, bus, train and boat. Large bridges connect the
parts of the city. Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn. It's 130 ........................
old, and it's more than a kilometre long. In the past, people travelled to the USA by boat, and
they arrived in New York. Today, people in Manhattan also go to .................................. by
boat.
Places to visit
New York has got a lot of exciting places to visit. You can ............................. and go
shopping in Chinatown, in Manhattan. You can meet friends, or walk in Central Park. Or you
can visit Times ..........................., New York's entertainment centre. There's always something
to see and do in New York City.

NEW YORK MAP

1. What is the capital of New York State?

2. Two of the Great Lakes border New York. What are they?
3. Which country borders New York?
4. Which ocean borders New York?
5. What is the name of the biggest river in New York state?
6. Name two mountain ranges in New York.
7. Name a large waterfall in western New York.
8. Name the 2 states that border New York to the south.
9. Name the 3 states that border New York to the east.
10.What is the name of the huge city at the southeastern corner of New York?
11.Colour USA flag and get to know about its meaning (bars and stars).
Now it's time to sing and dance a famous song by Frank Sinatra...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GndycZlfu70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YNBfIYy3-k

Safe trip back home!