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Unit 1: Activity 3. Writing Task Forum

Activity 3.

Writing assignment.

Student:

Juan Pablo Gil Rivera

CC. 1.112.101.317

Group:

129.

Tutor:

Carlos A. García Forero

Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD)

English B1 900003A_363

Tuluá, October 13, 2017.

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Unit 1: Activity 3. Writing Task Forum
QUESTION 5

Nicknames for New York

Use the words in the box to complete the text below. Write the missing words in the

space.

Describe City
Newspaper Name
Biggest Community
Recorded Visitor
Choose Cities
Nicknames Popular

_ Nicknames_ are used to describe people, places or things. Many American _Cities_

have nicknames. They can help create identities, build unity and help people feel a sense of pride

in their _Name_.

Some years ago, marketing and advertising experts were asked to _Choose_ the best

nickname for an American _Newspaper_. The winner was the nation’s biggest city, New York.

The nickname they chose was “The Big Apple”.

Where did the nickname “Big Apple” originally come from? In the nineteen seventies,

New York suffered from image problems. The number of _Visitors_ was falling. A campaign

was launched to give the city a new image and a new nickname. The New York board chose the

nickname “The Big Apple”

It was not the first time the nickname had been used to describe the city. A journalist for a

New York _City_ had used the name “The Big Apple” to _Community_ New York in the

nineteen twenties.
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The Big Apple was also the _Biggest_ of a night club in the Harlem area of New York

City in the nineteen thirties, as well as the name of a _Popular_ dance and hit song around that

time.

“The Big Apple” is not the only nickname for America’s _Describe_ city. Almost one

hundred nicknames that describe New York have been _Recorded_. Some of the best known

nicknames for New York are “The Capital of the World”, “Empire City”, “Gotham”, “The City

So Nice They Named it Twice” and “The City That Never Sleeps.”