Reading Text + Mapping

Neighborhoods in New York

by Joseph Cotten

Most tourists think that New York is a big city, but in fact it is made up of many different

neighborhoods. Of course, there are rich and poor neighborhoods. Some neighborhoods are full of

people from the same country. Often these neighborhoods don’t even look like they are part of the

same city. Two different neighborhoods in New York are especially interesting.

One interesting neighborhood is Chinatown. Chinatown is in the southern part of New York

City. This neighborhood has many Chinese stores and restaurants. New Yorkers from all parts of the

city go to Chinatown. Most of the people who live there are Chinese, but there are other types of

Asians as well. Everyone in the shops speaks Chinese, Vietnamese, or Thai. Because of this, the

shop signs are all written in Asian languages. This is one of the most crowded and colorful

neighborhoods in the city.

Another neighborhood that people find interesting is called Little Italy. It is not far from

Chinatown. It was started by Italians who came from Italy in the 1900s. At one time, Little Italy was

the largest neighborhood on the main island of New York. Nowadays it is much smaller. While most

of the Italians have moved into other areas, some of them have stayed in the neighborhood. There are

still good Italian shops, restaurants, and cafes in Little Italy. You can still hear Italian spoken on the

streets.

There are many other unique neighborhoods in New York. For example, there are
Greenwich Village, Harlem, and the Upper East Side. You can spend days and days
exploring the different neighborhoods in New York City and never leave the main island.
Reading Comprehension. Your answers must be taken from reading text.

1 Which TWO areas in New York does the writer think are special?
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2 Where exactly is Chinatown located?

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3 Why do the shops in Chinatown have signs that are not in English?
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4 Approximately how old is the neighborhood of Little Italy?

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5 Give TWO other areas in New York that the writer thinks are special too.
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PART II – MAPPING