TEN THINGS TO DO IN NEW YORK CITY (May 9th - May 13th)
1. Youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5mR_0QJtfI&feature=related
2. Questionnaire about the video
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Useful Vocabulary to understand he documentary/video:
•The city: the "Big Apple," streets and avenues, North/South – East/West, New York shopping
•Transportation: Taxi cabs, New York City subway, Staten Island Ferry
•Food: Pizza, Pretzels, Pastrami, hot-dogs
•Boroughs: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island,
•Manhattan: Central Park, West Village, East Village, Lower East Side, Midtown, Greenwhich Village, Business District, Comedy Club, Broadway, Empire State Building, The Chrysler Building, Time Square, the Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Station, Brooklyn Bridge, Saint Patrick Cathedral, the Statue of Liberty, , the “Met”= the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, the MoMA, the New Gallery,
the Museum of Natural History,Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Century 21.
the Museum of Natural History,Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Century 21.
Questionnaire:
•-Where is New York City located?
•-What is the other name for NYC??
•-Which color are the taxi-cabs??
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•How many boroughs are there in NYC?
•What are their names?
•Which one is the most famous?
•What are the main tourist attractions in Manhattan?
•II.
•What can you find in the Bronx?
•What can you find in Staten Island?
•What can you find in Brooklyn?
•III.
•How is Manhattan divided?
•How can you navigate in New York?
•IV
•What things are for free in New York?
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•V.
•What are the main museums cited?
•On which avenue are they located?
•VI.
•What can you find in Central Park?
•VII.
•What is the main avenue for shopping in Manhattan?
•What is the name of the most famous shop on this avenue?
•VIII.
•What are the three main food specialties you can find in New York City?
•IX.
• 1. What is it possible to do at night in New York City?
Activity based on:
New York, to be continued! (May 16th - May 20th)
Manhattan , Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Harlem, Central Park
New York
Activity based on:
New York, to be continued! (May 16th - May 20th)
With a song by Alicia Keys: "Empire State 
Questions:
1. Which words are NOT going to appear in the song? Guess!
a) Countryside
b) Town
c) Chicago
d) Broadway
e) Sirens
f) Melting-pot
g) Jungle
h) Silence
2. Which places are not mentioned in the song:
Word bank: sirens, Brooklyn, avenue, Broadway, Jungle, lights, cab, melting-pot, dreams, city, concrete, town, pretty, famous, New York
3. Fill in the blanks using the word bank
Grew up in a ………………..(a)
That is……….. (b) as a place of a movie scene,
Noise is always loud,
There are ……….. (c) all around,
And the streets are mean
If I could make it here,
I could make it anywhere,
That’s what they say.
Seeing my face in lights
Or my name in marquees
Found down on …………...(d)
Even if it ain’t all it seems,
I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I’m from …….., (e)
Chorus:
Concrete …………..(f) where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
The ………….. (g) will inspire you.
Let’s hear it from New York , New York , New York
On the ………….(h)
There’s never a curfew,
Ladies work so hard.
Such a ……….-……..(i)
On the corners selling rock,
Preachers pray to God.
Hail a gypsy …………(j)
Takes me down
From Harlem to the ……………(k)Bridge.
Someone sleeps tonight
With a hunger for more than
An empty fridge.
I’m going to make it by any means,
I got a pocketful of dreams,
Babe I’m from New York
Chorus:
Concrete Jungle where …………. (l) are made of
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
The lights will inspire you,
Hear it from New York , New York , New York
One hand in the air for the big …………(m),
Street lights, big dreams,
All looking ………………(n),
No place in the world that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody says yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
…………(o) Jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new,
The lights will inspire you,
Hear it from New York , New York , New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There’s nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
The lights will inspire you,
Hear it from New York , New York , New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emLezXjWAjw – Jay-z version with lyrics/
Speaking activity: In pairs, try to plan a trip to New York answering the following questions:
-What would you bring with you to New York (camera, cell-phone, pc, tennis shoes, ...)?
-How much money would you bring? What would you buy with it?
-How long would you stay?
-What would you eat?
-What would you visit?
