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PRE-READING ACTIVITIES (page 7)

1 3, 4, 6

PROLOGUE & CHAPTERS 1-3 ACTIVITIES (pages 26-27)

1 1. d 3. e 5. b 7. c

2. a 4. h 6. g 8. f

2 1. advertisement 5. borrow

2. journalism 6. get accustomed to

3. orphans 7. mind

4. neighbourhood

3 1. Jason invited Antonio to New York for a visit.

2. Antonio bought his plane ticket.

3. George gave him a lot of information and offered to take him to Jason’s flat.

4. He sold it and bought a bigger one.

5. The area was renovated and became more expensive.

6. The English settlers survived and celebrated the first harvest with the Native Americans.

4 That New Yorkers aren’t friendly.

5 1. Because he was seeing New York for the first time.

2. Because the streets go from north to south and the avenues from east to west in a grid system and they are numbered.

3. To go and watch the Macy’s parade and then to go to have dinner with friends.

4. Because all the friends are away from their families, so they feel like orphans.

5. Because he knew he would probably never see his mother again.

CHAPTERS 4-6 ACTIVITIES (pages 40-41)

1 1. bother 4. caught

2. realise 5. beats

3. poured 6. lifted

2 1. casual 4. pointed out

2. glad 5. upset

3. rivalry 6. Wandered

3. 1. “It’s like a part of me

Has been amputated”(Elaine)

2. Aren’t we going to have any Chinese tea= (Antonio

3. “I prefer to have some really good coffee”(Peter)

4. “Do you like NBA basketball?” (Jason)

5. “Now it’s our turn to do something for you”. (Jason)

4 He recalled how a friend survived the attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

5 1. They talked about Ground Zero.

2. It has been rebuilt and there is a museum there and a pool with waterfalls pouring into it.

3. It took 16 months to build it.

4. To leave him / her alone. Only tourists or non-New Yorkers bother famous people.

5. Between 90,000 and 100,000 people.

CHAPTERS 7-9 ACTIVITIES (pages 56-57)

1 1. cutlery 5. part

2. crowd 6. issue

3. envelope 7. sight

4. agreement

2 1. lands 4. spell

2. shot 5. remained

3. composed 6. Named

3 1. e 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. F

4 The Americans were silent during the concert and Spaniards would be talking.

5 1. Because she went to spend Christmas with her parents in Chicago.

2. At the Rockefeller Center.

3. He and his friends had dinner at a hotel with a view of Times Square.

4. He saw The Lion King.

5. There is a garden called Strawberry Fields dedicated to John Lennon. It’s named after amous Beatles’ song.

CHAPTERS 10-12 & EPILOGUE ACTIVITIES (pages 72-73)

1 Possible Answers

1. course / test 4. discounts

2. 50 5. the party

3. picture

2 1. reluctant 4. good

2. scary 5. enjoyable

3. custom

3.

1. “This could only happen in New York”. Antonio. Because he was talking and laughing with Antonio Banderas

2. “Do you know anything about the New York Yankees?”. José Luis. Because They were going to a New York Yankees game.

3. Is that the small size?. Antonio. Scott’s small Coke was in a large cup.

4. “You can take the rest home in a doggie bag”. José Luis. Because Antonio could not eat his entire sándwich.

5. “But none of us have got a dog!”. Antonio. Because he was told to take the rest of the sandwich in a doggie bag.

6. “How do you say “roller coaster” in Spanish?”. Elaine. Because she was taking Atnonio to a very special one.

4 The size of the meals and drinks at games, cinemas and coffee shops.

A Foreigner in New York

5 1. They were playing softball.

2. Because they were waiting to get tickets to a performance of King Lear.

3. He went to eat at the Carnegie Deli.

4. Because some bar owners asked for hot sandwiches and he got the idea of putting a sausage in a piece of bread.

5. He promised to return the hospitality if they ever visit Spain.

Answers to Activities in the Reader continued

ANSWERS TO CROSS-CURRICULAR FOCUS

ARRIVING IN NEW YORK page 81)

1 1. b 2. a 3. e 4. c 5. d

2 1. Harbor 4. examined

2. 1897 5. Island of Tears

3. Rich

IMMIGRANT LIFE IN NEW YORK IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES (page 83)

3 1. hungry; unemployed

2. religious; political

3. dangerous

4. overcrowded; unsanitary; dangerous; badly built

5. hard work; education

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| | | |

|1. Many hungry people left Ireland | |

|for the USA during the potato | |

|famine. (True) | |

|2. Most immigrants stayed in New | |

|York at first. (True) | |

|3. Wives and children of immigrants |

|were the first to arrive in the USA.|

|(False) |

|4. The sweatshops and homes were in |

|the same buildings. (DK) |

|5. The first family member sent | |

|money for others to come to the | |

|USA.(True) | |

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