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Unit3OnlinetoursDoyouknowwhichcityiscalled“theBigApple”?NewYorkFamousplacesinNewYorkcity.WallStreet華爾街Timesquare時代廣場CentralPark中央公園Broadway百老匯Whatelse?EmpireStateBuilding帝國大廈UNHeadquarters聯合國總部RockefellerCenter洛克菲勒中心DanielislookingatawebsitecalledAroundtheWorldinEightHours.Hereiswhatthewebsite'sguidesays.AAroundtheWorldinEighthoursWelcometoAroundtheWorldinEightHours.I’myourtourguide,Robin.Haveyounoticedthe“Tour”iconatthetopofthepage?Justclickonit,andyoucanvisitAsia,Africa,Europe,Americaandmoreinonlyeighthours!HereweareintheBigApple—NewYork,thebiggestcityintheUSA.WallStreet,theworld-famoustradecentre,ishereatthesouthernendofManhattanIsland.Therearemanybigcompaniesandinternationalbankshere.FurtheronisTimesSquare.Everyyear,thousandsofpeoplegatherhereonNewYear'sEve.It'sexcitingtoseethehugeglassballfallingthroughthedarkness!InthecentreoftheislandisCentralPark.Withseverallakes,hillsandalargegreenlawn,it’sagoodplacetorelaxafterahardday'swork.WhenyouvisitNewYork,don'tmissBroadway.Ithasbeenfamousforitstheatressincetheearlytwentiethcentury.HaveyoueverheardofthesongMemory?ItcomesfromthefamousBroadwaymusicalCats.OK,somuchforNewYork.There'saBack

iconatthebottomofthepage.Clickonit,pickanothercityandthenstartyournewtour!據傳，大約在一百多年前，美國一群爵士樂師們（jazzmusicians）經常到各地巡回演出賺錢（makemoney）。樂師們常常把所要去的城鎮比喻成樹上的蘋果。他們去該城鎮演出賺錢，就好像是去摘樹上的蘋果，由于紐約是他們演出賺錢最多的城市，自然被稱為“theBigApple”。不久，紐約一家俱樂部和一種流行舞蹈也取名為“theBigApple”。后來，精明的紐約市官員們為了招攬游客（tourist），發展旅游業（tourism），索性把“theBigApple”作為該城市的象征物（symbol）。從此，越來越多的游客被吸引到紐約去參觀旅游，紐約的別名也就隨之傳開了。B

AfunwaytotravelB1Danieldoesnotknowthemeaningsofsomewordsonthewebpage.Helphimmatchthewordsontheleftwiththemeaningsontheright.Writethecorrectlettersintheblanks.a.

aplayfilledwithmanysongsb.restafterworkc.cometogetherd.aperiodof100yearse.morethantwof.theactivityofbuyingandsellingg.twoormorecountriestakingparth.verylarge1．trade（line7）___2．nternational（line10）___3．gather（line11）___4．huge（line12）___5．several（line14）___6．relax（line15）____7．century（line19）____8．musical（line21）____fgchebdaB2DanielisintroducingthewebsitetoMillie.MillieistryingtofindoutwhatpeoplecanseeinNewYork.Helpherfillintheblanksbelow.NewYorkBroadwayAworld–famous（3）______________Peoplegathertogetheron（4）______________lakes,hillsandalargegreen（5）______famousforits（6）________（1）_____________tradecentreNewYear’sEvelawntheatresWallStreet（2）_____________CentralParkTimesquareB3Amyisalsointerestedintravellingaroundtheworld.Sheistellinghermumaboutthewebsite.Checkwhetherwhatshesaysiscorrectornot?WriteaTifasentenceistrueoranFifitisfalse.1．Thewebsitehelpspeoplebuyticketstodifferentplaces.____ 2．ThereisaTouriconatthebottomofthepage.___ 3．NewYorkisalsocalledtheBigApple.___ FFT4．WallStreetisatthenorthernendofManhattanIsland._____ 5．AbigapplefallsfromtheskyonNewYear'sEveatTimesSquare._____ 6．TherearenohillsorlakesinCentralPark.__7．Thesong“Memory”comesfromthemusicalCats._____8．ClickontheBackiconandyoucanstartanewonlinetour._____ FFFTTB4Kittyalsowantstoknowaboutthewebsite.SheisaskingDanielaboutit.Completetheirconversationbelow.Kitty:Daniel,what'sthewebsitecalled?Daniel:It’scalled（1）____________________________________.Kitty:Itgivespeople（2）________tours,right?Daniel:Yes.Itcanshowyoucitiesin（3）______，

AroundtheWorldinEightHoursonlineAsiaAfrica,（4）________,Americaandotherplaces.Kitty:Canwefindmoreinformationaboutacity?Daniel:Ofcourse.Look,here'sNewYork,andhere'sWallStreet.Kitty:Isee.WallStreetisonManhattanIsland.Therearemanybig（5）____________and（6）____________________there.EuropecompaniesinternationalbacksDaniel:Yes,andTimesSquareisanothergreatplacetovisit.Everyyear,manypeoplegathertheretowelcomethe（7）____________.Kitty:Thatsoundsgreat.Look!That'sCentralPark.Peopleliketo（8）______thereafterwork.Daniel:Yes,