Presentation about NYC for an ESO project in CPI Tino Grandío.

1. New York City
English-speaking cities
CPI Tino Grandío
2015
Ana Arias-Castro - teacher
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2. Location
• New York is the largest city
in the United States, the
Americas, and one of the
largest in the world.
• It is located in the state of
New York, in the East coast
of the USA.
• The city has five boroughs:
Manhattan, Brooklyn, the
Bronx, Queens and Staten
Island.
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3. 1. Manhattan
2. Brooklyn
3. Queens
4. Bronx
5. Staten Island
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Location

4. Country
• The USA is in North America.
• It is the most populated country in
the Americas, with 318 million
inhabitants.
• English is not the official language
but it is the language spoken in
official affairs. However some
minorities speak other languages,
native (Navajo…) or foreign
(Spanish, Chinese, Italian…)
• It is a republic and it has a
President, elected every four
years. The current president is
Barack Obama.
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5. Population
• It has 8.5 million inhabitants (more than Chicago and
Los Angeles together)
• There are many different races:
– 44% white
– 25.5% black
– 0.7% Native American
– 12,7% Asian.
• There are many different religions as 37% of the city’s
population is foreign born and many others are from
other parts of the country.
• It is probably one of the richest cities in the USA and
many companies have their headquarters there.
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6. Cultural aspects
• New York has many interesting museums and
monuments:
– The Statue of Liberty
– Wall Street, with the NY Stock Exchange
– The Brooklyn Bridge
– The New York City Hall, the oldest in the USA
– The Metropolitan Museum
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7. Sport
• As in the rest of the USA, American football,
baseball and basketball are the most popular
sports. These are famous teams from New
York
– American football: New York Giants and New York
Jets
– Baseball: New York Yankees
– Basketball: New York Nicks & Brooklyn Nets
– Ice Hockey: New York Knicks, New York Rangers
and New York Liberty
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8. Celebrities
• Many celebrities are from the USA:
– Anne Hathaway
– Lady Gaga
– Paris Hilton
– Robert de Niro
– Scarlet Johanson
– Silverster Stallone
– Viggo Mortensen
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9. Places to visit
• If you go to New York you shouldn’t miss:
– The Statue of Liberty
– Manhattan with its skyscrapers
– Central Park
– Brooklyn Bridge
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10. Things to do
• It would be a good idea to go for a walk in
Central park, skate in the Rockefeller center
skating ring, visit the top of a skyscraper and
take some pictures from there or visit one of
the museums.
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11. Other aspects
• New York is home to the UN building and it
became sadly famous for the 11th September
2001 terrorist attacks.
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12. Reference
• Texts:
– www.simple.wikipedia.org
– www.en.wikipedia.org
• Pictures from:
– www.simple.wikipedia.org
– www.en.wikipedia.org
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