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Episode 01x02: Day out in New York
Teacher's Notes
Aims:
Language:
Preparation:
Procedure:
To review the language for describing places
there is/there are, verb forms after like, some/any/a
Make one copy of both pages for each student in your class.
Before you watch
Places in New York.
The success of this activity depends on how much your
students already know about New York. Many of them are
likely to have heard about the Statue of Liberty, but won't be
able to work out the correct matching for e.g. the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Key: The Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Central
Park, Times Square, Manhattan Island, Brooklyn Bridge,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Broadway Theatres.
Video tasks
1. What do you like most about...?
Students should be able to identify the places from the video
without too much difficulty.
Key:
Photographs: A - Central Park, B - Times Square,
C - Broadway, D - Brooklyn Bridge
Speech bubbles: 1 - D, 2 - C, 3 - B, 4 - B, 5 - D, 6 - A.
2. A great day out.
As an extra activity, you may ask your students to correct the
false statements.
Key:
1 - False (there are skyscrapers outside of the Central Park),
2 - False (there is a Boat House restaurant),
3 - False (her school is there),
4 - True,
5 - False (once a month),
6 - False (five districts: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn,
Staten Island),
7 - True,
8 - False (more than forty five million)
3. What's the mistake?
Make sure students understand that the mistakes in this
activity are not grammatical but factual.
Key:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Central Park covers more than five square
kilometres. → three
The Science Museum is next door to Central Park. →
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
We're right here at the ABC building, which is
exciting, since I'm in advertising. → journalism
I have seen seven Broadway shows in the last few
months. → four
If someone lives in Brooklyn, the easiest way to get
to Manhattan is by taking the Manhattan Bridge. →
Brooklyn
There is the Statue of Liberty and over that way you
can see New Hampshire. → New Jersey
Follow up
1.A., 1.B., 1.C. Talking about your favourite place.
This activity gives students the opportunity to use the
language they were exposed to in the video in their own
conversations. With weaker groups it might be a good idea to
ask students to write down the answers in 1.B.
Key: 1 - Where [f], 2 - often [a], 3 - like [b], 4 - interesting [e],
5 - about [c], 6 - describe [d]
2.A., 2.B. Question practice.
Students complete the gaps individually. Check with the
whole class.
Key: 1 - are there, 2 - any, 3 - some, 4 - any, 5 - Is there
Give students some tips if they have problems coming up
with their ideas in 2.B. Circulate, monitor and assist. If you
have time, ask students to report back to class on their
partners.
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Episode 01x02: Day out in New York
Transcript
[Please note: orginal, spontaneous utterances have been used throughout so minor grammatical or lexical slips may
occasionally occur. They do not affect the message though and can be exploited to show our students that English, as a
global language can be spoken in a number of communicative ways.]
Gosia: Welcome to the next episode of
Voices of New York. This multi-cultural
city has a lot to offer and today I will
show you how to spend a great day out
here.
Gosia: When you hear New York, you
will probably think of The Statue of
Liberty or Empire State Building. But
there are many other places in Big Apple
to spend a great day out.
Voice: Central Park is located in the
middle of Manhattan and it covers more
than 3 square kilometers. This park is
surrounded with statues, hills, lakes and
trees and just outside of it you can find
the highest skyscrapers in the world.
Alcione Gonzales: I come to Central Park
at least once a week. When I come here
I like to go running or if not I like to walk
around on walking paths. And Central
Park is a big, beautiful park in the middle
of Manhattan, where there are a lot of
bike paths, walking paths, people like to
work out, play in the grass, sit on the
benches and read books or write or have
lunch.
Voice: What kind of interesting places
can you find in Central Park?
I’m here every day and I love it, it’s
wonderful. There are a lot of people, a
lot of lights. So much to do. I really like
it. I like how it looks at night, when all
the lights are on and you just feel like:
WOW I can’t believe I’m here.
and there are a lot of people. From
seven in the morning to twelve
midnight. It’s always busy.
Debra Pangestu: I have seen four
Broadway shows in the last few months.
I’ve seen “Phantom of the Opera”, I
have seen “Chicago”, I’ve also seen
“Wicked” and I’ve seen “La Cage aux
Folles”.
Voice: What do you like the most about
Brooklyn Bridge?
Voice: Not everybody knows that
Manhattan is an island. There are also
four other districts that form New York:
Voice: What kind of places can you find Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten
here?
Island. These districts are separated
from Manhattan by bays and rivers
Erica: Right now we’re right here at the [Upper New York Bay, East River and
ABC building which is exciting since I’m Hudson River]. For example, if someone
in journalism. And Bubba Gump Shrimp. lives in Brooklyn the easiest way to get
That’s a really good restaurant. You have to Manhattan is by taking the Brooklyn
to try it. And... Let’s see... Well actually, Bridge, which is one of the oldest in the
it’s not too far from Broadway. It’s in
United States.
that direction. But we have really
everything.
Michelle Bangert: I love the Brooklyn
Bridge. So whenever I have visitors we
Voice: Right next to the Times Square
try to come, walk across it. I also like
you can find world famous Broadway
running. So I’ve run across it several
Theatres. And if you’re lucky, you can
times. And I just try to come whenever I
also meet popular actors.
have a chance.
Voice: What do you like the most about
Broadway shows?
Michelle: I think the architecture is just
so beautiful. The stones and... It’s
really... with the wires, it’s just very
pretty. And I think people like it as a
symbol of Brooklyn and New York.
Alcione: The Metropolitan Museum of
Voice: What can you see from the
Art is next door to Central Park. There is Debra: What I like most about Broadway Brooklyn Bridge?
shows is the live theatre. I enjoy the live
a restaurant in Central Park called the
music and I enjoy the live acting.
Michelle: From the Brooklyn Bridge you
Boat House.
can see a lot of New York City. There is
Voice: How often do you come here to the Statue of Liberty. Over that way you
Voice: And what do you like the most
see a show?
about Central park?
can see New Jersey. There is Staten
Island. There also are a lot of other
Alcione: The fact that it’s in the middle Debra: I probably have gone to the
theatre to see a Broadway show once a buildings in the area. You can see the
of a big city. It’s a big park in a big city.
Chrysler Building and... some other
month.
It’s nice.
famous New York City skyscrapers.
Voice: We are leaving the park now and Voice: What is your favourite show?
Gosia: There are more that 45 million
going to a completely different place –
Debra: My favourite Broadway show is tourists coming to New York every year.
the Times Square. The Times Square is
“Wicked”. I really like the costumes and And with its diversity and popularity, it’s
located in the heart of Manhattan and
probably the best place to spend a day
the songs were very good.
compared to the Central Park, it is very
out.
noisy and crowded.
Voice: Can you describe this area?
Gosia: That’s all for today. See you next
Erica Robinson: I come to Times Square Debra: Broadway is very busy. There are time with more Voices of New York.
because my school is here so I feel like
a lot of lights and a lot of big buildings
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