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Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York " # $ 4 ! ! # $ 5 B : 2 ; && ; @ # $ ! " D 6 5 !7# $ < B = & " ! '( # $ 3 " &' ! " &-,. # Read the text more carefully. It is a text about the origins of Central Park 16 , one of the best-known places in Manhattan. Unfortunately the author has forgotten to arrange the sentences into paragraphs, and the text looks very much like a poem. Can you arrange those sentences into four paragraphs: the first one is an introduction to the topic, the second explains why it is so popular, and the other two deal with its creation. “A paragraph is made of several related sentences that develop a certain topic. It is an intermediate unity –above the sentence and below the text– with a meaningful value 17 ”. Try to keep these words in mind. Writers don’t use paragraphs at random and neither should you. Choose the best option: a) Central Park is a hyper-active place b) Central Park is in the desert c) Central Park is a quiet place a) Central Park has skyscrapers all around b) Central Park lies in the middle of New York c) Central Park is a large open space always overcrowded a) Central Park needed over 15 years to be made b) Central Park was finished in 1873 but the garden around needed 16 more years c) Central Park started to be made in 1873 Find words in the text that mean the same as: 16 Between 59 th St. and 110 th St., between 5 th Ave. and 8 th Ave. lines B, C, 1 and 9. For more information: http://www.centralparknyc.org/ 17 From Cassany, 2000: 84, my translation. 47
Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York a) Deserted, uninhabited: b) Guided by rational thought: c) Encircle or enclose: d) Tolerable, endurable: e) Extend: f) Filling to excess: Are the following sentences true or false? Don’t forget to give evidence for your answer: a) Central Park has received 14 million visitors since its creation. b) The area where Central Park lies was once the limit of Manhattan. G. Follow up–writing: Punctuation. One of the things that most severely interfere with understanding is an incorrect use of punctuation. Below you can find a text with a paragraph of the continuation of the history of Central Park. Unfortunately the punctuation has been omitted. Rewrite the text including the marks that have been left out. If you have any doubts, take a look at the chart that follows the text. !7 " " " " ! " ! " E " ! 3 !" " " 3 " &2, !""! " " ! ! " !" &2-( " ! " ' 8! " " " " " 3 48
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