A Tribute to New York - Navarra

Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York
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• Capital letters (A, B, C):
to begin a new sentence
for names of people, places, months, weekdays, etc.
for nationalities and languages
for titles of books, films, etc.
• Full stop (.):
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for contractions
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to express excitement (only at the end of the sentence)
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Or a burger, or a pretzel 18 ? New Yorkers are always in a hurry and they love to eat on
the street. In a beautiful afternoon in Central Park we are going to do the same. We are
going to get a snack and a soft drink from any of the hundreds of stands you can find
everywhere.
H. Below you have some extracts from the introduction of a study about fast food in
America. Read just the first paragraph and answer the following questions:
• What do you know about fast food?
• What do you think about fast food?
• What do you think the author’s opinion about fast food is going to be?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
• What makes you think so?
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I. Read the rest of the text. Do you still have the same opinion?
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18 Pretzels are savoury biscuits, in the form of a knot, salted on the outside. They come from Germany
and are very popular in New York.
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