Travel to New York City

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Travel to New York City
(5min.com / WatchMojo 2011)
http://www.5min.com/Video/Travel-to-New-York-City-112628345
You’re watching WatchMojo.com, I’m your host Alex and today we’re gonna continue our city profiles; this
time hitting off with NYC.
New York City is the largest city in the United States and one of the world’s major global cities.
Located in the state of New York, the city has a population of 8.2 million with an area of 321 square miles,
making it the most densely populated city in North America.
New York City is an international center for business, finance, fashion, medicine, entertainment, media and
culture.
The city is also home to the United Nations and to many of the world’s most famous skyscrapers such as the
Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building.
Otherwise known as the Big Apple and the ‘City that never sleeps,’ the city attracts people from all over the
globe who come for its economic opportunity, culture and fast-pace cosmopolitan lifestyle.
New York City is located on the coast of the north-eastern United States, at the mouth of the Hudson River in
south-eastern New York State.
New York has a humid continental climate resulting from prevailing wind patterns that bring cool air from the
interior of the North American continent.
New York winters are typically cold with moderate snowfall averaging a total of 2 feet annually.
New York City is home to the most complex and extensive transportation networks in all over the United States
with more that twelve thousand iconic yellow cabs, a hundred and twenty thousand daily bicyclists, subways,
bus and railroad systems, immense airports, landmark bridges and tunnels, ferry services, and even an aerial
commuter tramway.
The New York City subway is the largest system subway in the world, measured by track mileage and it is also
the world’s fourth largest when measured by annual ridership.
Vocabulary
1. host
2. we’re gonna
3. profiles
4. hitting off with NYC
5. major global cities
6. located
7. area
8. square miles
9. skyscrapers
10. otherwise known
11. fast-pace (lifestyle)
12. at the mouth of
13. prevailing wind patterns
présentateur, animateur
we are going to
portraits
en présentant
(un des) plus grandes villes mondiales
située
superficie
miles carré (1 mile = 1 609,33 mètres)
gratte-ciels
également connue
rapide
à l’embouchure de
des systèmes de vents dominants
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14. moderate snowfall
15. averaging
16. 2 feet
17. cabs
18. subways
19. landmark bridges
20. commuter tramways
21. (measured by) track mileage
22. ridership
chute de neige modérée
moyennant
1 foot = 30,48 cm
taxis
métros
ponts historiques
tramways pour les gens se rendant à leur travail
en terme du nombre de miles
le nombre d’usagers