U7 Part1 B

A: Are you ready for the trip to the museum in “the Big Apple”? I can hardly wait.
B:“The Big Apple”? What are you talking about?
A:“The Big Apple” is the nickname for New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren’t you?
B:Yes, I’m going. I’m especially looking forward to seeing the Museum of Modern Art. There’s a special show of 20th century American painters there. But, tell me, where did the nickname “the Big Apple” come from?
A:The jazz musicians of the 1920s are responsible for the name. When they played a concert in a city, they called that city an apple. Of course New York was the biggest city in the country and best place for a jazz concert. So the musicians called it “The Big Apple”.
B:Amazing! New York is such a fascinating place and it even has an interesting nickname, one that it’s had for more than 50 years.