(narrator) Questions 5 through 8. Listen to a conversation about a trip.
(man) Are you ready for "The Big Apple"?
(woman) Excuse me?
(man) You know, New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren't you? I wanted to show everybody around my old neighborhood.
(woman) Oh...sure! I wouldn't miss it especially when the tour guide is a native New Yorker.
(man) I thought we could start at the Museum of Modern Art. Right now there's an exhibit on twentieth-century American painters.
(woman) Fine with me...but what were you saying about...a big apple?
(man) "The Big Apple." It's a nickname for New York. I think I heard once that it started with jazz musicians in the 20's.
(woman) Oh.
(man) Whenever they played a concert in a city, they called that city an "apple." In those days, New York was the biggest city in the country,
so they called it "The Big Apple."
(woman) Hey, I have an idea! Let's go to a jazz club while we're there.
(man) Sounds good.
Question:
(narrator) What does the word "Apple" in the phrase "The Big Apple" refer to?
Select one of the following: