纽约别名的由来
Many American cities have nicknames.美国许多城市都有别名。
These can help establish an identity, spread pride among citizens and build unity.这有利于确立城市风格，激发民众的自豪感并增进团结。
A few years ago, some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city.几年前，一些市场和广告专家被要求找出美国城市的最佳别名。 The winner was the nation\'s largest city, New York.胜出者是美国最大的城市纽约。 The top nickname was The Big Apple.最佳别名是The Big Apple。
You might wonder how New York got this nickname.你可能很想知道纽约为何得到这么别名。
In the early nineteen seventies, the city had many problems.在20世纪70年代早期，纽约出现诸多问题。
The number of visitors was falling.So a campaign was launched to give the city a new image.游客数量在下降，所以纽约发起了一场重现城市新形象的运动。
The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple.纽约会议与游客管理局负责人决定把纽约称之为大苹果。 There are several explanations for where this name came from.有关这个名字的来历，目前有几种不同的解释。
Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on hisWeb site.语言专家巴里·鲍比克针对这一问题进行了研究，并在其网站上撰文探讨这个名字的来历。
He says John Fitz Gerald, a writer for a New York newspaper, used the namethe Big Apple to mean New York in the nineteen twenties.他认为，在20世纪20年代，纽约一家报纸的记者约翰·菲茨·杰拉德使用了The Big Apple来指代纽约。 Mister Fitz Gerald wrote about horse races.杰拉德先生是赛马专栏记者。
He heard the name used by men who worked at a racetrack in New Orleans,Louisiana.他从路易斯安新奥尔良赛马场工作人员那得到了这个名字。 Mister Fitz Gerald wrote: \" The Big Apple.杰拉德写道：“The Big Apple
The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen.是每一个骑纯种赛马的小伙的梦想，也是所有骑手的目标。 There\'s only one Big Apple.That\'s New York.\" 只有一个The Big Apple，那就是纽约。” 词汇：220 难度：2 / 5
