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* Indeed there were severa! "false theories, according to Mr. Popik. Some said New
York was the Big Apple because so many desperate people sold apples from carts
during *the Great Depression, but the term had existed before that. Others said it
was because of the famous apple tree planted in 1647 by Peter Stuyvesant, the last
Dutch *governor of the city, which survived for 220 years on the corner of 13th
Street and 3rd Avenue, but the history books show this was a "pear tree.
It's difficuit to be totally certain where any word or expression first came frcm.
But in 1997 the mayor's office informally accepted Mr. Popik's version of events
when it added the name "Big Apple Corner" to the spot where Broadway meets
West 54th Street. It was here that the long-forgotten racing reporter Mr. FitzGerald
lived for the last 30 years of his life. I can't think of any city with a more famous
nickname.
(注) term: 葉
etymology: 語源
racetrack: 競馬場
ばてい
groom: 馬丁(馬の世話係)
thoroughbred: サラブレッド(馬の一品種)
tourist board:観光局
false theory: 誤った説
なし
the Great Depression: 大恐慌
governor: 植民地総督
pear: 梨
問5 Actording to one of the false theories in the 7th paragraph, the governor
Sold many apples from carts
: planted a famous apple tree
ウ、sold many pears from carts
エ, planted a famous pear tree