广播电视英语短句 第 239 课：美国城市昵称-3

The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple. 纽约公约与旅游局的主管决定称纽约市为“大苹果”。

There are several explanations for where this name came from. 对于这一名称的来源，有很多种解释。

Language expert Barry Popik studied the question and wrote about it on his Web site. 语言专家 Barry Popik 对该问题进行了研究，并将有关情况写进了他的网站。

He says John Fitz Gerald, a writer for a New York newspaper, used the name The Big Apple to mean New York in the nineteen twenties. 他说，纽约报纸的一位作家 John Fitz Gerald 曾在 19 世纪 20 年代用“大苹果”这一名称来指代纽约。

Mister Fitz Gerald wrote about horse races. He heard the name used by men who worked at a racetrack in New Orleans , Louisiana . Fitz Gerald 先生撰写有关赛马的新闻，这个名字是他从那些使用它，并在在路易斯安那州新奥尔良市，赛马跑道工作的人那里听到的。