Writer John Fitz Gerald first called New York the Big Apple, because New York is the place that many people dreamed of going to for the biggest prize of all.

作家约翰·菲茨·杰拉尔德最初称纽约为“大苹果”，因为纽约是许多人梦想去争夺最高奖项的地方。

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There's only one Big Apple. That's New York.

世上只有一个大苹果，那就是纽约。

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New York is called the Big Apple. So Los Angeles is sometimes called the Big Orange because of the fruit that grows in that city's warm climate.

纽约被成为“大苹果”，因此洛杉矶有时就被称为“大橙子”，洛杉矶温和的气候非常适宜这种水果生长。

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The head of the New York Conventions and Visitors Bureau decided to call the city, The Big Apple.

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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.

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New York is called The Big Apple.

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Look at it another way: take Philly out of Pennsylvania, the Big Apple out of New York, the Motor City out of Michigan, the Windy City out of Illinois, Cleveland out of Ohio, Milwaukee out of Wisconsin, St.

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In 2010 it made 18 trips between New York and Brazil, hauling new subway cars for the Big Apple.

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As someone who lived in New York for close to 20 years and who loves the Big Apple, I found myself agreeing with the commentator who argued that LeBron should choose New York and the Knicks.

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