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So far only 2 people wrote for free copies.  T_T  I wanted to give away a zillion! :)

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Sample from the intro:

Introduction from Suzy  (the fictional hero of the book)

You can learn the good stuff about New York City elsewhere.  I want to tell you the nasty, rotten stuff.  Maybe it's something about my personality.  Maybe I’m a cynic. Or maybe I'm a do-gooder and I don't want you to be fooled about what exists over here before you come here.

Immigrants used to come to America expecting to make money very quickly or to obtain well-paying jobs and they were often treated like crap by the European folks who got here first.  And, instead of writing back home and saying, "Don’t make the same mistake I made!  They treat immigrants like crap here!", people were too embarrassed and would write back home and say, "Wow! What a great country!  There is money to be made all over the place!  I am so glad I came here!" Basically, people would just flat out lie to cover up the fact that they had made a bad decision.  That meant that more people would come over and have bad experiences and then write nice things about their experiences.  A whole cycle of this nonsense occurred.

Well, you won't get that from me, baby.  There are rotten things about New York City.  REALLY rotten things.  There are some nasty, ugly, mean-spirited people here.  There are people who live for nothing but money and their own personal comfort here.  Selfishness abounds.  There is wide-spread, incredible poverty and a billionaire mayor who has, basically, ignored the poor, but who thinks he has done a wonderful job.  There are neighborhoods where you'd be crazy to go.  Some inner city young people carry concealed guns and sometimes people get shot by stray bullets.  There is massive corruption in the state government, a system of transportation that would be an embarrassment in a third world country and a police force that is seemingly everywhere with huge scary guns and sometimes even scarier attitudes.  It’s true that New York City is the most diverse city in the world, but the different ethnicities and races seem to shun each other here.

Let me start by complaining about the language schools here. I'll then complain about everything I can think of complaining about.  I'll also throw in some good stuff about New York City, and some suggestions as to how you can survive here, but this ESL book is primarily meant to give you some extra words (vocabulary development helps fluency) and to entertain you with the cold, hard truth about the "greatest" city in the world.  More than anything, I want you to be ready when you get here.  I want you to be empowered here because this place can be rough.  If you know a few things ahead of time that other people aren't telling you, you'll be safer and have a better experience here.

(I then provide definitions of some of the vocabulary used in the above passage and then I provide a grammar review section on how to use "if" in English.

Then I give a fill-in-the-blank section:

8 essential vocab words – fill-in-the-blanks

For all fill-in-the-blank activities, the verbs can be used in all tenses and the nouns can be plural.

A cynic, nasty, stray, corruption, ethnicity, personality, to shun, concealed

When talking about the different types of ____________ in America, you can say that America is either a melting pot or a salad bowl.  According to the melting pot concept, people from different cultures come here and after a couple generations become typical Americans.  According to the salad bowl concept, people come here and maintain their own cultural identities for generations, becoming part of a cultural mixture.

Although many business leaders in America have donated huge sums of money to charities, a ___________ might argue that the donations are not “from the heart” but are meant to make the business leaders look more human than they really are.

Many newcomers to New York City are shocked by the __________ attitude that many MTA (subway) workers have; if you ask them a question they often answer rudely or just ignore you.

Even though the United States Constitution allows Americans to own guns, these guns must never be carried in a ___________ manner.  In fact, the guns are not supposed to be carried at all – they are for home protection.
 

Everyone was relieved to hear that the teenage girl in the Bronx, who had been hit by a _________ bullet from an illegal gun, was going to live.
 

The most obvious type of political _____________ involves politicians taking bribes (money given to a politician illegally to influence a political decision).
 

I was really surprised to find out that sales clerks in department stores, in New YorkCity, have such nice ______________.  In Paris and some other European cities the clerks do not treat the buyers with much respect or kindness, but in New York the clerks will smile and chat and talk to you about your purchase.

A person coming to America who wants to avoid getting fat needs to _________ all the tasty bagels and fried foods which are everywhere in this city.

Answers: Ethnicities, cynic, nasty, concealed, stray, corruption, personality, shun