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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Mister Fitz Gerald wrote: "the Big Apple." The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen.

杰拉德写道：“The Big Apple是每个骑过纯种赛马的小伙的梦想，也是所有骑手的目标。”

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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.

他表示，20世纪20年代，纽约一家报纸的记者约翰·菲茨·杰拉德(John Fitz Gerald)使用The Big Apple来指代纽约。

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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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