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In this city of firsts there is no shortage of technological wonders, the Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers and the Brooklyn Bridge being engineering marvels of their time.

The Statue was presented to the USA by France in 1886 to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of American independence. It has become the welcoming symbol in New York. The Statue itself is about 50 metres high and stands on a pedestal of almost the same height. It is the work of the well-known French sculptor Frederick Bartholdi. The statue is made from copper sheets and it is hollow inside. Inside there is a circular stairway from the base to the crown. There is also a lift in it. The figure shows a young woman freeing itself from shackles. She holds a torch in her right hand above her head, and in her left hand there is a tablet with the date "July 4th, 1776" on it, which symbolizes the Declaration of Independence.

The Empire State Building, the first American skyscraper, stands in the centre of Manhattan, and presents inspiring views around the horizon. It has 102 floors and it’s 448 metres high. Its upper 30 floors are illuminated nightly in white or in a colour scheme commemorating special events. There are 2 observation platforms. In the north one can see Central Park, the greatest park of New York offering space for outdoor activities.

Of the town more than 50 museums the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the American Museum of National History are the best known.

The Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre were opened in 1972. On September 11^th, 2001, all Americans survived a great shock: terrorists exploded the World Trade Centre. There were a lot of victims, and a memorial is going to be built to commemorate them. But New York wouldn’t be New York if intense belief in the future did not dominate everything.

Other famous skyscrapers are the Chrysler Building with its graceful tiara and the Trump Tower with the dark glass exterior.

The Fifth Avenue is the great shopping, hotel, and club avenue. If you go along this avenue, you come to Harlem, populated by the black people of NY.

Wall Street in NYC is the site of the NY Stock Exchange and the centre of the world financial life.

YOUTH PROBLEMS

Today it is fashionable to talk about teenage problems. An adolescent is a person who is no longer a child but not yet an adult. In many countries a person legally becomes adult at the age of 18. On the one hand, our society agrees that 15-17- year-old people are old enough to be responsible for their doings. On the other hand, most adults think that teenagers are too young to be taken seriously. Which is more, the majority of teenage challenges seem minor to adults. This misunderstanding produces many problems. Young people have a particular relationship with the world. Being young can really be hard sometimes, especially if one comes from unfavourable background and lacks good life.

Some young people pass through this stage without serious difficulties. Others don’t conform to society’s standards, express their identity in a shocking and rather aggressive way, rebel against the society and reject their parents’ values. A few decades ago alcohol, fights and other kinds of violence were more problems for adults than for young people. But now, as official reports admit, violence, AIDS, drugs and alcohol are more and more associated with youngsters.

Most of the problems that adolescents have are related to school, peer or family pressure.