INTRODUCTION TO<br >ONE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD<br > This is a book of stories， plays， diaries， maps， and<br > pictures. It concerns the residents of a neighborhood<br > and their city， Boston. It is about their daily lives，<br > their good times， their problems， and the city s<br > problems. It is about laughter and anger， about los-<br > ing things that are loved， and about finding new<br > ways to live. It is about standing up for things that<br > are important and about making difficult decisions.<br > You will take part in the lives of these people， meet<br >their friends， and share their decisions. You will<br >come to know their city and share the problems，<br >plans， and decisions of the city s public officials. At<br >the end of the book， hopefully， these people and<br >their neighborhood and their city will be as real to<br >you as your own family and neighbors and the place<br >where you live.<br >This book is only part of the unit， One City Neighbor-<br >hood. The unit also contains four filmstrips and the<br >Activity Book. You will find these symbols at dif-<br >ferent places in your textbook. They tell you when it<br > ~)mc to begin e/7otfler p~lr~ of ff~e lesson， such<br >ts a filmstrip or a role-play in your Activity Book.<br >， glossary of important words is at the back of the<br >ook. The words appear in dark print in the stories.<br >7hen you see the dark print， you will know that you<br >an look the words up in the glossary. There may be<br >ther words that you do not know or will want to<br >now more about. You can use a dictionary or an<br >ncyclopedia to find the meaning of these words.<br >he stories， filmstrips， and activities will help you<br >lderstand the people as well as many things about<br >te life of a city. We hope you will have fun and learn<br >lot.<br >filmstrip<br >textbook<br >activity book<br >