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1、1、华尔街 Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in lower Manhattan in New York City, running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. Considered to be the historical heart of the Financial District, it was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange（纽约证券交易所）. The phrase "Wall

2、Street" is also used as a metonym（换喻词） to refer to American financial markets and financial institutions as a whole. Most New York financial firms are no longer headquartered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, or New Jersey. JPMorgan Chase, th

3、e last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to Deutsche Bank in November 2001. 2、自由女神 Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue given to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island i

4、n the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The sculptor was Frederic A

5、uguste Bartholdi. Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugne Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statues construction and adoption of the Repouss technique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U

6、.S. worldwide, and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppression. The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the United States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. Its said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of

7、Rhodes inspired it. 3、第五大道 The Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, USA. It runs through the heart of Midtown and along the eastern side of Central Park, and because of the expensive park-view real estate and historical mansions along it

8、s course, it is a symbol of wealthy New York. It is one of the best shopping streets in the world, often paired with Londons Oxford Street and the Champs Elyses in Paris. It is one of the most expensive streets in the world, on a par with London and Tokyo lease prices. The "most expensive street in

9、the world" moniker changes depending on currency fluctuations and local economic conditions from year to year. Joseph Winston Herbert Hopkins founded this street. It is the dividing line for the east-west streets in Manhattan, (for example, demarcating the line separating East 59th Street from West

10、59th Street) as well as the zero-numbering point for street addresses (numbers increase in both directions as one moves away from Fifth, with 1 East 59th Street on the corner at Fifth Avenue, and 300 East 59th Street located several blocks to the East). Fifth Avenue is a one-way street and carries s

11、outhbound ("downtown") traffic. Some people refer to Fifth Avenue colloquially as "Fashion Ave," but many refrain from it to avoid confusion with the real Fashion Ave, also known as Seventh Avenue. Fifth Avenue extends from the north side of Washington Square Park through Greenwich Village, Midtown,

12、 and the Upper East Side 4、白宫 Formerly known as the Executive Mansion (1810–1902) the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the a

13、dministration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “Presidents Palace” on early maps, the building was officially named the Executive Mansion in 1810 in order

14、to avoid connotations of royalty. Although the name “White House” was commonly used from about the same time (because the mansions white-gray sandstone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings), it did not become the official name of the building until 1902, when it was adopted b

15、y President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–09). The White House is the oldest federal building in the nations capital. 5、尼加拉瓜大瀑布 Niagara Falls in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the citie

16、s of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont. Goat Island splits the cataract into the American Falls (167 ft/51 m high and 1,060 ft/323 m wide) and the Horseshoe, or Canadian, Falls (158 ft/48 m high and 2,600 ft/792 m wide). The governments of the United States and Canada control the appearanc

17、e of the surrounding area, much of which has been included in parks since 1885. The earliest written description of the falls is that of Louis Hennepin (in Nouvelle Dcouverte, 1697), who was with the expedition of Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, the French explorer, in 1678. In the 19th cent.,

18、 daredevils attempted to brave the falls in barrels, boats, and rubber balls. The great Blondin performed (1859) on a tightrope over the falls, which continue to be a major center of international tourism. Historical and natural history material relating to the region is in the Niagara Falls Museum

19、in the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y. 6、巴拿马运河 Panama Canal waterway across the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic (by way of the Caribbean Sea) and Pacific oceans, built by the United States (1904-14) on territory leased from the republic of Panama . The canal, running S and SE from Limn B

20、ay at Coln on the Atlantic to the Bay of Panama at Balboa on the Pacific, is 40 mi (64 km) long from shore to shore and 51 mi (82 km) long between channel entrances. The Pacific terminus is 27 mi (43 km) east of the Caribbean terminus. The minimum depth is 41 ft (12.5 m). From Limn Bay a ship is r

21、aised by Gatn Locks (a set of three) to an elevation 85 ft (25.9 m) above sea level, traverses Gatn Lake, then crosses the Continental Divide through Gaillard (formerly Culebra) Cut and is lowered by Pedro Miguel Lock to Miraflores Lake and then by the Miraflores Locks (a set of two) to sea level. T

22、he average tidal range on the Atlantic side is less than a foot (.3 m); that on the Pacific side is 12.6 ft (3.8 m). 7、黄石公园 The Yellowstone Park Foundation is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization created in 1996. A group of concerned citizens, working with the National Park Service, started the F

23、oundation in order to protect, preserve, and enhance Yellowstone National Park. The Foundation works to fund important projects and programs, many of which are beyond the financial capacity of the National Park Service. The Foundation receives no annual government funding; it relies instead upon th

24、e generous support of private citizens, foundations, and corporations to ensure that Yellowstones great gifts to the world will never diminish. Since its inception, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has successfully funded more than 100 projects in Yellowstone. 8、帝国大厦 New York, the Empire State B

25、uilding was built in March 1930, then use the lightest construction materials, built in the West during the economic crisis has become a symbol of U.S. economic recovery, now still and the Statue of Liberty in New York to become a permanent mark. Has worlds first high-Building and the New York City

26、landmark building. Empire State Building is a modern high-rise office buildings, and the Statue of Liberty in New York as a sign. Construction on the 381-metre-high Empire State Building, since 1931, the top worlds tallest building, the throne for 40 years. This building in the United States the m

27、ost economically depressed, the most sluggish, with only less than 2 years to build. 102 House and 86 in a floor observatory, is due to open Taiwans Wang, the wind power is considerable. Sunny days when the Yuanwang to be 100 kilometers away. 9、夏威夷 For most of us, Hawaii begins to weave her spel

28、l（魅力）with some little glimmer（微光） of awareness. Golden beaches and golden people. Sun, sand, sea, and surf……And somewhere between the blue skies and the palm trees（棕榈树）……were hooked（吸引）. 　　The Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth. The weather is friendly. The temperature r

29、anges from 60-90 degrees all year long. Its a little warmer in summer, and a little cooler in winter, but every day is a beach day for somebody. There are no strangers in Paradise. Perhaps the most beautiful part of Hawaii is the genuine warmth of people. We call it the spirit of Aloha. It has allo

30、wed a melting pot of cultures from all over the world to find common ground（共同点）, and a new home, in this most gentle of places. 10、百老汇 Broadway theatre is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the United States, as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrativ

31、e for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. Broadway theatre, or a Broadway show, refers to a performance, usually a play or musical that appeals to a mass audience, presented in one of the thirty-nine large professional theatres with 500 seats or more located i

32、n the Theatre District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The shows that reach Broadway and thrive there have historically been perceived as more mainstream and less cutting edge than those produced Off- and Off-Off-Broadway or in regional non-profit theatres such as the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.