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1、TheSurveyofAmericaChapterIVTheMainCitiesI.Washington,D.CWashington,D.C.,city and district,capital of the United States of America.The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia(D.C.),a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nations permanent capital.

2、Named after the first U.S.president George Washington,the city has served since 1800 as the seat of federal government.It is also the heart of a dynamic metropolitan region.During the 20th century,the Washington,D.C.,metropolitan area grew rapidly as the responsibilities of national government incre

3、ased,both at home and throughout the world.1.JeffersonMemorialTo honor the man who wasprincipalauthoroftheDeclaration of Independence,thenationsthirdpresident,andthefirstU.S.SecretaryofState.Builders laid the cornerstone for the UnitedStatesCapitol in 1793,and the building has been the seat of the c

4、ountrys Senate and the House of Representatives since 1800.Since its original construction,the Capitol building has been expanded to more than twice its original size.The Rotunda stands 66 m(180 ft)high and is the symbolic center of both Capitol Hill and Washington,D.C.2.CapitolHillMeeting place of

5、the US congress and one of the nations most familiar landmarks3.TheWhiteHouse,in Washington,D.C.is the official presidential residence located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.The White House contains 132 rooms,but only 7 of these are open to public tours.The White House gardens are on the south side of

6、the mansion.Official ceremonies and receptions are sometimes held in the Rose Garden,and presidents address members of the press here,as did Bill Clinton in 1993,shown here.II.NewYorkCity The 5 boroughs:1:Manhattan,2:Brooklyn,3:Queens,4:Bronx,5:StatenIslandNewYorkCity is the largest city in the Unit

7、ed States and one of the worlds major global cities.Located in the state of New York,the city has a population of over 8.1 million within an area of 321 square miles(approximately 830 km).,making it the most densely populated city in North America.Skyscrapers dominate midtown Manhattan,a borough of

8、New York City.New York City is the most populous city in the United States,as well as a financial,commercial,and cultural center.WorldTradeCenter was once the tallest building in the U.S.and the world.Its comprised of 2buildings,twin structure,each rising 110stories above the citys streetsA fireball

9、 erupts from the south tower of the WorldTradeCenter in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September11,2001.Another hijacked jet had crashed into the north tower about 15 minutes earlier.Both of the 110-story skyscrapers soon collapsed completely.Hijackers crashed a thir

10、d plane into the Pentagon in Arlington,Virginia,and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania.The terrorist attacks,which killed about 3,000 people,were the deadliest in United States history.Builtin1931,theEmpireStateBuildinginNewYorkCity,NewYork,stands381m(1250ft)high.Theconstructionofthewor

11、ldstallestskyscraperwasplannedbyAmericanpoliticianAlfredSmith.UnitedNationsHeadquartersLandmarkbuildingoftheUN,alongsidetheEastRiver in New York City.The tall SecretariatBuildingandwhiteGeneralAssemblyBuildingaretwoofthreemainstructuresthatmakeuptheUN.The billboard of the Winter Garden Theater on th

12、e Avenue of the Americas in New York City advertises the Broadway show Cats,which began its record-breaking New York run in 1982.Time SquareTime SquareIn 1792 two dozen men met beneath a sycamore tree to write the rules to govern securities trading.The meeting,which took place where WallStreet is lo

13、cated today,was the beginning of the New York Stock Exchange,the largest securities exchange in the world.TheStatueofLiberty(formal title:Liberty Enlightening the World)is a colossal statue located at Liberty Island,New York City.It was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of

14、 the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.French sculptor Frdric Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue,and engineer Gustave Eiffel made the structure.The statue is covered in copper,and it was dedicated on October 28,1886.IIIChicago：aninlandhubSproutingfromtheIllinoisprai

15、rie,Chicago is a city of blue-collar workers.Its location on the southwest shore of LakeMichiganmakesitaninlandtradehub.Chicagobluesandjazz TheSearsTowerisamongsttheworldstallestbuildings-Chicago,Illinois110storeys,443mhighObservationdeckKokoTaylor got her start sitting in with some of the greats of

16、 Chicago blues during the 1950s,including Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf.Taylor developed a distinctive rough vocal style and had a huge hit in 1966 with Willie Dixons“Wang Dang Doodle.”Her long career and many awards earned her the title,“the Queen of the Blues.”IV.LosAngelesthesecondlargestcityThece

17、nterofahugesouthernCaliforniamegalopolisalongthePacificocean.The LosAngeles metropolitan area acts as a center for the motion picture,radio and television broadcasting,and music recording industries.Many large corporations and financial institutions also use Los Angeles as their headquarters.Hollywo

18、od is a suburb of Los Angeles in the state of California in the United States,and has been the heart of the American film industry for over a hundred years.It originally started as a small town until the 1900s when movie makers from New York City moved there to escape the wrath and monopoly of Thoma

19、s Edisons movie company industry in New York.Since then it has boomed into the cinematic heart of the United States,and has been the home and workplace of actors,directors and singers that range from small and independent to world famous.V.PhiladelphiathecitywithhistoricalspotsWasthelargestoftheAmer

20、icancitiesincolonialdaysandplayedaimportantroleduring the Revolution as the seat of theContinentalCongress.Itsarchitecturerangesfromskyscraperstohistoricalbuildingsdatingtocolonialtimes.SkyscrapersbegantobeaddedtotheskylineofPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania,inthelate1980s.ThisviewofthecityfromacrosstheDela

21、wareRivershowsthehistoricareaofCityHallagainstabackdropofmodernhigh-risebuildings.VI.Detroit-the motor city,is located on theDetroitRiverbetweenLakeHuronandLakeErieDetroitandthesurroundingregionconstituteamanufacturingpowerhouse,mostnotablyashometotheBigThreeautomobilecompanies,GeneralMotors,Ford,an

22、dChryslerThe automobile The automobile industry has been industry has been important to the important to the economy of Detroit economy of Detroit since the early since the early 1900s.The city is 1900s.The city is the foremost the foremost automobile automobile manufacturing center manufacturing ce

23、nter in the world,a fact in the world,a fact which has earned which has earned Detroit the nickname Detroit the nickname The Motor CityThe Motor City.Shown here,cars are Shown here,cars are assembled in one of assembled in one of Detroits many auto Detroits many auto plants.plants.VII.Houston-thespa

24、cecityHoustonreceivedtheofficialnicknameofSpaceCityin1967becauseitishometoNASAsLyndonB.JohnsonSpaceCenter,whichistheonlyplaceonearthwhereguestscanembarkonanout-of-this-worldjourneythroughhumanadventuresinspaceVIII.SanFrancisco A cosmopolitan city filled with immigrants and their descendants.Chinatown is home to one of the largest communities of Chinese outside Asia.GoldenGateBridge:1,280meterslongandranksasoneoftheworldslongest.ItconnectsSanFranciscotoMaritothenorth.IX.Pittsburgh:SituatedontheupperpartoftheOhioRiver,istheironandsteelcity