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1、 美国 标志性建筑 介绍11.纽约中央火车站（纽约中央火车站（Grand Central Terminal）2l Rushmore拉什莫尔山拉什莫尔山lMount Rushmore is a memorial to the birth，growth，preservation and development of the United States of America.Gutzon Borglum sculpted busts of Presidents George Washington，Thomas Jefferson，Theodore Roosevelt，and Abraham Linc

2、oln high in the Black Hills to represent the first 150 years of American history.lThe primary resource at Mount Rushmore is the granite sculpture itself，but also of interest is the Sculptors Studio built under the direction of Sculptor Gutzon Borglum in 1939.Unique plaster models and tools related t

3、o the sculpting process are displayed in the studio.43.The White House5Foralmosttwohundredyears,theWhiteHousehasstoodasasymbolofthePresidency,theUnitedStatesgovernment,andtheAmericanpeople.Itshistory,andthehistoryofthenationscapital,beganwhenPresidentGeorgeWashingtonsignedanActofCongressinDecemberof

4、1790declaringthatthefederalgovernmentwouldresideinadistrictnotexceedingtenmilessquare.ontheriverPotomac.PresidentWashington,togetherwithcityplannerPierreLEnfant,chosethesiteforthenewresidence,whichisnow1600PennsylvaniaAvenue.Aspreparationsbeganforthenewfederalcity,acompetitionwasheldtofindabuilderof

5、thePresidentsHouse.Nineproposalsweresubmitted,andIrish-bornarchitectJamesHobanwonagoldmedalforhispracticalandhandsomedesign.64.The Liberty Statue78Thestatue,whichdepictsLibertythrowingoffhershacklesandholdingabeacontolighttheworld,wasthecreationoftheFrenchsculptorFrdricAugusteBartholdi,whocraftedita

6、hundredyearsaftertheAmericanRevolutioninrecognitionofsolidaritybetweentheFrenchandAmericanpeople(thoughitsfairtoaddthatBartholdioriginallyintendedthestatueforAlexandriainEgypt).BartholdibuiltLibertyinParisbetween1874and1884,startingwithaterracottamodelandenlargingitthroughfoursuccessiveversionstoits

7、presentsize,aconstructionofthincoppersheetsboltedtogetherandsupportedbyanironframeworkdesignedbyGustaveEiffel.ThearmcarryingthetorchwasexhibitedinMadisonSquareParkforsevenyears,butthewholestatuewasntofficiallyacceptedonbehalfoftheAmericanpeopleuntil1884,afterwhichitwastakenapart,cratedupandshippedto

8、NewYork.95.战争墙战争墙/越南阵亡将士纪念碑越南阵亡将士纪念碑(the Vietnam Veterans Memorial)106.Golden Gate Bridge11lThe orange towers of the Golden Gate Bridge-probably the most beautiful,certainly the most photographed bridge in the world-are visible from almost every point of elevation in San Francisco.The only cleft in

9、Northern Californias 600-mile continental wall,for years this mile-wide strait was considered unbridgeable.As much an architectural as an engineering feat,the Golden Gate took only 52 months to design and build,and was opened in 1937.Designed by Joseph Strauss,it was the first really massive suspens

10、ion bridge,with a span of 4200ft,and until 1959 ranked as the worlds longest.It connects the city at its northwesterly point on the peninsula to Marin County and Northern California,rendering the hitherto essential ferry crossing redundant,and was designed to withstand winds of up to a hundred miles

11、 an hour and to swing as much as 27ft.127.the Lincoln Memorial 13lthe Lincoln memorial is a fitting tribute to the man who held the country together during the civil war and thereby put an end to slavery in the us.a craggy likeness of abraham lincoln sits firmly grasping the arms of his throne-like chair，apparently deep in thought，while inscriptions of lincolns two most celebrated speeches the gettysburg address and the second inaugural address are carved on north and south walls.14 Thank you!15