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1、Ten landmark buildings in the United States美国十大标志性建筑美国十大标志性建筑1. The Empire State BuildingTheEmpireStateBuildingisa102-storyArtDecoskyscraperinNewYorkCityattheintersectionofFifthAvenueandWest34thStreet.ItsnameisderivedfromthenicknameforthestateofNewYork.Itstoodastheworldstallestbuildingformorethanfor
2、tyyears,fromitscompletionin1931untilconstructionoftheWorldTradeCentersNorthTowerwascompletedin1972.TheEmpireStateBuildinghasbeennamedbytheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineersasoneoftheSevenWondersoftheModernWorld.King Kong2. Grand Central Terminal 纽约中央火车站纽约中央火车站GrandCentralTerminal(GCT)isacommuter(andfor
3、merintercity)railroadterminalat42ndStreetandParkAvenueinMidtownManhattaninNewYork.BuiltbyandnamedfortheNewYorkCentralRailroadintheheydayofAmericanlong-distancepassengerrailtravel,itcovers48acres(19ha)andhas44platforms,morethananyotherrailroadstationintheworld.3.Mount Rushmore拉什莫尔山拉什莫尔山MountRushmorei
4、samemorialtothebirth，growth，preservationanddevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.GutzonBorglumsculptedbustsofPresidentsGeorgeWashington，ThomasJefferson，TheodoreRoosevelt，andAbrahamLincolnhighintheBlackHillstorepresentthefirst150yearsofAmericanhistory.4. The White HouseTheWhiteHouseistheofficialresidenceandpr
5、incipalworkplaceofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates,locatedat1600PennsylvaniaAvenueNWinWashington,D.C.IthasbeentheresidenceofeveryU.S.presidentsinceJohnAdamsin1800.Olympus Has Fallen（白宫陷落） 5. The Liberty Statue“TheLibertyStatue”,bronzestatues,47metershigh,93meterswiththebaseheight,weighs225tons,theFrenc
6、hsculptorAugustus(AugusteBartholdi,1834-1904)Design,completedin1886,islocatedinNewYorkPortMenpangthefreedomoftheisland.Vanishing the Statue of Liberty（自由女神的消失魔术）美国超级魔术大师大卫.科波菲尔表演的魔术-自由女神消失着实让世界大吃一惊。这一魔术谜底至今仍未能揭示。6. Washington MonumentWashington MonumentTheWashingtonMonumentwasbuiltbetween1848and1884
7、asamemorialtoGeorgeWashington,firstPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Forrest Gump7. the Vietnam Veterans Memorial战争墙战争墙/越南阵亡将士纪念碑越南阵亡将士纪念碑TheVietnam Veterans Memorialisa3-acre(12,000m)nationalmemorialinWashington,D.C.IthonorsU.S.servicemembersoftheU.S.armedforceswhofoughtintheVietnamWar,servicememberswhodi
8、edinserviceinVietnam/SouthEastAsia,andthoseservicememberswhowereunaccountedfor(MissingInAction)duringtheWar.8.Golden Gate BridgeGoldenGateBridgeisoneoftheworld-famousbridge,abridgeprojectasamodernmiracle.ItislocatedinCalifornia,ontheGoldenGateStrait.GoldenGateBridgeisconsideredasymbolofSanFrancisco.
9、9.The Pentagon（五角大楼）（五角大楼）ThePentagonistheheadquartersoftheUnitedStatesDepartmentofDefense,locatedatsouthwestofWashington.AsasymboloftheUSmilitary,ThebuildingwasbuiltonJanuary15,1943.Itisthehighest-capacityofficebuildingintheworldandoneoftheworldslargestbuildingsintermsoffloorarea.Ithasfivefloorsabo
10、vegroundandtwobasementlevels,asthebuildinghasasharpofpentagram,soitwascalledthePentagon.91110. The Lincoln Memorial TheLincolnMemorialisafittingtributetothemanwhoheldthecountrytogetherduringthecivilwarandtherebyputanendtoslavery（奴隶制度）intheUS.Acraggylikeness（肖像）ofAbrahamLincolnsitsfirmlygraspingthearmsofhisthrone-likechair，apparentlydeepinthought.美国国会大厦UnitedStatesCapitol林肯纪念堂TheLincolnMemorial白宫TheWhiteHouse华盛顿纪念碑WashingtonMonument杰弗逊纪念堂ThomasJeffersonMemorial华盛顿纪念碑WashingtonMonument林肯纪念堂美国国会大厦UnitedStatesCapitollThatsalllThankyou!
