美国的主要城市介绍PPT.ppt

The Survey of America;I. Washington, D.C ;;1. Jefferson Memorial To honor the man who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence ,the nation’s third president, and the first U.S. Secretary of State. ;Builders laid the cornerstone for the United States Capitol in 1793, and the building has been the seat of the country’s 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. ;3.The White House, 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. ;;II. New York City ;Skyscrapers dominate midtown Manhattan, a borough of New York City. New York City is the most populous city in the United States, as well as a financial, commercial, and cultural center. ;World Trade Center was once the tallest building in the U.S.and the world.It’s comprised of 2buildings,twin structure, each rising 110stories above the city’s streets;A fireball erupts from the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City after a hijacked passenger jet crashed into it on September 11, 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 third 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. ;;???United Nations Headquarters Landmark building of the UN, alongside the East River in New York City. The tall Secretariat Building and white General Assembly Building are two of three main structures that make up the UN . ;The billboard of the Winter Garden Theater on the Avenue of the Am