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1.自由钟The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an American bell of great historic sign ificance. The Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with early A merican history and the battle for American independence and freedom. Its most famous ringing, on July 8, 1776, summoned citizens for the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. Previously, it had been rung to announce the opening of the First Continental Congress, in 1774, and the Battle of Lexington and Concord, in 1775.The bell was not officially known as the "Liberty Bell" until 1837, when it became a symbol of the abolitionist movement. Its cast inscription from Leviticus 25:10 states, "Proclaim Liberty thro ughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." The Liberty Bell is one of the most familia r symbols of independence and nationhood within the United States, second only to the Statue of Liberty; strangely perhaps, given its widespread use within the country, the Liberty Bell is hardl y recognized outside of the US, and far less well known as a symbol of America than either the Statue of Liberty or the Stars and Stripes.2.自由女神the Statue of LibertyLiberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue give n to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudso n 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 Auguste Bartholdi. Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eu gène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and ado ption of the Repoussétechnique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.S. worldwide,[1] and, in a more general sense, represents liberty and escape from oppress ion. The Statue of Liberty was, from 1886 until the Jet age, often the first glimpse of the Unite d States for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. It's said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes inspired it.3.华盛顿碑The Washington MonumentThe Washington Monument usually refers to the large white-colored obelisk at the west end of t he National Mall in Washington, D.C.. It is a United States Presidential Memorial constructed fo r George Washington, the first President of the United States and the leader of the revolutionary Continental Army, which won independence from the British following the American Revolution ary War.Other monuments to honor Washington, also known as the "Washington Monument", are in Baltimore and Washington County, Maryland.The monument is made of marble, granite, and sandstone. It was designed by Robert Mills, a pr ominent American architect of the 1840s. The actual construction of the monument began in 184 8 and was not completed until 1884, almost 30 years after the architect's death, due to lack of f unds and the intervention of the American Civil War. A difference in shading of the marble (vis ible approximately 150 feet up) clearly delineates the initial construction from its resumption in 1 876. It is generally considered fortunate that the Greek Doric rotunda Mills planned for the base of the monument was never built.[1]The Washington Monument at duskIts cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848; the capstone was se t on December 6, 1884, and the completed monument was dedicated on February 21, 1885. It of ficially opened to the public on October 9, 1888. Upon completion, it became the world's tallest structure at 169 m, a title it inherited from the Cologne Cathedral and held until 1889, when th e Eiffel Tower was finished in Paris, France.The Washington Monument reflection can be seen in the aptly named Reflecting Pool, a rectangu lar pool extending westward in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial.4大峡谷The Grand CanyonThe Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northe rn Arizona, USA. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park —one of the f irst national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of the Grand Canyon area, visiting on numerous occasions to hunt mountain lions and enjoy the sce nery.The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, is about 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 0.25 to 15 miles (0.4 to 24 kilometers) and attainsa depth of more than a mile (1,600 m). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history has bee n exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as t he Colorado Plateaus have uplifted.The first recorded sighting of the Grand Canyon by a European was in 1540, García López de Cárdenas from Spain.[citation needed] The first scientific expedition to the canyon was led by U. S. Major John Wesley Powell in the late 1860s. Powell referred to the sedimentary rock units ex posed in the canyon as "leaves in a great story book." Long before that, the area was inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon walls.5、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 Street" is also used as a metonym（换喻词）to refer to American financial m arkets and financial institutions as a whole. Most New York financial firms are no longer headqu artered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Fairfield County, Connecti cut, or New Jersey. JPMorgan Chase, the last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to Deutsche Bank in November 2001.6、自由女神Statue of LibertyLiberty Enlightening the World, known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty, is a statue give n to the United States by France in 1885, standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudso n 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 Auguste Bartholdi. Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eu gène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and ado ption of the Repoussétechnique. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable icons of the U.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 S tates for millions of immigrants after ocean voyages from Europe. It's said that il Sancarlone or the Colossus of Rhodes inspired it.7、第五大道The Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New Y ork 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 its course, it i s a symbol of wealthy New York. It is one of the best shopping streets in the world, often pair ed with London's Oxford Street and the Champs Elysées in Paris. It is one of the most expensiv e streets in the world, on a par with London and Tokyo lease prices. The "most expensive street in the world" moniker changes depending on currency fluctuations and local economic condition s 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 St reet from West 59th Street) as well as the zero-numbering point for street addresses (numbers in crease in both directions as one moves away from Fifth, with 1 East 59th Street on the corner a t Fifth Avenue, and 300 East 59th Street located several blocks to the East). Fifth Avenue is a one-way street and carries southbound ("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 S quare Park through Greenwich Village, Midtown, and the Upper East Side8、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 Whit e House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelp hia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President's Palace”on early maps, the building was officially named the Executive Mansion in 1810 in ord er to avoid connotations of royalty. Although the name “White House”was commonly used fr om about the same time (because the mansion's white-gray sandstone contrasted strikingly with th e red brick of nearby buildings), it did not become the official name of the building until 1902, when it was adopted by President Theodore Roosevelt (1901–09). The White House is the old est federal building in the nation's capital.9、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 specta cles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities 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 appearance 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 Découverte, 1 697), who was with the expedition of Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, the French explorer, in 1678. In the 19th cent., daredevils attempted to brave the falls in barrels, boats, and rubber ball s. The great Blondin performed (1859) on a tightrope over the falls, which continue to be a maj or center of international tourism. Historical and natural history material relating to the region is in the Niagara Falls Museum in the city of Niagara Falls, N.Y.10、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 Limón Bay at Colón on the Atlanti c to the Bay of Panama at Balboa on the Pacific, is 40 mi (64 km) long from shore to shore a nd 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 Limón Bay a ship is raised by Gatún Locks (a set of three) to an elevation 85 ft (25.9 m) above sea level, traverses Gatún Lake, then crosses the Continental Divide through Gaillard (for merly Culebra) Cut and is lowered by Pedro Miguel Lock to Miraflores Lake and then by theMiraflores Locks (a set of two) to sea level. The 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).11、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 Foundation 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 f inancial capacity of the National Park Service. The Foundation receives no annual government fu nding; it relies instead upon the generous support of private citizens, foundations, and corporation s to ensure that Yellowstone's great gifts to the world will never diminish.Since its inception, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has successfully funded more than 100 proj ects in Yellowstone.12、帝国大厦New York, the Empire State Building was built in March 1930, then use the lightest constructio n 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 world's first high-Building and the New York City 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 world's tallest building, the throne for 40 years. This building in the United States the most econ omically depressed, the most sluggish, with only less than 2 years to build. 102 House and 86 i n a floor observatory, is due to open Taiwan's Wang, the wind power is considerable. Sunny da ys when the Yuanwang to be 100 kilometers away.13、夏威夷For most of us, Hawaii begins to weave her spell（魅力）with some little glimmer（微光）of a wareness. Golden beaches and golden people. Sun, sand, sea, and surf……And somewhere betwe en the blue skies and the palm trees（棕榈树）……we're hooked（吸引）.The Hawaiian Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth. The weather is friendly. The temperature ranges from 60-90 degrees all year long. It's 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 war mth of people. We call it the spirit of Aloha. It has allowed 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 plac es.14、百老汇Broadway theatre is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the United States, as we ll as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technician s 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 5 00 seats or more located in the Theatre District of the New York City borough of Manhattan. T he shows that reach Broadway and thrive there have historically been perceived as more mainstre am and less cutting edge than those produced Off- and Off-Off-Broadway or in regional non-prof it theatres such as the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and the American Repertory Theatre in Ca mbridge, Massachusetts.。