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Buildings1StatueofLiberty02TheWhiteHouse01EmpireStateBuilding04GoldenGateBridge03MountRushmore06GrandCentralTerminal05CONTENTSStatueofLiberty02TheWhiteH21BuildingTheWhiteHouse

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TheWhiteHouseisawhitenewclassicsandstonebuilding,locatedinWashington,BecausetheWhiteHouseistheresidenceofthepresidentoftheUnitedStatesandthelocationoftheoffice,theterm"WhiteHouse"isoftenreferredtoastheU.S.government.TheWhiteHouse'sbaseaddressisselectedbythefoundingfathersoftheUnitedStates,thefirstpresident,GeorgeWashington,foundedin1792,basicallycompletedin1800,thedesigneristhefamousIrish-AmericanarchitectJamesHobanTheWhiteHouseisawhite4WhythenameisWhiteHouse?BritishandAmericanwarin1812,theBritisharmyoccupiedthecityofWashington,setfiretothebuildingsincludingTheUnitedStatesCapitolandthepresidentialpalace.Afterthat,inordertocoverupthetracesofthefire,in1814,thepresident'shousebrownredstonewallwaspaintedwhite.1902PresidentTheodoreRooseveltofficiallynamed"WhiteHouse."WhythenameisWhiteHouse?Br52BuildingStatueofLiberty

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symboloftheUnitedStates2BuildingStatueofLiberty6bronzestatues47metershighpedestal

likehigh46meters93metershightotalweight229tonscompletein1886locatedinNewYorkbronzestatues7StatueofLibertyisasymboloftheUnitedStates

ThestatueoflibertywearingancientGreekstyleclothing,theheadwearsabrightandshiningcrown,thesevenpointedsymbolofthesevencontinents.Righthandholdingthetorchoffreedom,leftholdingthe"DeclarationofIndependence";Thefootisbrokenhandcuffs,fettersandchains,asymboloffreedomandfreeoftyranny.ThestatueoflibertyisFrancein1876presentedUnitedStatesgiftof100yearsofindependence.StatueofLibertyisasymbol83BuildingGoldenGateBridgeOneofthefamousBridgesintheworld3BuildingGoldenGateBridge9TheGoldenGateBridgeisoneofthefamousBridgesintheworldaswellasthemodernBridgeengineeringofamiracle.金門大橋是世界著名的橋梁之一，也是近代橋梁工程的一項奇跡。Thegoldengatebridge,grander

thananybridgesintheUnitedStates,usingmorethan100000tonsofsteelandspending$35.5million,iscompletedafter4-yearconstruction.

(金門大橋雄峙于美國加利福尼亞州舊金山長1900多米的金門海峽之上，歷時4年，利用10萬多噸鋼材，耗資達3550萬美元建成)Bridgeisscarlet,lyingontheblueseawiththebrightlights,likeagorgeousdragon,whichmakestheviewofSanFranciscomoremagnificent.(橋身呈朱紅色，橫臥于碧海白浪之上，華燈初放，如巨龍凌空，使舊金山市的景色更加壯麗。)TheGoldenGateBridgeisone10Bestseason：Thefourseasonsisappropriate,playinthefogcanalsoseethebeautyofthegoldengateTraveltime：onehourTicket：6dollarsOpeningtime:alldayThegoldengatebridgeisoneofthemostfamousplacesofsuicideintheworld,sinceeachyearthenumberofsuicideisovermuch,theinstallationofasuicidepreventionnetworkisnecessarytoavoidpeoplecommitsuicideinhere.金門大橋是世界上最著名的自殺場所之一,由于每年的自殺人數(shù)過多，為了避免人們在此自殺，為此安裝防自殺網(wǎng)。Bestseason：Thefourseasons114BuildingEmpireStateBuildingOneofthelandmarkbuildingsinNewYork,America4BuildingEmpireStateBuilding12BuildingnamefromthenicknameofNewYork——empirestate,soitsEnglishnamemeaningistowerofNewYorkortheEmpireStateBuilding,onlythetranslationofEmpireStateBuildinghasbeenformingandusing.大廈名字源于紐約州的昵稱──帝國州，故其英文名稱原意為紐約州大廈或者帝國州大廈，唯獨帝國大廈的翻譯已經(jīng)約定世俗并沿用。Buildingnamefromthenicknam13TourismTipsTraveltime：ClimateisgenerallymildinNewYork,July4-isthebesttimetotravel.Ticket：1.For86thfloor：adult：32dollars,children：26dollars,theelder：29dollars

2.For102thfloor：adult：42dollars,children：36dollars,theelder：39dollarsOpeningtime：alltheyear，from8：00amto2:00am游玩tips旅行時間：紐約的氣候一般比較溫和，4-7月是最佳旅行時間。大廈門票：到達86樓（成人32美元、兒童26美元、老人29美元）；到達102樓（成人42美元、兒童36美元、老人39美元）。開放時間：全年開放，每天8:00到次日2:00TourismTips145BuildingGrandCentralTerminalAfamouslandmarkbuildingandalsoapublicartmuseum.5BuildingGrandCentralTermina15

GrandCentralStationislocatedinthecenteroftheUnitedStates,Manhattan,wasfoundedin1903,officiallyopenedinFebruary2,1913.TheGrandCentralStationwasbuiltbytheVanderbiltfamilyofthekingoftheUnitedStates.ThefamouslandmarkbuildinginNewYorkisalsoapublicartmuseum.Itistheworld'slargestandmostbusyrailwaystationintheUnitedStates,whileitisalsothehuboftheNewYorkrailwayandmetro.紐約中央火車站位于美國曼哈頓中心，始建于1903年，1913年2月2日正式啟用。紐約中央火車站是由美國鐵路之王范德比爾特家族建造，紐約著名的地標性建筑，也是一座公共藝術館。它是世界上最大，美國最繁忙的火車站，同時它還是紐約鐵路與地鐵的交通中樞GrandCentralStationisloca16ForappreciationNewYorkcentraltrainstationcentralinformationdeskwithfourbellsatthetopoftheHall,veryvisibleinthestationHall,whichcanalsobebigshockshoptreasuresfromthecentralrailwaystation.ThefoursideoftheclockismadeofOpal,valuedatbetweenaboutUS$10millionto$20millionForappreciationNewYorkcentr176BuildingMountRushmoreAmemorialtothebirth,growth,preservationanddevelopmentoftheUSA6BuildingMountRushmore18Brief：MountRushmoreisamemorialtothebirth,growth,preservationanddevelopmentoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.ItislocatedinSouthDakota(南達科他州).ItisalsocalledUnitedStatesPresidentialMemorial.(美利堅合眾國總統(tǒng)紀念公園).Inthememorial,therearefourheadsculpturesofAmericanpresidents.Theentireparkcoversanareaof1278acres(5.17squarekilometers),thehighestelevationof5725feet(1745meters).整個公園占地面積1278英畝（5.17平方公里），最高處海拔為5725英尺（1745米）。Brief：MountRushmoreisamemo19GeorgeWashingtonJeffersonThomasTheodoreRooseveltAbrahamLincolnThefourpresidentsrepresentthefirst150yearsofAmerica'shistory.BergSalemchosethesefourpresidents,becausetheyhavea