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1、WelcometoNewYorkIntroductionNew?York?CityisthebiggestcityintheUnitedStates.About8.2millionpeopleliveinNewYorkCity,and18.3millionliveinthecityanditssurroundingurbanarea.NewYorkCitywasoncethelargestcityintheworld.Today,itisthefourthlargest.New?York?City?is?in?southeasternNewYorkState.That’swheretheb
2、roadHudsonRiveremptiesintotheAtlanticOcean.History—OneofAmerica’soldestcitiesEnglish?explorer?HenryHudsonin1609saileduptheriverthatnowbearshisname.HewasworkingforaDutchcompany.ThecompanystartedasettlementatthemouthoftheHudsonin1624.TheycalleditNewAmsterdam.TheEnglishcapturedthesettlementin1664andr
3、enameditNewYork.Since?colonial?days?NewYorkhasbeenanimportantcity.ItwastheU.S.capitalfrom1785to1790.NewYorkpassedPhiladelphiain1810tobecomeAmerica’slargestcity.NewYorkgrewbecauseofitsexcellentharbor.Theportmadeitacenteroftrade.ImmigrantstotheUnitedStatespouredthroughtheport.PeoplefromEverywhereNew
4、?York?is?the?world’smostethnicallydiversecity.Aboutone-thirdofNewYork’sresidents,over2.6millionpeople,wereborninothercountries.SchoolkidsinNewYorkspeakmorethan120languages.BoroughsLocatedononeoftheworld'slargestnaturalharbors,NewYorkCityconsistsoffiveboroughswhichwereconsolidatedin1898:TheBronx,Br
5、ooklyn,Manhattan,Queens,andStatenIsland.Manhattan曼哈頓島isthemostdenselypopulatedboroughandishometoCentralParkandmostofthecity'sskyscrapers.Itisthefinancialcenterofthecity.Brooklyn布魯克林Queens紐約皇后區(qū)4.TheBronx布朗克斯區(qū)5.StatenIsland斯塔頓島StatueofLibertyCentralParkMuseumBroadwayTimeSquareTravelinNewYorkTheStatu
6、eofLibertywasagifttotheUnitedStatesinhonorofthefriendshipestablishedduringtheFrenchRevolution.TheStatueofLibertyhasbecomeanAmericansymboloffreedomandwelcometotheimmigrantswhocometotheUSAlookingforabetterlife.StatueofLiberty自由女神像CentralParkCentralParkisalargepublicparkinNewYorkCitywithabouttwenty-f
7、ivemillionvisitorsannually.ItplaysanessentialroleintheeverydaylivesofNewYorkersbyproviding843acresofpaths,lakesandopenVisitorstoNewYorkCityareoftenimpressedwithCentralPark'sbeautyandsize.Itisawonderfulplaceforvis
