拉斯维加斯(英语）.ppt

Las Vegas is in the southern part of the state of Nevada， about 50 miles east of the California border and 30 miles west of the Arizona border。 拉斯维加斯（Las Vegas） 是美国内华达州的最大城市，以赌博业为中心的庞大的旅游、购物、度假产业而著名，是世界知名的度假圣地之一。从一个巨型游乐场到一个真正有血有肉、活色生香的城市，拉斯维加斯在10年间脱胎换骨。 每年来拉斯维加斯旅游的3890万旅客中，来购物和享受美食的占了大多数，专程来赌博的只占少数。内华达州这个曾经被人讽刺为“罪恶之城”和“赌掉工资”的赌城，已经逐步成熟，成为一个真正的城市了。1990年到2000年这10年里，拉斯维加斯的人口增加了80%，目前已经达到约190万。而这座城市的吸引力也慢慢变得多元化。 这个城市不再是“赌城”的代名词。在这里，你可以找到美食、找到艺术、找到娱乐、找到一个多元化城市的所有要素。 拉斯维加斯，这个世界上最没有根基的地方，终于也把根深深的扎下了。 The city is divided into two main parts： a compact downtown called Glitter Gulch and the Strip金沟银壑（美国拉斯维加斯城内赌场地区)和脱衣舞表演 a corridor of hotels and casinos（娱乐场，赌场）。 the Strip情色场所 Las Vegas never dares to rest on its laurels, so the basic concept of the Strip casino has been endlessly refined since the Western-themed resorts and ranches of the 1940s. In the 1950s and 1960s, when most visitors arrived by car, the casinos presented themselves as lush tropical oases at the end of the long desert drive. Once air travel took over, Las Vegas opted for Disneyesque fantasy, a process that started in the late 1960s with Caesars Palace and culminated with Excalibur and Luxor in the early 1990s. These days, after six decades of capitalism run riot, the Strip is locked into a hyperactive craving for thrills and glamour. First-time visitors tend to expect Las Vegas to be a repository of kitsch, but the casino owners are far too canny to be sentimental about the old days. Yes, there are a few Elvis impersonators around, but what characterizes the city far more is its endless quest for novelty. Long before they lose their sparkle, yesterdays showpieces are blasted into rubble, to make way for ever more extravagant replacements. The Disney model has now been discarded in favor of more adult themes, and Las Vegas demands nothing less than entire cities. Replicas of New York, Paris, Monte Carlo and Venice now jostle for space on the Strip. Casinos赌场 The casinos want you to gamble, and theyll do a