美国十大标志性建筑中英文介绍.pptxVIP

美国十大标志性建筑中英文介绍第1页/共38页 第2页/共38页 第3页/共38页 第4页/共38页 1. The Empire State Building第5页/共38页 The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the worlds tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Centers North Tower was completed in 1972. The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. 第6页/共38页 King Kong第7页/共38页 2. Grand Central Terminal 纽约中央火车站第8页/共38页 Grand Central Terminal (GCT) is a commuter (and former intercity) railroad terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger rail travel, it covers 48 acres (19?ha) and has 44 platforms , more than any other railroad station in the world.第9页/共38页 第10页/共38页 3.Mount Rushmore拉什莫尔山第11页/共38页 Mount Rushmore is a memorial to the birth， growth，preservation and development of the United States. Gutzon Borglum sculpted busts of Presidents George Washington，Thomas Jefferson，Theodore Roosevelt，and Abraham Lincoln high in the Black Hills to represent the first 150 years of American history.第12页/共38页 4. The White House第13页/共38页 The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.第14页/共38页 Olympus Has Fallen（白宫陷落） 第15页/共38页 第16页/共38页 5. The Liberty Statue第17页/共38页 “The Liberty Statue ”, bronze statues, 47 meters high, 93 meters with the base height, weighs 225 tons, the French sculptor Augustus (Auguste Bartholdi ,1834 - 1904) Design, completed in 1886, is located in New York Port Menpang the freedom of the islan