美国景点英文版.ppt

1、,By 24号：张守玉 25号：何 燕,Interesting Places in USA,Whats this?,The White House,Formerly known as the Executive Mansion(州长官邸） the official office and residence of the president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres . Since the administration of

2、 George Washington (178997), who occupied presidential residences in New York , every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “Presidents Palace” on early maps, the building was officially named the Executive Mansion in 1810 in order to avoid connotations of royalty.

3、 Although the name “White House” was commonly used from about the same time , it did not become the official name of the building until 1902 . The White House is the oldest federal building in the nations capital.,Panama Canal,Do you know Wall Street ?,Wall Street is the name of a narrow street in l

4、ower 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. The phrase Wall Street is also used as a metonym to refer to American financial mar

5、kets and financial institutions as a whole. Most New York financial firms are no longer headquartered on Wall Street, but elsewhere in lower or midtown Manhattan, Fairfield County, Connecticut, or New Jersey. JPMorgan Chase, the last major holdout, sold its headquarters tower at 60 Wall Street to De

6、utsche Bank in November 2001.,Vocabulary,Stock Exchange:证券交易所 Metonym :a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing （换喻词） Headquartered: vt.总部设于 vi.设立总部 Deutsche Bank:德意志银行,德意志银行,The Yellowstone Park,The Yellowstone Park Foundation is a non-profit organization created in 1996. A group

7、 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 financial capacity of the National Park Service. The

8、 Foundation receives no annual government funding; it relies instead upon the generous support of private citizens, foundations, and corporations to ensure that Yellowstones great gifts to the world will never diminish .Since its origin, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has successfully funded more t

9、han 100 projects in Yellowstone.,Visual of Yellowstone,Whats this?,Statue of Liberty,Can you guess where it is?,For most of us, it begins to weave her spell with some little glimmer of awareness. Golden beaches and golden people. Sun, sand, sea, and surfAnd somewhere between the blue skies and the p

10、alm treeswere hooked. Its Islands are one of the most beautiful places on earth. The weather is friendly. The temperature ranges from 60-90 degrees all year long. Its 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 it is the genuine warmth of people. We call it the spirit of Aloha. It has allowed a melting pot of cultures from all over the worl