用英文介绍一座城市

用英文介绍一座城市
用英文介绍一座城市

用英文介绍一座城市
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New York(纽约)
New York City,New York,is the biggest city in the United States.About 8.1 million people live in New York City,and 18.3 million live in the city and its surrounding urban area.New York City was once the largest city in the world.Today,it is the fourth largest.
New York City is in southeastern New York State.That’s where the broad Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE
New York is the world’s most ethnically diverse city.About one-third of New York’s residents,over 2.6 million people,were born in other countries.Schoolkids in New York speak more than 120 languages.
A CITY OF LANDMARKS
The city is full of famous buildings that you may often see on television.They include the Empire State Building,United Nations headquarters,Chrysler Building,and Rockefeller Center.
The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor.It has welcomed millions of immigrants to America.
Two of the world’s tallest buildings once soared above New York’s skyline.They were the twin towers of the World Trade Center.But terrorists flew airplanes into the towers and destroyed them on September 11,2001.
Central Park is an oasis of greenery in the midst of New York’s tall buildings.It offers a zoo,a nature center,playgrounds,paths for running and bicycling,and places for ice skating,roller skating,and playing sports.
THE FIVE BOROUGHS
What do you think of when you think of New York City?Most people think of Manhattan,the heart of the city,with its towering skyscrapers.
But the city has five sections.These sections are called boroughs.A borough is similar to a county.The five boroughs are Manhattan,Queens,Brooklyn,the Bronx,and Staten Island.
A CITY OF ISLANDS
The Bronx is the only borough of New York City on the United States mainland.The other boroughs are on islands.Brooklyn and Queens occupy the western end of Long Island.Water surrounds Staten Island and Manhattan.These two boroughs face each other across New York Harbor.
ONE OF AMERICA’S OLDEST CITIES
English explorer Henry Hudson in 1609 sailed up the river that now bears his name.He was working for a Dutch company.The company started a settlement at the mouth of the Hudson in 1624.They called it New Amsterdam.The English captured the settlement in 1664 and renamed it New York.
Since colonial days New York has been an important city.It was the U.S.capital from 1785 to 1790.New York passed Philadelphia in 1810 to become America’s largest city.New York grew because of its excellent harbor.The port made it a center of trade.Immigrants to the United States poured through the port.
A CENTER OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Today,Wall Street,New York’s financial center,is the leading financial center for the world.Wall Street is home to many banks,stock markets,stockbrokers,and other financial institutions.
New York is the most important communications and publishing center in the United States.Three major television networks have their headquarters in New York City—ABC,CBS,and NBC.Many of the country’s major advertising agencies and book and magazine publishers also are headquartered in New York City.
A CENTER FOR THE ARTS
New York is a major center for the arts.No other American city has so many places to hear music,see plays,watch dance,or look at art.
The city’s outstanding art museums include the Metropolitan Museum,Guggenheim Museum,Museum of Modern Art,and Whitney Museum of American Art.Galleries on Madison Avenue show very new artworks.
Times Square and Broadway form the main theater district.Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has concert halls,theaters for dance and plays,and the Metropolitan Opera House.New York City’s museums,theaters,and concerts make the city a popular destination for millions of visitors each year.

Beijing
Without Beijing, any tour itinerary to China is incomplete, especially for first-time travelers. As the capital of China, Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities, with a 3,000...

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Beijing
Without Beijing, any tour itinerary to China is incomplete, especially for first-time travelers. As the capital of China, Beijing is one of the world's truly imposing cities, with a 3,000-year history and over 11 million people. Covering 16,808 square kilometers in area, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the People’s Republic of China.
Situated in northeast China, Beijing adjoins the Inner Mongolian Highland to the northwest and the Great Northern Plain to the south. Five rivers run through the city, connecting it to the eastern Bohai Sea. Administratively, the Beijing municipality equals the status of a Province, reporting directly to the central government. (Learn More...)
Changchun
Changchun, located northeast of Beijing, is the capital of Jilin Province. It is a Chinese version of a combination of Detroit and Hollywood. It has China's largest motor vehicle plant and largest film studio. (Learn More...)
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Changsha
Changsha, located on the Xiangjiang River in south central China, is the capital of Hunan Province. The city’s history dates back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-331 BC). In 331 BC, after the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty unified China, the Changsha prefecture was set up. The city was opened to foreign traders in 1904. European and American merchants quickly moved into the area to set up businesses and warehouses. Such merchant activities received a great boost in 1918 when the town was linked by rail to Hankou and then Beijing. The development spurred an increase in production from the light industrial sector, particularly in food products, textiles, paper, lacquerware, jewelry and furniture. (Learn More...)
Chengde
Tucked away in a valley 155 miles northeast of Beijing, the mountain resort at Chengde, formerly known as the Jehol Summer Palace, is one of the biggest and most celebrated former imperial gardens in China. (Learn More...)
Chengdu
Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in the southwest, has been the economic and cultural center of China's most populous province since 400 BC. (Learn More...)
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Chongqing
The city of Chongqing can be best described as southwest China’s commercial capital. Since 1997, the city has become the fourth municipality, independent from Sichuan Province, to be under the direct control of the central government. The religious cliff sculptures of Dazu and Baodingshan and the Three Gorges scenic region of the Yangzi River are all nearby, making Chongqing an important center for tourism despite the scarcity of notable sights within the city proper. (Learn More...)
Dalian
Dalian is a major port of northeastern China and a trading gateway for all of northern China. Declared a Coastal Open City in 1984, it is located on the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, jutting out into the Bohai Sea in the northeast, between China and North Korea. It is 4 hours by train south of Shenyang. It has a population of about 1.5 million, with a total of 5 million in the larger metropolitan area. (Learn More...)
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Datong
Among the unsung wonders of China's history-soaked heritage are the 1,500-year-old Buddhist grottoes of Datong – an eight-hour train journey from Beijing – in Shanxi Province. (Learn More...)
Dunhuang
Dunhuang, a small city in Gansu Province, is located near the crossroads of the ancient Silk Road. It is made famous largely by the Buddhist Grottoes, known as the Mogao Grottoes, which are one of the world’s most important sites of ancient Buddhist culture. The grottoes, also known as Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, preserve nearly a thousand years of Buddhist cave-temple architecture, clay sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts, dating from the 5th to the 14th centuries. (Learn More...)
Fuzhou
Fuzhou is the capital city of Fujian Province, located on China’s southeastern coast. With a long tradition as a coastal port and shipbuilding center, Fuzhou is the major coastal city between Hong Kong and Shanghai. It is known as “Banyan Town” after the subtropical Banyan trees planted there since the Song dynasty. As the central city of a province with many ethnic and linguistic links to Taiwan, Fuzhou has benefited from cross-strait investment and is today a major commercial and manufacturing center. (Learn More...)
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Guangzhou
Known as the "City of Five Lambs," Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province and the southern gateway to China. It is a city of pleasant tropical parks and tree-shaded streets, and also an important commercial center. Its port, Huangpu (Whampoa), is southern China's major foreign trading port and is close to Hong Kong and Macao. (Learn More...)
Guilin
Situated in the northeast corner of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin is hailed by many as the most beautiful place in China and is one of the must-see destinations for most foreign tourists. According to a popular Chinese saying, “Guilin’s scenery bests all others in the world.” Its shapely-rising limestone towers and crystal-clear waters are often portrayed in Chinese artworks. Adding to its natural beauty are many fascinating caves. (Learn More...)
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Guiyang
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou Province, located at an elevation of 3,000 feet in the very center of the southwest Province. It is dominated by mist-shrouded hills surrounding the Wujiang Valley. The climate is mild throughout the year, much like that in Kunming, the capital of neighboring Yunnan Province. (Learn More...)
Haikou
Haikou is the capital of Hainan Province and Special Economic Zone, a tropical island just south of Guangdong. Separated from the mainland by the 30-kilometer-wide Qiongzhou Channel, Haikou is the main port and business center for the island, a tropical city with streets lined with palm trees.(Learn More...)
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province in east China, lies close to the mouth of the Qiantang River at the western end of the Gulf of Hangzhou. The city is best known for its natural beauty and historical attractions. Many sections of the city are said to have unchanged for centuries. The famous West Lake region enjoys the reputation as one of the most beautiful spots in China, with landscaped gardens on its banks, tree-shaded walks, and in the nearby hills, temples, pagodas, and monasteries. (Learn More...)
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Harbin
Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province, which borders Russia in the north. Situated in the middle reaches of the Songhua River, it is a busy river port. With several highways and railways converging at Harbin, the city is an important transportation hub in northeastern China. (Learn More...)
Hefei
Hefei is the capital of Anhui Province in central China, north of the Yangzi River that divides the province into two parts. An important agricultural trading center and military base in early times, Hefei was made provincial capital in 1949. The famous scenic area of Mt. Huang (Yellow Mountains) in southern Anhui is across the Yangzi River and thus more easily reached from the cities of Wuhu or Hangzhou. (Learn More...)
Hohhot
Hohhot (meaning ‘blue city’ in Mongolian) is the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The center of Mongolian culture, it became a military and religious center in the later Ming (late 16th century) and Qing periods. Now the political, cultural, and industrial center of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot is a center for wool and leather products, building materials, iron and steel production, and fertilizer plants. (Learn More...)
Jinan
Jinan, capital of Shandong Province, is located on the southern bank of the Yellow River, north of the famous Mt. Tai. For centuries, the city has been renowned for its lakes and springs, such as the Daming Lake and Baotu Springs, known as “The First Spring under Heaven.”(Learn More...)
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Jiuquan
Jiuquan, or “Wine Spring,” is a major stopover on the "Silk Road" northwestwards from Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province. From the second century BC, commissioners and high-ranking officers were dispatched by the rulers of Western Han Dynasty (306 BC- 34 AD) to develop the region. As the traffic along the "Silk Road" became busier and more important, the prefecture of Jiuquan was established more than 1,600 years ago to protect this vital artery. On a triumphant expedition, as legend has it, Huo Qubing, a celebrated commander of the Western Han army, visited the town with his troops. Emperor Wudi had decreed that they feast on wine, but there was not enough to go round. Commander Huo then poured his cup of wine into a spring so that it could be shared with his soldiers. That was how the city got its name. (Learn More...)
Kaifeng
Situated on the southern bank of the Yellow River, Kaifeng is an important city in Henan Province. With a recorded history close to 3,000 years, Kaifeng is known as one of the six major centers of ancient Chinese civilization. (Learn More...)
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Kunming
Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, is known as the “city of eternal spring.” Located in the middle of the Yunan Plateau 6,300 feet above sea level, subtropical Kunming is skirted by mountains to the north, east, and west, while to the south lies a large lake called Dianchi. Kunming has a mild climate and flowers bloom most of the year round. But its association with eternal spring can be misleading, because there are sometimes cold winds in winter, chilly days in spring, and heavy rains in summer. Generally speaking, though, the city's climate is kind to travelers most of the time. (Learn More...)
Lanzhou
Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is an important stop on your journey along the ancient “Silk Road,” west of Xi'an. (Learn More...)
Lhasa
If Tibet is the "roof of the world," then its capital, Lhasa, is certainly the “city of the sun.” Standing on a plain over 13,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by towering mountains, Lhasa is a town bathed in sunlight. (Learn More...)
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Luoyang
Luoyang, a city in Henan Province, is known as the “city of peonies.” Situated on the north bank of the Luo River, it is cut by two rivers that flow into the Luo, the Jian to the west and Chan to the east. (Learn More...)
Nanchang
Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, is located along the Ganjiang river. For many centuries, it remained a storage and distribution center for the famous porcelain from nearby Jingdezhen. In 1937, it became famous when on August 1, Zhou Enlai led an uprising against Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist army at Nanchang before retreating to the nearby Jinggang Mountains to form one of the first armed forces of the Chinese Red Army. (Learn More...)
Nanjing
Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province in the southeast on the south bank of the Yangzi River. It has a rich history as a political center, as the capital of early regimes in the south and as the Southern Capital during the Ming dynasty, as well as the seat of the Nationalist Government in the 20th century. Today Nanjing’s three special economic zones are home to manufacturing and production facilities for some of the world’s leading multinational corporations. (Learn More...)
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Nanning
Nanning is the capital of the Guangxi Autonomous Region in southwest China. It is the center of the Zhuang culture, China’s largest minority at well over 15 million people. The city has been closely involved in relationships with neighboring Vietnam, both positive and negative, and now has an open border with Vietnam. A prosperous industrial city, its mild climate allows a year-round growing season for rice, sugar-cane, and subtropical fruits such as mangos and lychees. (Learn More...)
Qingdao
Lying on the south coast of the Shandong Peninsula, Qingdao is a city of picturesque red-tiled roofs nestled between green hills and blue sea. The mild climate, the bathing beach, and Mount Laoshan make Qingdao a popular health and holiday resort, particularly in summer when visitors come here in droves for sightseeing and escaping the heat. (Learn More...)
Shanghai
The largest city in China, Shanghai contains the most striking blend of oriental and western cultures and of the past and present. In this city, European-style buildings can be seen standing alongside Chinese structures and ancient temples. Modern ocean-going vessels sail past junks. (Learn More...)
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Shenyang
Shenyang is the capital of Liaoning Province, about 500 miles north of Beijing. The city used to be known as Mukden, a name used by the Tartar people who once ruled the area. It has a history of more than 3,000 years. When the Manchurians seized Beijing in 1644 and established the Qing dynasty with Beijing as its capital, Mukden became its secondary capital and remained so far 350 years. (Learn More...)
Shenzhen
Only twenty-some years ago, Shenzhen was not much more a small village of 20,000 across the border from Hong Kong. Since being declared a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Shenzhen has seen explosive growth in population and economy. Today it is a modern city, filled with modern high rise office and apartment buildings with export value alone over US$6 billion. Including Shenzhen City, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and Shenzhen County, the population is 2.3 million and growing. Textiles, electronic goods, toys, furniture, and machinery are among the major products, for domestic and international consumption. Shenzhen is a major resort destination for Hong Kong visitors, with many resort hotels and theme parks. (Learn More...)
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Shijiazhuang
Shijiazhuang is the capital of Hebei Province 280 km (174 miles) southwest of Beijing. It is a major railroad junction for northern China, and home of China’s largest pharmaceutical factor and a center for the study of traditional Chinese medicine. (Learn More...)
Suzhou
Suzhou is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, some 50 miles west of Shanghai, along the old Grand Canal. The city has been famous for its gardens for many centuries. According to a Chinese proverb says: “In heaven there is paradise. On earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.” Suzhou has also long been noted for its beautiful women. (Learn More...)
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Taiyuan
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province, and a city rich in political, military, and religious history. Located along the invasion corridors between the nomadic regions to the north and the agricultural heartland around the Yellow River, it was the site of repeated invasion and occupation over the centuries. The central Shanxi region is rich in Buddhist and Taoist sites, including the famous Mt. Wutai and the Taoist Palace of Eternal Joy. Taiyuan is now a major industrial city in northern China, close to major iron and coal reserves. (Learn More...)
Tianjin
Tianjin is China’s third largest city, an independent municipality with a population of 9.5 million that is a major commercial and industrial center as well as the biggest port in north China. 137 kilometers (85 miles) southeast of Beijing, Tianjin is situated at the confluence of five tributaries of the Haihe River, 50 km from the Bohai Sea. (Learn More...)
Urumqi
The last stop on your westward journey along the “Silk Road” is Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, situated at the northern foothill of the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains. (Learn More...)
Wuhan
This capital of Hubei Province, Wuha