大苹果城

Beginning：

aplacewherepeoplefromalloftheworldchatheirdreams

aplacewherenightsareaxcitingandattractiveasdaytime

aplacewherethingschangerapidlyandlifegoesroundandroundnonstop.

NewYork—oftencalledNewYorkCityortheCityofNewYorktodistinguishitfromtheStateof

NewYork

Othernames:

TheBigApple大苹果【explain】TheCityThatNeverSleeps不夜城

TheCapitalofTheWorld世界之都TheEmpireCity帝国之城

Briefintroductionoflocationandboroughs

NewYorkCityissituatedintheNortheasternUnitedStates,insoutheasternNewYorkState,

approximatelyhalfwaybetweenWashington,edat40degreesnorthlatitude

and74degreeswestlongitutde.(almostthesamelatitudeasBeijing)MostofNewYorkCityisbuilt

onthethreeislandsofLongIsland,Manhattan,andStatenIsland.

NewYorkCityconsistsoffiveboroughs,

fiveboroughs–Brooklyn,Queens,Manhattan,theBronx,andStatenIsland–wereconsolidatedinto

asinglecityin1898.

Thecity'slandhasbeenalteredsubstantiallybyhumanintervention,withconsiderableland

reclamationalongthewaterfrontssinceDutchcolonialtimes;reclamationismostprominentin

LowerManhattan

KeyWord1:crowded

ItisthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStatesandthecenteroftheNewYorkmetropolitanarea,

thepremiergatewayforlegalimmigrationtotheUnitedStatesandoneofthemostpopulousurban

agglomerationsintheworld.

Limitedland:

Thecity'stotalareais1,214km2(1/10ofBeijing),425km2ofthisiswaterand789km2island.

Population：

population:8,491,079(8million)

In2014,thecityhadanestimatedpopulationdensityof10,756/km²,renderingitthemostdenly

populatedofallmunicipalitieshousingover100,000residentsintheUnitedStates；theboroughof

Manhattan'spopulationdensityof27,673/km²;moredenthanBeijing

CatchingupwithBeijingisonlyamatteroftime

KeyWord2:History

theNewYorkCityregionwasoriginallysituatedattheedgeofalargeicesheet.

ThefirstdocumentedvisitbyaEuropeanwasin1524,aItalianexplorer

In1609,EnglishexplorerHenryHudsonre-discoveredtheregionwhenhesailedhisshipintoNew

YorkHarborwhilearchingfortheNorthwestPassagetotheOrientforhimployer,theDutch

eededtosailupwhathenamedtheNorthRiver,alsocalledthe

MauritisRiver,andnowknownastheHudsonRiver

In1624,itwasfoundedasatradingpostbycolonistsoftheDutchRepublicandwasnamedNew

Amsterdamin1626.

In1664,theDirector-GeneralofthecolonyofNewNetherland,surrenderedNewAmsterdamtothe

lishpromptlyrenamedthecity"NewYork"afterthe

DukeofYork(laterKingJamesII),whowasthebrotheroftheKingatthattimeCharlesII.

NewYorkrvedasthecapitaloftheUnitedStatesfrom1785until1790.

Ithasbeenthecountry'slargestcitysince1790.

KeyWord3:Diversity&prosperity

Diversity

Languages(Asmanyas800languagesarespokeninNewYork,makingitthemostlinguistically

divercityintheworld.)

Gay(NY’scitizensalsotookanactivepartinlegitimatinggaymarriage)

Manhattan'sChinatownincorporatesthehighestconcentrationofChinepeopleintheWestern

Hemisphere

Landmarksandscenicspots:

Aglobalpowercity,NewYorkexertsasignificantimpactuponcommerce,finance

WallStreet

WallStreetisa1.1-km-longstreet,ontheEastRiverintheFinancialDistrictofLowerManhattan.

theworld'ialindustry

WorldTradeCenter(GroundZero)

OnSeptember11,2001,10ofthe19terroristsassociatedwithAl-Qaeda(基地组织)piloted

AmericanAirlinesFlight11intotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenterandUnitedAirlines

Flight175intotheSouthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter,andlaterdestroyedthem,killing2,192

civilians,343firefighters,and71lawenforcementofficerswhowereinthetowersandinthe

surroundingarea.

Therebuildingofthearea,hascreatedanewOneWorldTradeCenterin2012,anda9/11memorial

andmuumalongwithothernewbuildingsandinfrastructure.

ThenewOneWorldTradeCenteristhetallestskyscraperintheWesternHemisphereandthe

fourth-tallestbuildingintheworld,withitsspirereachingasymbolic1,776feetinreferencetothe

yearofAmericanindependence.

EmpireStateBuilding

TheEmpireStateBuildingisa102-storyskyscraperlocatedinMidtownManhattanwhichwasbuilt

ecamefromthenicknameforNewYork,ireState

BuildingisanAmericanculturalicon.

TimeSquare

TimesSquareisamajorcommercialinterctionandneighborhoodinMidtownManhattan,New

quareissometimesreferredtoasTheCrossroadsoftheWorld,TheCenterofthe

heworld'quarewasrenamedin1904

afterTheNewYorkTimesmoveditsheadquarterstothenewlyerectedTimesBuilding

Broadway

Broadwaytheatre,commonlyknownasBroadway,referstothetheatricalperformancesprentedin

the40professionaltheatreslocatedintheTheaterDistrictandLincolnCenteralongBroadway,in

Manhattan

StatueofLiberty

perstatue,designedbyaFrenchsculptor,

wasbuiltbyGustaveEiffelanddedicatedonOctober28,gifttotheUnitedStates

tueisofarobedfemalefigurereprentingLibertas,theRoman

goddess,whobearsatorchandatabulaansata(atabletevokingthelaw)uponwhichisinscribedthe

dateoftheAmericanDeclarationofIndependence,July4,

statueisaniconoffreedomandoftheUnitedStates,andwasawelcomingsighttoimmigrants

arrivingfromabroad.

TheBrooklynBridge

Completedin1883,itconnectstheboroughsofManhattanandBrooklynbyspanningtheEastRiver.

CentralPark

CentralParkisanurbanparkinmiddle-upperManhattan,withinNewYorkCity,l

stablishedin1857on3.41km2of

city-ownedland.(swiminsummer,skateinwinter)

HeadquartersofUN

NewYorkcatedin

-ViolencesculptureinfrontofUNheadquarters

KeyWord4:Confusion,pressure&Thoughts

Breathtakingbeautyattractionandalsocompetition

SameasBeijing:opportunities&resources,howmodernizedandconvenientacitycanbe

Hard

Pressure,nostalgia,grief,sorrow

Somesongsgolike‖IfyouwantthebestcometoNewYorkCity‖,howeverotherssinglike―New

YorkCity,Suchabeautifuldia‖

Obsd&longedforbutmuststaywell-consciousandsober