英美文化2旅游景点英语.doc

Tourist Spots in America As the US is standing on the top of the world, its economy is prosperous. Not only is the prosper due to its industrial development, but also the tourism devotes to the country’ s developing. The United States has always been a land of extremes. European explorers were staggered by the sheer wastness of the land, and generations of immigrants have arrived here with the biggest dreams imaginable. The Biggest City: New York New York has been the popular city in the US since the first census was taken in 1790, but it wasn’ t until the inauguration of the Eric Canal in 1825 that its numbers really took off, nearly tripling by 1840. By connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie, the waterway ushered in a new era in trade that rocketed the city to the economic preeminence it enjoys to this day. For visitor, that prosperity translates into unparalleled art collections, theater, music and cuisine. And while world – class museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of art and the Guggenheim can come with a hefty suggested donation, New York also offers some of the choicest low – cost – or –free –attractions anywhere in the world, including holiday department –store displays, the immense Christmas tree at Rockefeller center, and public skating rinks in several locations, including cozy Bryant park, right in Midtown. In the New York City, there are a large number of scenic spots locating there. The most useful is Grand Central Terminal (GCT) which is colloquially called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a commuter rail terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built by and named for the New York Central Railroad in the heyday of American long-distance passenger trains, it is the largest train station in the world by number of platforms: 44, with 67 tracks along them. They are on two levels, both below ground, with 41 tracks on the upper level and 26 on the lower, tho