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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Hello,Manhattan,Hello,Manhattan,Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City,located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River,(哈得孙河),.,Manhattan is the third-largest of New Yorks five boroughs in population but the smallest in area.,Manhattan is one of the five b,2,Manhattan is a major commercial,financial,and cultural center of both the United States and the world.,Most major radio,television,and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here,as well as many news,magazine,book,and other media publishers,Manhattan is a major commercia,3,The origin of Manhatta,The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata,as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet,an officer on Henry Hudsons yacht Halve Maen(Half Moon).,A 1610 map depicts the name as Manna-hata,twice,on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River(later named the Hudson River).The word Manhattan has been translated as island of many hills from the Lenape language.,New York County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as the state in which they are located.The others are Arkansas,Hawaii,Idaho,Iowa,Oklahoma,and Utah counties.,The United States Postal Service prefers that mail addressed to Manhattan use New York,NY rather than Manhattan,NY.,The origin of ManhattaThe name,4,西元1609年,荷兰西印度公司代表亨利哈德逊Henry Hudson发现了这块地方,1626 年荷属美洲新尼德兰省总督彼得Peter Minuit花了大约现值 24美元向美国印第安人买下曼哈顿岛。,1633年在这里建造了第一个教堂,1653年曼哈顿成为新尼德兰省省府,并命名为新阿姆斯特丹New Amsterdam,1653年前新阿姆斯特丹的人口只有800人。之后大英帝国宣称哈得逊河流域Hudson River是英国的土地,到了1664年约克公爵派遣了一队人马把这块地以不流血的方式从荷兰人手中夺来,并于1686年四月二十七日改名纽约并建市。,一七八五年至一七九年,纽约市曾为美国国都,首任总统华盛顿曾于一七八九年在纽约市就职。曼哈顿街道大抵以数字来命名,南北走向称大道Avenue,东西走向称街 Street,街又以第五大道为分界点再分东街、西街。,西元1609年,荷兰西印度公司代表亨利哈德逊Henry,5,城市地标及名胜,帝国大厦(The Empire State Building),百老汇(Broadway),华尔街(Wall Street),卡内基音乐厅(Carnegie Hall),林肯表演艺术中心(Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts),大都会艺术博物馆(Metropolitan Museum of Art),美国自然历史博物馆(Museum Of Natural History),惠特尼美术馆(Whitney Museum of American Art),古根海姆美术馆(The Guggenheim Museum),现代艺术博物馆(The Museum Of Modern Art-MoMA),纽约广播博物馆(Museum of Broadcasting),中央公园(Central Park),城市地标及名胜帝国大厦(The Empire State B,6,曼哈顿Manhattan英文介绍课件,7,主要街道,曼哈顿的街道有大道(Avenue)和街(Street)两种命名方式,大道通常为南北向。,大道(南北向),:,第五大道(5th Avenue),街(东西向),:,华尔街(Wall Street),主要街道,8,曼哈顿Manhattan英文介绍课件,9,建筑,曼哈顿中城密集的高楼群。Urban Canyon,(城市峡谷),下城Downtown,中城Midtown,帝国大厦,Empire State Building,克莱斯勒大厦,Chrysler Building,联合国总部,建筑,10,曼哈顿中城密集的高楼群。Urban Canyon,(城市峡谷),曼哈顿中城密集的高楼群。Urban Canyon(城市峡谷),11,下城Downtown,下城Downtown,12,克莱斯勒大厦,Chrysler Building,克莱斯勒大厦 Chrysler Building,13,桥梁与隧道,桥梁及隧道为曼哈顿岛重要的联外要道。,由于曼哈顿岛四周环水,因此桥梁及隧道数量众多,是其一大特色。,这些桥梁及隧道对曼哈顿的发展贡献甚巨,因为桥梁是民众往来曼哈顿及郊区间的必经通道,隧道亦然。但每逢上下班尖峰时刻,桥梁和隧道反而变成了交通瓶颈,桥梁与隧道桥梁及隧道为曼哈顿岛重要的联外要道。,14,曼哈顿Manhattan英文介绍课件,15,上下城的说法,在曼哈顿,“上下城”的用法和其他美国城市有区别。,在这里,上城(uptown)指的是北部,,下城(downtown)指的是南部,,如“上城列车”的意思是驶往北部的列车。,休斯顿街以北,几乎所有东西走向的街道用数字标记,从南往北递增(反映岀当时的扩展是从南往北)。,“上城”和“下城”一般指南北,不过“上城”有时候也特指曼哈顿岛北部(第59街以北),“下城”特指南部(第23或14街以南)。第23街和59街中间的部分称作中城(midtown)。,上下城的说法,16,在美国其他城市,“下城”(downtown)一般指商业中心区或闹市区。而曼哈顿有两个商业区,一个是南部的金融区,另一个是新的中城商业区。,在“下城”中,也包括“下曼哈顿”地区(Lower Manhattan)。,此地区包括巴克利街和布鲁克林桥以南的所有地点。著名建筑有市政府、华尔街、世界贸易中心原址等。,同样的,“上城”的最北部叫做“上曼哈顿”地区(Upper Manhattan)。由于距中城较远,此地区不及其他地方热闹,经常被视为和南布鲁克林一般的偏僻远郊。,虽然曼哈顿只是纽约市的一个区(或纽约郡),但很多本地人在提到曼哈顿的时候都会用“城里”(The City)来称呼,.,曼哈顿Manhattan英文介绍课件,17,公园,巴特里公园(Battery Park),纽约市政府City Hall-Chambers Street,Tompkins Square Park,Washington Square Park,中央公园(Central Park),Gracie Mansion,河边公园Riverside Park,公园,18,THE END,THE END,19,
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