搜索
TravelinginBostonIntroductionClimateTransportationSightseeingFoodanddrinkEntertainmentIntroduction•Boston,locatedinthenortheasternUnitedStates,establishedin1630,isoneofthenation'soldestandmostculturalheritagesofcities.•Thecitypropercovers48squaremiles(124km2)withanestimatedpopulationof655,884in2014,makingitthe24thlargestcityintheUnitedStates.LocationClimate•Itlieswithinthetransitionfromahumidsubtropical(亚热带)climatetoahumidcontinental（大陆性）climate.•Summersaretypicallywarm,rainy,andhumid,whilewinteroscillatebetweenperiodsofcoldrainandsnow.Springandfallareusuallymild,withvaryingconditionsdependentonwinddirectionandjetstreampositioning.•ThehottestmonthisJuly,withameantemperatureof23.0°C.ThecoldestmonthisJanuary,withameanof−1.7°C.•Thecityaverages43.8inches(1,110mm)ofprecipitationayear,with43.8inches(111cm)ofsnowfallperseason.Transportation•Bostonhasthefifth-highestrateofpublictransitusageinthecountry.•LoganAirport,locatedinEastBostonisBoston'sprincipalairport.•Boston'ssubwaysystem,theoldestundergroundrapidtransitsystemintheAmericas,andisthefourth-busiestrapidtransitsysteminthecountry,with65.5miles(105km)oftrackonfourlines.•Amtrak(Americantrack)'sNortheastCorridororiginatesatSouthStation,whichservesasamajorintermodaltransportationhub,andstopatBackBay.•Walkandbicycle•AnMBTARedLinetraindepartingBostonforCambridge.Bostoniansdependheavilyonpublictransit,withover1.3millionBostoniansridingthecity'sbusesandtrainsdaily(2013).Sightseeing•BostonCommonandotherparks•PublicGarden(Boston)•CopleySquare•TrinityChurch•JohnHancockTower•HarvardUniversity•MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyBostonCommon•BostonCommon,locatedneartheFinancialDistrictandBeaconHill,istheoldestpublicparkintheUnitedStates.•FranklinPark,thecity'slargestparkandhomeoftheFranklinParkZoo.•AnothermajorparkistheEsplanade,locatedalongthebanksoftheCharlesRiver.•TheHatchShell,anoutdoorconcertvenue(集合地点),islocatedadjacent（邻近的）totheCharlesRiverEsplanade.•Otherparksarescatteredthroughoutthecity,withthemajorparksandbeacheslocatednearCastleIsland;inCharlestown;andalongtheDorchester,SouthBoston,andEastBostonshorelines.[PublicGarden(Boston)•ThePublicGarden,alsoknownasBostonPublicGarden,isalargeparklocatedintheheartofBoston,Massachusetts,adjacenttoBostonCommon.•Severalstatuesarelocated•throughoutthePublicGarden.StatueofGeorgeWashingtonLagoonbridgeintheBostonPublicGardenCopleySquare•CopleySquare,namedforpainterJohnSingletonCopley,isapublicsquareinBoston'sBackBayneighborhood.•TheSquarehasanumberandvarietyofimportantarchitecturalworksthathavebeenbuiltthere,manyofthemofficiallandmarks.Prominent(突出的)structuresstillstandinginclude:•OldSouthChurch(1873）•TrinityChurch(1877）•BostonPublicLibrary(1895）•TheFairmontCopleyPlazaHotel(1912)•TheJohnHancockTower(1976）•TheBostixKiosk(1992）TrinityChurch•TrinityChurchintheCityofBoston,locatedintheBackBayofBoston,Massachusetts.•Thecongregation（集会）,currentlystandingatapproximately3,000households,wasfoundedin1733.•FourservicesareofferedeachSunday,andweekdayservicesareofferedthreetimesaweekfromSeptemberthroughJune.•ExteriorstaircaseJohnHancockTower•ThetowerwasdesignedbyHenryN.Cobbandwascompletedin1976.•In1977,theAmericanInstituteofArchitectspresentedthefirmwithaNationalHonorAwardforthebuilding,andin2011conferredonittheTwenty-fiveYearAward.•IthasbeenthetallestbuildinginBostonformorethan30years,andisalsothetallestbuildinginNewEngland.HarvardUniversity•HarvardUniversityisaprivateIvyLeagueresearchuniversityinCambridge,Massachusetts,establishedin1636.Itshistory,influenceandwealthhavemadeitoneofthemostprestigious(有声誉的)universitiesintheworld.MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology•TheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)isaprivateresearchuniversityinCambridge,Massachusetts.•Foundedin1861inresponsetotheincreasingindustrializationoftheUnitedStates,MITadoptedaEuropeanpolytechnicuniversitymodelandstressedlaboratoryinstructioninappliedscienceandengineering.Foodanddrink•Bostonbakedbeans（波士顿烤豆）•Bostoncreampie(波士顿奶油派）•Maplesyrup（枫糖浆）•Indianpudding（印第安布丁）Bostoncreampie.BostonbakedbeansMaplesyrupIndianpuddingEntertainment•HatchShell•InfrontoftheHatchShellisalargelawn,surroundedbythevastopenriversidelinearpark,peoplearefreetofindyourfavoritecornersittingorlying,easilyenjoytheshow.BostonfamoussummerperformancesareaboutmorethaneightypercentareheldatHatchShell,whereyoucanoncehousedthreeorfourpeopleatthesametimelistentoorwatchthisshow,butwillnotaffectthenearbytraffic.Thankyou!