美国十大标志性建筑中英文介绍

TenlandmarkbuildingsintheUnitedStates美国十大标志性建筑1.TheEmpireStateBuildingTheEmpireStateBuildingisa102-storyArtDecoskyscraperinNewYorkCityattheintersectionofFifthAvenueandWest34thStreet.ItsnameisderivedfromthenicknameforthestateofNewYork.Itstoodastheworld'stallestbuildingformorethanfortyyears,fromitscompletionin1931untilconstructionoftheWorldTradeCenter'sNorthTowerwascompletedin1972.TheEmpireStateBuildinghasbeennamedbytheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineersasoneoftheSevenWondersoftheModernWorld.KingKong2.GrandCentralTerminal纽约中央火车站GrandCentralTerminal(GCT)isacommuter(andformerintercity)railroadterminalat42ndStreetandParkAvenueinMidtownManhattaninNewYork.BuiltbyandnamedfortheNewYorkCentralRailroadintheheydayofAmericanlong-distancepassengerrailtravel,itcovers48acres(19ha)andhas44platforms,morethananyotherrailroadstationintheworld.3.MountRushmore拉什莫尔山MountRushmoreisamemorialtothebirth，growth，preservationanddevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.GutzonBorglumsculptedbustsofPresidentsGeorgeWashington，ThomasJefferson，TheodoreRoosevelt，andAbrahamLincolnhighintheBlackHillstorepresentthefirst150yearsofAmericanhistory.4.TheWhiteHouseTheWhiteHouseistheofficialresidenceandprincipalworkplaceofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates,locatedat1600PennsylvaniaAvenueNWinWashington,D.C.IthasbeentheresidenceofeveryU.S.presidentsinceJohnAdamsin1800.OlympusHasFallen（白宫陷落）5.TheLibertyStatue“TheLibertyStatue”,bronzestatues,47metershigh,93meterswiththebaseheight,weighs225tons,theFrenchsculptorAugustus(AugusteBartholdi,1834-1904)Design,completedin1886,islocatedinNewYorkPortMenpangthefreedomoftheisland.VanishingtheStatueofLiberty（自由女神的消失魔术）美国超级魔术大师大卫.科波菲尔表演的魔术--自由女神消失着实让世界大吃一惊。这一魔术谜底至今仍未能揭示。6.WashingtonMonumentWashingtonMonumentTheWashingtonMonumentwasbuiltbetween1848and1884asamemorialtoGeorgeWashington,firstPresidentoftheUnitedStates.ForrestGump7.theVietnamVeteransMemorial战争墙/越南阵亡将士纪念碑TheVietnamVeteransMemorialisa3-acre(12,000m²)nationalmemorialinWashington,D.C.IthonorsU.S.servicemembersoftheU.S.armedforceswhofoughtintheVietnamWar,servicememberswhodiedinserviceinVietnam/SouthEastAsia,andthoseservicememberswhowereunaccountedfor(MissingInAction)duringtheWar.8.GoldenGateBridgeGoldenGateBridgeisoneoftheworld-famousbridge,abridgeprojectasamodernmiracle.ItislocatedinCalifornia,ontheGoldenGateStrait.GoldenGateBridgeisconsideredasymbolofSanFrancisco.9.ThePentagon（五角大楼）ThePentagonistheheadquartersoftheUnitedStatesDepartmentofDefense,locatedatsouthwestofWashington.AsasymboloftheUSmilitary,ThebuildingwasbuiltonJanuary15,1943.Itisthehighest-capacityofficebuildingintheworldandoneoftheworld'slargestbuildingsintermsoffloorarea.Ithasfivefloorsabovegroundandtwobasementlevels,asthebuildinghasasharpofpentagram,soitwascalledthePentagon.91110.TheLincolnMemorialTheLincolnMemorialisafittingtributetothemanwhoheldthecountrytogetherduringthecivilwarandtherebyputanendtoslavery（奴隶制度）intheUS.Acraggylikeness（肖像）ofAbrahamLincolnsitsfirmlygraspingthearmsofhisthrone-likechair，apparentlydeepinthought.美国国会大厦UnitedStatesCapitol林肯纪念堂TheLincolnMemorial白宫TheWhiteHouse华盛顿纪念碑WashingtonMonument杰弗逊纪念堂ThomasJeffersonMemorial华盛顿纪念碑WashingtonMonument林肯纪念堂美国国会大厦UnitedStatesCapitolThat’sallThankyou!