英語美文-“風(fēng)之城”Chicago

?????? 芝加哥（Chicago），位于美國中西部密歇根湖的南部，是世界著名的國際金融中心之一。此外，芝加哥還擁有很多世界著名的高樓大廈，被譽(yù)為“摩天大樓的故鄉(xiāng)”。截至2016年，芝加哥人口約為270多萬。

?????? 芝加哥是美國最重要的文化科教中心之一，擁有世界頂級學(xué)府芝加哥大學(xué)（The University of Chicago）、西北大學(xué)（Northwestern University）和享譽(yù)世界的芝加哥學(xué)派，截至2017年，逾百位諾貝爾獎得主曾在芝加哥工作、求學(xué)過。

?????? 芝加哥是世界著名的旅游圣地，2016年共接待全世界超過5400萬名游客。

New Words：

constantly? adv.不斷地；時常地

freshwater? adj.淡水的；無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

skyscraper? n. 摩天樓，超高層大樓；

demolish? vt. 拆除；破壞；

planetarium n. 天文館；行星儀

populous? adj. 人口稠密的；人口多的

neighborhood? n.街坊；街區(qū)

? ? ?Chicago isknown as the "Windy City". Some people think this is because of thebreeze that blows almost constantly. The city is located in the state ofIllinois on the shore of one of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, which is thefifth largest freshwater body in the world. Chicago may also be called thewindy city because of the wind tunnel effect created in downtown by many tallbuildings.

?????? 芝加哥被稱為“風(fēng)城”。有些人認(rèn)為這是因?yàn)椴煌５卮碉L(fēng)。這座城市位于伊利諾斯州的密歇根湖沿岸，密歇根湖是世界上第五大淡水湖。芝加哥被稱為風(fēng)城，可能是因?yàn)樵S多高樓大廈在市中心產(chǎn)生的風(fēng)洞效應(yīng)。

Skyscrapers are an important part of Chicago'shistory. The first skyscraper in the U.S. was built in the city in 1884. Atonly 10 stories, it was impressive for its time. The skyscraper was eventuallydemolished. Chicago is the home of other famous firsts. It was the birthplaceof the refrigerated rail car, mail-order catalogs, the car radio, the TV remotecontrol, the first Ferris wheel, the first steel rail road, the firstplanetarium in the Western Hemisphere. Chicago is also the home to the firstblood bank and the first drive-in bank. It is also the home to The Lincoln ParkZoo, the oldest public zoo in the U.S. Maybe the windy city should be calledthe city of firsts.

?????? 摩天大樓是芝加哥歷史的重要組成部分。美國的第一座摩天大樓建于1884年。當(dāng)時它只有10層，但是在當(dāng)時的時代已經(jīng)很了不起了。這座摩天大樓最終被拆毀了。芝加哥是其他著名的創(chuàng)舉之鄉(xiāng)。它是冷藏火車車廂、郵購目錄、汽車收音機(jī)、電視遙控器、第一個弗累斯大轉(zhuǎn)輪、第一條鋼道、西半球第一座天文館的誕生地。芝加哥也是第一血庫和第一家銀行的所在地。它也是林肯動物園之家，美國最古老的公共動物園，也許風(fēng)城應(yīng)該被稱為“第一城”。

Chicago is the third most populous city in the U.S.,after New York City and Los Angeles. A little more than two and a half millionpeople live in the city that has more than 100 neighborhoods. President BarackObama used to live in Chicago.

芝加哥是美國第三大人口最多的城市，在紐約和洛杉磯之后。大約有250萬城市人口，100多個社區(qū)。貝拉克?奧巴馬總統(tǒng)以前住在芝加哥。

Nearly 40 million people visit Chicago every year.Many of them visit the Willis Tower. Formally known as the Sears Tower, it isthe tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. It takes only a minute to getup to the 103rd floor Sky deck thanks to some of the fastest elevators in theworld. From the Sky deck visitors can see four states: Indiana, Illinois,Michigan, and Wisconsin.

每年有近4000萬人來芝加哥旅游。他們中許多人參觀希爾斯大廈。它被正式的名字叫做西亞士大廈，是西半球最高的建筑物。多虧了世界上一些最快的電梯，登上第一百零三層的天空甲板只需一分鐘。從空中甲板可以看到四個州：印第安娜、伊利諾斯、密歇根和威斯康星。