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1、WelcometoSanFranciscoAboutSanFranciscoSanFranciscoislocatedinthewesternUnitedStates,apopulationofabout800,000,anareaofabout120squarekilometers.SanFranciscoisamodernindustrializedcity,thetrafficisveryconvenient.SanFrancisco’strafficHighways:SeveralinterstatehighwaysprovideeasyaccesstothecityAi
2、rports:SanFranciscoInternationalAirport,oneofthenation'sbusiest,handlesmostdomesticandinternationalflightstoandfromthecity.Itservicesflightsfromabout50majorcarriers.Ship,Bus,RailroadThemildclimateSanFranciscohasamildclimate,theaveragetemperatureisaround20℃,inthewinteryoucanwearunlinedgarmenta
3、round.Duetothewind,gooutwithapieceofclothingwillbeOK.Inadditiontothewinterhere,normallydoesnotrain,atnightwillformthedensefogandthemorningtheywillalldisappearSanFrancisco----ThefogcitySanFranciscoisoftencalled"Thefogcity",anditdoesn'tcomebychance.Evenonawarm,sunnyorsummerday,theweatheroftench
4、angesataround4p.m.,itgetsfoggy,windyandprettycoldTheGoldenGateBridgeThebridgehasalwaysbeenpaintedthecolorcalled"InternationalOrange." Thecolorwaschosenbecauseitwentwellwiththenaturalsurroundings. Italsoiseasiertoseeintheheavyfogthatoftencoversthearea.ButtheGoldenGateBridgewasnotnamedforitsora
5、ngecolor.Itwasnamedforthebodyofwaterthatitcrosses,theGoldenGateStrait.TheGoldenGateStraitistheentrancetotheSanFranciscoBayfromthePacificOcean. TheGoldenGateBridgelinksthecityofSanFranciscowithMarinCounty,California.TheWorldFamousCableCarVisitingSanFrancisco？Andyoucan'tmissit.Single-endedcars,
6、haveanopen-sidedfrontsection,withoutward-facingseatsflankingthegripmanandhiscollectionofleversthatactuatethegripandvariousbrakes.Therearhalfofthecarisenclosed,withseatsfacinginwardandentrancesateachendandthecarhasasmallplatformattherear.Theyhaveapassengercapacityof60,29ofthemseated.Double-end
7、edcarsservetheCaliforniaStreetline.Thesecarsaresomewhatlonger,havingopen-sidedgripsectionsatbothendsandanenclosedsectioninthemiddle.Theycanhold68passengers,34ofthemsea.ThedriverofacablecarthegripmanThisisahighlyskilledjob,requiringthegripmant
