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1、MajorCitiesInAmericanThemajorcitiesinAmericanA.WashingtonD.CB.NewYorkCityC.ChicagoD.HoustonE.PhiladelphiaF.LosAngelesG.DetroitH.BostonI.SanFranciscoWashingtonD.CWashington,thecapitaloftheUnitedStatesofAmerican,whosepopulationis588,292(2007),issituatedonth
2、ePotomacRiverbetweenthetwostatesofMarylandandVirginia.WashingtonD.Ccoversanareaof68.3squaremiles(177squarekilometers).TheplacewasnamedtheDistrictofColumbiaafterChristopherColumbuswhodiscoveredthecontinent.ThecityitselfwasnamedWashingtonafterGeorgeWashingt
3、on,thefirstpresidentoftheUSA.WashingtonD.CThebuildingofthecitywasaccomplishedin1800andsincetheyear,ithasservedasthecapitalofthecountry.ThomasJeffersonwasthefirstpresidentinauguratedthere.IntheWarof1812,theBritisharmyseizedthecity,burningtheWhiteHouseandma
4、nyotherbuildings.WashingtonistheheadquartersofallthebranchesoftheAmericanfederalsystem:theCongress,theSupremeCourtandPresidency.WhiteHouseNewYorkCity,locatedinNewYorkState,isthelargestcityandthechiefportoftheUnitedStatesofAmerican.ThecityofNewYorkhasapopu
5、lationofover8million;theMetropolitanarea,over19million.Thecityhasfiveboroughs:Manhattan,theBronx,Queens,theBrooklynandStatenIsland.NewYorkhasbecomeoneoftheworld,sbusiestportsandalsothefinancial,manufacturingandtravelcentreofthecountry.ThenicknamesofNewYor
6、kincludeGothamandtheBigApple.NewYorkCitytheStatueofLiberty(152metershigh)wasgivenbytheFrenchpeopleasagiftin1877.TheTimeSquareWallStreet,wheremanyfamousbanksarecentred,isthefinancialcentreoftheUSAandhasbecomeasymboloftheAmericanmonopolycapitalism.TheWallSt
7、reetBullFifthAvenueisthestreetwithfamousstoresandshops.ChicagoChicago,thesecondlargestcityintermsofpopulation,liesonthesouthwesternshoreofLakeMichiganatapointwheretheChicagoRiverentersthelake.Thecityisnowthelargestindustrialcityinthecountry.Bothheavyandli
8、ghtindustriesarehighlydeveloped,particularlytheformer.ChicagoisthemainareaintheUSfortheblackmetallurgicalindustryandthemeatprocessingindustry.Itisnowconsideredthecentreofindustry,meatprocessingindustry,transportatio
