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1、Theclassmateswhohavealreadymadetheirspeechalltalksaboutsome高大上(luxury,large,levelup,简称3L或LLL)topics,whileIwanttotalkaboutaverypopulartopic,theintroductionofmyhometown——Shenyang.Generalsituation（沈阳市的概况)ShenyangisthecapitalcityofLiaoningprovinceinNortheastChina.Alongwithitsnearbycities,Sheny
2、angisanimportantindustrialcenterinChina,andthetransportationandcommercialcentreofChina'snortheasternregion.ThecitywasalsoknownasShengjing(盛京)orFengtian(奉天).Shenyanghasapopulationof8.1millionanditsurbanpopulationis4million.Byurbanpopulation,itisthelargestcityinnortheasternChinaandamongtopte
3、nlargestcitiesinChina.HistoryThecity’sname,Shenyang,literallymeaning"thecityinthenorthofShenRiver",comesfromtheHunRiveronthecity’ssouthside,whichusedtobecalledShenRiver.(因地处沈水，今浑河之北而得名，南面有浑河，山南水北为阳。)ArchaeologicalfindingsshowthathumanbeingsresidedinpresentdayShenyangasearlyas7,200yearsago.
4、考古发现表明，早在7200年前，沈阳就有人类居住（配新乐遗址图片）In1625,theManchuleaderNurhacimovedhiscapitaltoShenyang.ShenyangremainedthecapitaloftheQingDynastyuntiltherelocationofthecapitaltoBeijingin1644afterthefallofMingdynasty.However,itretainedconsiderableprestigeastheoldercapital,treasuresoftheroyalhousewerekepta
5、titspalaces,andthetombsoftheearlyQingrulerswereonceamongthemostfamousmonumentsinChina.然而，作为古都，它保留了相当大的声望，皇家的建筑珍品在故宫中得以保存，清代早期统治者的陵墓是中国最著名的历史遗迹之一。EconomyShenyangisanimportantindustrialcenterinChina.Ithasbeenfocusedonheavyindustry,particularlyaerospace（航空宇宙）,machinetools（机床）,heavyequipment（重
6、型设备）,anddefence（国防）,andrecently,onsoftware（软件）,automotive（汽车）,andelectronics（电子产品）.Duringthefirstfive-yearplan(1951-1956),manyfactorieswerebuiltinTiexidistrict.Atitspeak(1970s),ShenyangisoneofthetopthreeindustrialcentersinChina(theothertwoareShanghaiandTianjin).在高峰期（70年代），沈阳是中国三大工业中心之一（另两家
7、是上海和天津）。However,afterthe1980s,theheavyindustrygraduallydecline,Shenyanghasbecomea"rustbelt"city.然而，在上世纪80年代以后，重工业逐渐衰落，沈阳已成为一个“锈带”城市。Theeconomyofthecityhasrevivedsignificantlyinrecentyears,thankstoChinesegovernment's"RevitalizeNortheastChina"campaignandtherapid
