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1、SeattleWhere?SeattleisthenorthernmostmajorcityinthecontiguousUnitedStates,andthelargestcityinthePacificNorthwestandinthestateofWashington.AseaportsituatedonanarrowisthmusbetweenPugetSound(anarmofthePacificOcean)andLakeWashington,about100 miles(160km)sou
2、thoftheCanada–UnitedStatesborder西雅图（Seattle）是美国太平洋西北区最大的城市，它位于华盛顿州金县，普吉特海湾和华盛顿湖之间，距离加美边境约174千米。西雅图也是金县的县治所在。Theothernames:theEmeraldCity翡翠之城EvergreenCity常绿之城theRainyCity雨城theGatewaytoAlaska阿拉斯加门户QueenCity女王之城JetCity喷气机之城TheclimateSeattle'stemperate,rain
3、yclimateisusuallydescribedastemperateOceanicorMarinewestcoast,withmild,wetwintersandmild,relativelydrysummers.ThePugetSoundConvergenceZoneisanimportantfeatureofSeattle'sweather.Intheconvergencezone,airarrivingfromthenorthmeetsairflowinginfromthesouth.Bo
4、thstreamsofairoriginateoverthePacificOcean;airflowissplitbytheOlympicMountainstoSeattle'swest,thenreunitedbytheCascadeMountainstotheeast.Whentheaircurrentsmeet,theyareforcedupward,resultinginconvection.Thunderstormscausedbythisactivitycanoccurnorthandso
5、uthoftown,butSeattleitselfrarelyreceivesworseweatherthanoccasionalthunderandice-pelletshowers.TheHanukkahEveWindStorminDecember2006isanexceptionthatbroughtheavyrainandwindsgustingupto69 mph(111km/h).皮吉特湾辐合带是西雅图天气的重要特征。在辐合带，空气从北方符合空气到达从南方流动。两个流来自太平洋上空的空气
6、，气流分裂西雅图奥林匹克山脉西部，然后由喀斯喀特山脉的东部团聚。当气流相遇，他们被迫向上，对流产生。[86]雷暴造成这一活动可以发生南北的城镇，但西雅图本身很少收到不如偶尔雷声大，冰颗粒阵雨天气。光明节前夕的2006年12月风暴风是一个例外，带来暴雨和大风阵风高达六九英里每小时（111公里/小时）。Seattle'sFoundingSeattlewasfoundedin1850,anditsnamecamefromseattletribalchief.Seattleareahasbeeninhabit
7、edbyhumansforatleast4,000years.BythetimethefirstEuropeansettlersarrivedinthearea,thepeople(nowcalledtheDuwamishTribe)occupiedatleastseventeenvillagesintheareasaroundElliottBayOnMay23,1853thefirstmapwasmadeIn1855,nominallandsettlementswereestablished.Sea
8、ttlemajoreventsInthe1889，therewasafire.(centralbusinessdistrictweredestroyed,butnobodydied)In1909,therewasanAlaska-YouKang-Pacificexposition(universityofWashingtontodaythatexpositionbasedonsite)In1919,Seattlepeoplewentonstrike.It
