英语美文-“风之城”Chicago

New Words：

constantly adv. 不断地；时常地

freshwater adj. 淡水的；无经验的

skyscraper n. 摩天楼，超高层大楼；

demolish vt. 拆除；破坏；

planetarium n. 天文馆；行星仪

populous adj. 人口稠密的；人口多的

neighborhood n.街坊；街区

Chicago is konw as the "Windy City" .Some people think this is because of the brezze that blow almost constantly.The city is located in the state of Illinois on the shore of one of Greate Lalks.Lake Michigan,which is the fifth largest freshwater body in the word.Chicago may also be called the windy city because of the wind trunnel effect create in downtown by many tall buliding.

芝加哥被称为“风城”。一些人认为原因是不停地吹风。这座城市位于伊利诺斯州的密歇根湖沿岸，密歇根湖是世界上第五大淡水湖。芝加哥被称为风城，可能是因为许多高楼大厦在市中心产生的风洞效应。

Skyscrapers are an important part of Chicago's history.The first skyscrapers in the U.S was built in the city in 1884.At only 10 storises,it was impressive for its time.The skyscarapers was eventually demolished.Chicago is the home of other famous firsts.it was the birthplace of the refrigerated rail car,mail-order catalogs,the car radio,the TV remote control,the first Feirres wheel,the first steel rail road,the first planetarium in the western Hemisphere.Chicago is also the home to the frist blood blank and the first drive-in bank.It is also the home to the Lincoln Park Zoo,the oldest public zoom in the U.S maybe the windy city should be called the city of firsts.

摩天大楼是芝加哥重要的历史组成部分。美国第一座摩天大楼建于1884年。当时他只有10层，但是在当时时代已经很了不起了,这座摩天大楼最终被摧毁了。芝加哥是其他著名创举之乡。他是冷藏火车，邮购目录，汽车收音机，电视遥控器，第一个弗里斯大转轮，第一条钢道，西半球第一座天文馆的诞生地，芝加哥也是第一血库和第一家银行的所在地。他也是林肯动物之家，美国最古老的公共动物园，也许风城应该被称为“第一城”。

Chicago is third most populous city in the U.S,after New York City and Los Angeles.A little more than two and half million people live in city that has more than 100 neigborthoods.President Barack Obama used to live in Chicago.

芝加哥是美国人口第三大的城市，之后是纽约和洛杉矶。大约有250万的人口居住在这座城市，100多个社区。奥巴马总统也曾居住过芝加哥。

Nearly 40 million people visit Chicago every year.many of them visit the Willis Tower.Formally known as the Sears Tower,it is the tallest buliding in the western Hemisphere.it take only miunte to get up to the 103rd floor Sky deck thanks to some of the fastest elevators in the word.From the Sky deck visitor can see for states:lndianan,Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

每年有近4000万人来芝加哥旅游。他们中许多人参观希尔斯大厦，她被正式的名字叫做西亚士大厦，它是西半球最高的建筑。多亏了世界上一些最快的电梯，登上103层的天空夹板只要一分钟，从空中夹板上游客可以看到国家四个洲：印第安娜、伊利诺斯、密歇根和威斯康星。

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