new york 高级英语课件

Food
Entertainment
Entertainment
Drawbacks of New York
Problems in Economy of New York
Unemployment, inflation, Financial deficit and trade deficit are the troubles that always haunt New York.
3. In the competitive world market, the U.S. balance of trade has steadily worsened. The extraordinary large trade deficit can be very dangerous to the American economy in the long run .
Hollywood suggests luxurious houses with vastfringed swimming pools, cocktail bars and furnishings fit for a millionaire .
Successful movie stars spend their fortunes on yachts, Rolls Royces and diamonds. A few of them lost their glamour quite suddenly and were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal debts.
Disneyland
It is an amusement center near Los Angeles, created by Walt Disney.
Las Vegas
--Gambling City
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Las Vegas
Sports
In sports the bigger superdomes, the more exiting teams, the most enthusiastic fans, are often found elsewhere.
Survey of New York
Map of New York
Manhattan
Nature’s pleasures are much qualified in New York. Nature constantly yields to man in New York.
Glimpse of New York
Greenwich Village---center for artists & writers in New York
The Fifth Avenue---fashionable shopping center
• Tin Pan Alley---center of popular music
and another to the torch
*Gift to the U.S.A. from France in 1886 *Mark of friendship *Banner of honest welcome The Statue was their first sight of the promised land for millions of immigrants.
1.The estimated number of people living under the poverty line
makes up about 14% of the total population.
2. Its financial deficit has reached an unprecedented historical record.
Loving & Hating New York
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Statue of Liberty--Gateway to the U.S.A.
The Crowned Lady
* Location: Standing on an island in New York Harbor
* In her right hand: holding aloft the torch of freedom
• Madison Avenue---the advertising industry
• Hollywood---U.S. motion picture industry
• Disneyland---a place of unreality, fantasy, incongruity, etc.
Broadway
* In her left hand: a tablet which is inscribed “July 4th, 1776”,symbol of American democracy
* Height: 151 feet * Elevator: to the top of the pedestal * Spiral staircases: one to the crown
Broadway
Broadway
Hollywood --- Movie Factory
Hollywood , an ideal site for shooting motion pictures, suggests glamour. Like a magnet, it attracts the ambitious star-struck teenagers who could fulfill their dreams with a bit of luck.
Explain what the following proper names symbolize.
Broadway---the New York commercial theatre or entertainment industry
Wall Street---the U.S. financiers and their power & influence