美国城市英语简介

【世界城市英语简介】美国——旧金山

Even people who hate the USA love San Francisco． It has an atmosphere of genteel （彬彬有礼的；有教养的）chic（高尚、别致） mixed with offbeat（不跟随时尚主流的；非传统的；特异的）innovation，and a selfeffacing（自我谦逊的）quality so blatantly missing from New York and LA．

One of the USA's most attractive cities， San Francisco's hilly streets provide some gorgeous glimpses of the San Francisco Bay and its famous bridges． This is a mosaic（马赛克式的东西）of a city， a big picture made from the colorful tiles of bustling Chinatown， gay Castro （旧金山一著名同性恋社区）and faux－hemian （法语词，故意表现得质朴童稚的）North Beach．

San Francisco covers the tip of a 30mi （50km） peninsula （半岛） in Northern California， with the Pacific Ocean on its western side and the San Francisco Bay to the north and east． San Francisco is just one of many cities in the Bay Area； others include Oakland （east across the Bay Bridge）， Berkeley （just north of Oakland） and San Jose （an hour's drive southeast of San Francisco， near the southern tip of the bay）。 Marin County and the Wine Country lie to the north， across the Golden Gate Bridge．

The most touristed part of the city resembles a slice of pie， with Van Ness Ave and Market St making the two sides and the Embarcadero the round edge of the pie． The steaming toppings of this homebaked slice are the classy shops around Union Square， the highrise Financial District， the classy Civic Center， the down－and－out but up－and－coming Tenderloin， swanky（华丽的） Nob Hill and Russian Hill， Chinatown， North Beach and the epicenter of tourist kitsch， Fisherman's Wharf（渔人码头）。 To the south of Market St lies SoMa， an upwardly mobile warehouse zone of clubs and bars that fades in the southwest into the Mission － the city's Latino quarter － and then the Castro， the center of gay life．

Making a circuit of the 49－Mile Drive is a good way to check out almost all of the city's highlights（最有意思或精彩的部分）。 The route is well posted with instantly recognizable seagull signs， but a map and an alert navigator are essential． Do yourself a favor and allow a whole day to complete the circuit．

Greyhound is the only regular long－distance bus company operating to the city － all bus services arrive and depart at the Transbay Terminal in SoMa． Amtrak's rail network connects the Bay Area with the rest of the continental US and Canada． Its main stations are in Oakland and Emeryville， both in the East Bay． Caltrain links San Francisco with the peninsula and San Jose； its depot is in SoMa．

【世界城市英语简介】美国——洛杉矶

Greater Los Angeles， on the southern west coast of the United States， takes in a range of geographical extremes， including a subtropical （亚热带的）desert， 76mi （122km） of sea coast，a pair of offshore islands and peaks that exceed 10，000ft （3000m） in elevation （海拔）。 But the most notable thing about Los Angeles' geography is that it straddles one of the world's major fault zones（断层带）。 The San Andreas Fault － which comes within 33mi （56km） of downtown LA －has been responsible for five serious quakes this century and dozens of imperceptible（感觉不到的）quakes every week．

Covering 465 sq mi （1200 sq km）， Los Angeles takes in 88 incorporated cities． The Santa Monica Mountains separate Hollywood and Beverly Hills from the San Fernando Valley to the north；adjacent Orange County， home of Disneyland， extends along the coast to the southeast． Santa Monica and Venice are on the coast， just west of Beverly Hills， while the international airport is south of Venice． Downtown （where you'll find Union Station， the Amtrak depot） is east of Hollywood， with Watts and Compton to its south． You'll find the main Greyhound terminal east of downtown and south of Little Tokyo． Head west from Santa Monica to get to Malibu．

Basically， LA is a monster of a city to get around． It's a tangle of freeways and sprawling suburbs， where anyone without a car is considered intellectually impaired（弱智）。

Hollywood

Los Angeles has built its reputation on the glamour of the

movies． Hollywood itself （in northwestern LA） is no longer the movie mecca （圣地）it once was， but it certainly holds plenty of historic interest． Take a walk down Hollywood Blvd and you'll pass by famous sights such as Mann's（née Grauman's） Chinese Theatre， where more than 150 of the glitterati（社会名流）have left their prints on the sidewalk out the front． Head east along the