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1、,The White House,The White House,The White House is located at No.1600,Pennsylvania Avenue,downtown of Washington DC,It is recognized as the symbol of the President,of the Presidents administration,and of the United States.,132 rooms,35 bathrooms,6 levels,412 doors,147windows,28 fireplaces,8 stairca
2、ses,3 elevators,Residential area.,Master bedroom,Banquet room,Study room,Living room,The Oval Office,the official office of the President of the United States.,The President uses the Oval Office as his primary place of work,From 18th Century to 20th Century,Its public areas are toured by about 1.5 m
3、illion people every year.,The human life fairyland-Hawaii,Some pictures of Hawaii,Fabulous!How spectacular it is!Even better than the fairyland in the world!,Beautiful beach,Hawaii Volcanoes National Park,The Big Islands southernmost volcanoes,Mauna Loa and Kilauea(莫纳罗亚山和基拉韦厄火山),jointly constitute H
4、AWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK,thirty miles from Hilo and eighty from Kailua.Its possibly the most dramatic of all the US national parks；as well as two active volcanoes,of which at least one is likely to be erupting,it includes desert,arctic tundra,and the rainforest（where a much-opposed project is a
5、ttempting to tap geothermal energy）。,If you want a person falls in love with you,take her to Kauai!,Sometimes when people say too many good things about a place,you will find the place not be able to live up with your high expectation.Hawaii is an exception.Everything there was miraculous,the weathe
6、r,the ocean,the mountains.And it is a paradise of honeymoon.,People in Hawaii,Surfing is one of the most popular sports in Hawaii.,Dancing Hula,Like many other traditional dance forms,hula was heavily discouraged by missionaries and other representatives of Euro-America in the nineteenth century.It
7、seemed to them immoral,and also a waste of time.But it survived in the countryside,and,as in the usual colonial/post-colonial stories,there was eventually a vigorous revival,headed by cultural loyalists.,Food,The islands ethnic diversity makes eating out a real treat.You can find every kind of Japan
8、ese food,an array of regional Chinese cuisine,spicy Korean specialties,native Hawaiian dishes and excellent Thai and Vietnamese food.Fresh fish is readily available throughout the islands as well as an abundance of fruit including avocado,coconut,guava,mango and papaya.,Yellowstone National Park,Int
9、roduction,1.Established in 1872,Yellowstone National Park is Americas first national park.2.Located in Wyoming,Montana,and Idaho,it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears,wolves,bison,and elk.3.Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of th
10、e worlds most extraordinary geysers and hot springs,and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.,Yellowstone National Park,The Bear,Bison,The wolf,The Elk,The Four Seasons,1.The weather of the Yellowstone is changeable.2.Different seasons have different beautiful natural scenes.,Spring&Fall,1.Daytime te
11、mperatures range from the 30s to the 60s with overnight lows in the teens to single digits(-5 to-20C).Snow is common in the Spring and Fall with regular accumulations of 12 in a 24 hour period.2.At any time of year,be prepared for sudden changes.unpredictability,more than anything else,characterizes
12、 Yellowstones weather.3.Always be equipped with a wide range of clothing options.Be sure to bring a warm jacket and rain gear even in the summer.,The Spring,The Fall,The Summer,1.Daytime temperatures are often in the 70s(25C)and occasionally in the 80s(30C)in lower elevations.2.Nights are usually co
13、ol and temperatures may drop below freezing at higher elevations.3.Thunderstorms are common in the afternoons.,The Summer,The Winter,1.Temperatures often range from zero to-20c to-5c throughout the day.Sub-zero temperatures over-night are common.2.The record low temperature is-54C.Snowfall is highly
14、 variable.While the average is 150 inches per year.3.It is not uncommon for higher elevations to get twice that amount.,The Winter,Mammoth Hot Springs,1.Mammoth Hot Springs are an expression of the deep volcanic forces at work in Yellowstone.2.Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary,
15、their energy is attributed to the same system that fuels other Yellowstone thermal areas.3.Hot water flows from Norris to Mammoth along a fault line roughly associated with the Norris to Mammoth road.4.Shallow circulation along this corridor allows Norris super-heated water to cool somewhat before s
16、urfacing at Mammoth,generally at about 170F.,It is a huge neoclassical statue on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.,It is designed by Frdric Bartholdi(弗雷德里克巴托尔迪),It is dedicated on October 28,1886.As a gift to the US from the people of France.,present,It is of a robed female figure representingLiber
17、tas,theRoman goddessof freedom,who bears a torch and a tablet evoking the law upon which is inscribed the date of theAmerican Declaration of Independence,July 4,1776.A broken chain lies at her feet.The statue has become an icon of freedom and of the United States.,The torch she proudly holds symboli
18、zes enlightenment.,The crown she wears on her head has seven points.Those represent the seven seas and the seven continents of the world.,The tablet she holds in her left hand is inscribed with July IV,MDCCLXXVI,(July 4,1776,the date the Declaration of Independence was signed).,The Roman-style robe
19、she wears symbolizes that the nation is a Republic,as Rome was.,The broken chains at her feet symbolize freedom from oppression.,The statue of liberty is 46 meters high,and 93 meters high added the base,and weighing more than 200 tons.,The Golden Gate Bridge,Golden Gate Bridge is one of the world-fa
20、mous bridge,known as a miracle of modern engineering.,Golden Gate Bridge across the North and South,San Francisco and Marin County will link up.,The Golden Gate took only 52 months to design and build,and was opened in 1937.,Joseph Strauss(约瑟夫斯特劳斯,Before 1957,the Golden Gate Bridge is the worlds lon
21、gest suspension bridge(悬索桥）,two bridge piers（桥墩）in 1964,before the worlds longest span（跨度）suspension bridge.,The golden gate bridge in San Francisco is one of the worlds most beautiful scenic spots,is also the most favored by suicides(自杀）in the land.,Last year,have 38 people jumped off the golden gate bridge.So far this year,and end there are 19 life.,The experts think seeking a suicidal person rescued,the architectural protector is to hope not add ugly accessories.,The golden gate bridge across the golden gate,imposing appearance in the whole bridge spectacular(壮观的).,Thanks for that!,
