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1、By24号：张守玉25号：何燕InterestingPlacesinUSAWhat'sthis?TheWhiteHouseFormerlyknownastheExecutiveMansion(州长官邸）theofficialofficeandresidenceofthepresidentoftheUnitedStatesinWashington,D.C.TheWhiteHouseanditslandscapedgroundsoccupy18acres.SincetheadministrationofGeorgeWashington(1789–97),
2、whooccupiedpresidentialresidencesinNewYork,everyAmericanpresidenthasresidedattheWhiteHouse.Originallycalledthe“President'sPalace”onearlymaps,thebuildingwasofficiallynamedtheExecutiveMansionin1810inordertoavoidconnotationsofroyalty.Althoughthename“WhiteHouse”wascommonlyusedfroma
3、boutthesametime,itdidnotbecometheofficialnameofthebuildinguntil1902.TheWhiteHouseistheoldestfederalbuildinginthenation'scapital.PanamaCanalDoyouknowWallStreet?WallStreetisthenameofanarrowstreetinlowerManhattaninNewYorkCity,runningeastfromBroadwaydownhilltotheEastRiver.Considere
4、dtobethehistoricalheartoftheFinancialDistrict,itwasthefirstpermanenthomeoftheNewYorkStockExchange.Thephrase"WallStreet"isalsousedasametonymtorefertoAmericanfinancialmarketsandfinancialinstitutionsasawhole.MostNewYorkfinancialfirmsarenolongerheadquarteredonWallStreet,butelsewher
5、einlowerormidtownManhattan,FairfieldCounty,Connecticut,orNewJersey.JPMorganChase,thelastmajorholdout,solditsheadquarterstowerat60WallStreettoDeutscheBankinNovember2001.VocabularyStockExchange:证券交易所Metonym:awordthatdenotesonethingbutreferstoarelatedthing（换喻词）Headquartered:vt.总部设
6、于vi.设立总部DeutscheBank:德意志银行德意志银行TheYellowstoneParkTheYellowstoneParkFoundationisanon-profitorganizationcreatedin1996.Agroupofconcernedcitizens,workingwiththeNationalParkService,startedtheFoundationinordertoprotect,preserve,andenhanceYellowstoneNationalPark.TheFoundationworkstofu
7、ndimportantprojectsandprograms,manyofwhicharebeyondthefinancialcapacityoftheNationalParkService.TheFoundationreceivesnoannualgovernmentfunding;itreliesinsteaduponthegeneroussupportofprivatecitizens,foundations,andcorporationstoensurethatYellowstone'sgreatgiftstotheworldwillneve
8、rdiminish.Sinceitsorigin,theYellowstoneParkFoundationh
