New York. New York is the largest city in the USA and the biggest seaport
New York is the largest city in the USA and the biggest seaport. It is the business centre of the United States. Its population together with the population of its suburbs amounts to 16 million people. The total area of New York
is 365 square miles or 900 square kilometers.
New York is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River. It was founded in 1613 by Dutch settlers. There are five districts in the city: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond. Manhattan is the central and the oldest part of the city. It is the district of business and finance. The famous New York stock exchange dominates business life of many countries.
The mouth of the Hudson River makes an excellent harbour for numerous passengers and cargo ships from all over the world. A traveller who visits New York for the first time wonders at the modern architecture. The Statue of Liberty, which is on Liberty Island, was a present from France in 1876 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of American independence. This statue and a few 18th and 19th century churches, hospitals, newspaper offices are the only
examples of "old" architecture in New York. Wherever your eyes travel,
everywhere you can see sky-scrapers.
New York, one of the USA leading manufacturing cities, is the residence of great firms and banks. The most important branches of industry there are those producing vehicles, glass, chemicals and all kinds of machinery.
The city has very busy traffic. Its streets and highways are full of cars and buses.
Speaking about New York one can't help mentioning the outstanding role that the city plays in the cultural life of the country. New York has many museums and art galleries which had collected many great works of art. Many of them are on a constant display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of Art. Most of the theatres and cinemas are in or near Broadway, the longest street and the biggest shopping district in New York.
Names:
Bronx [broŋks] – Бронкс
Manhattan [mæn`hætən] – Манхэттан
Brooklyn [`bruklin] – Бруклин
Richmond [`rit∫mənd] – Ричмонд
The Statue of Liberty [ðə `steit∫ə əv `libəti] – Статуя Свободы
Liberty Island [`libəti `ailənd] – остров Либерти
the Metropolitan [,metrə`politən] Museum of Art – музей "Метрополитен", крупнейший в западном полушарии музей изобразительных
искусств
the Whitney [`witni] Museum of Art – музей искусства "Уитни", художественный музей современного искусства в г. Нью-Йорке, основанный
в 1930 скульптором Г. Уитни
Vocabulary:
anniversary [,æni`və:səri] – годовщина
architecture [`a:kitekt∫ə] – архитектура
chemical [`kemikəl] – химикат, химический препарат
district [`district] – район
Dutch settlers [`dΛt∫ ,setlz] – датские поселенцы
Glass [glas] – стекло
harbour [`ha:bə] – пристань
highway [`haiwei] – автострада
Hudson River [`hads(ə)n ,rivə] – река Гудзон
independence [,indi`pendəns] – независимость
leading [`li:diŋ] – ведущий
manufacturing [,mænju`fæct∫əriŋ] – обрабатывающая промышленность, производство
machinery [mə∫ `i:nəri] – машинное оборудование, механизмы
mouth [mauθ] – зд.: устье
numerous [`nju:mərəs] – многочисленный, множественный
(one) can’t help mentioning [`men∫əniŋ] – нельзя не отметить / не упомянуть
on the occasion [ə`kei3n] of – по случаю
passenger [`pæsind3ə] – пассажир
residence [`rezidəns] – пребывание, местонахождение
seaport [`si:po:t] – портовый город
sky-scraper [`skaiskreipə] – небоскрёб
Statue of Liberty [,steit∫ə əv `libəti] – Статуя свободы
stock exchange [`stok iks,t∫eind3] – фондовая биржа
suburbs [`sΛbəbz] – пригороды
to amount [ə`maunt] to smth. – равняться чему-л., составлять какую-л. сумму
to be on a constant display [ disp`lei] – постоянно экспонироваться
to dominate [`domineit] – доминировать, превосходить в чём-л.
to be founded [`faundid] – быть основанным
to amount [maunt] to – составлять, равняться чему-л.
to wonder [`wΛndə] at smth. – любоваться чем-л.
traffic – движение, транспорт
traveller [`trævələ] – путешественник
vehicle [`vi:ikl] – зд.: транспортное средство
wherever [weər`evə] – где бы ни, куда бы ни
work of art [,wə:k əv `a:t] – произведение искусства
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