CHICAGO是什么?
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发布时间：2022-04-23 04:21
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时间：2023-08-07 03:19
是美国第三大城市，位于美国中部、世界第一大湖密歇根湖畔与芝加哥河交汇处，面积588平方公里。气侯夏日酷热，冬季不寒，终年多风，号为“风城”。现有人口270多万。是美国黑人、犹太人聚居较多的城市。
芝加哥市内保存着早期传统式的西欧古建筑，又有壮观巍峨的现代摩天大楼。市区沿着宽阔壮丽的大道连绵数十公里，规划布局井井有条。现在的城市是1871年的大火之后重建的，新城各种形状新奇、色彩各异的高层建筑使其成为一建筑艺术博物馆。芝加哥市区内摩天大楼之多，仅次于纽约。当今全世界5座最高的摩天大楼有3座在芝加哥，市中心的西尔斯大厦是美国第一高楼，有110层，高443米。
菲 尔 德 自 然 史 博 物 馆
19世纪开通的伊利诺伊－密歇根运河，把处于内陆的芝加哥同五大湖和大西洋连接起来，变为港口城市。海洋巨轮从加拿大的圣劳伦斯湾直驶芝加哥码头。芝加哥是美国的铁路枢纽，几十条铁路交汇于此，连接美国各大城市；它还有世界上最繁忙国际机场之一的奥黑尔国际机场；因此，芝加哥可以称得上美国东西交通、水、陆、空运输的中心。
西 尔 斯 大 厦
美国最大的期货市场－芝加哥商品交易所和芝加哥期货交易所均设在此，经营品种包括：金融票据的期货契约，国库债期货、国库券期货、股票指数期货和期权交易等。
芝加哥还是美国中部的高等教育中心。芝加哥大学被誉为“诺贝尔奖”获得者的摇篮，曾先后培育出诺贝尔奖获得者30多人。西郊的阿岗国家研究院、贝尔实验室、费米实验室的科研成就在全美以至世界都令人瞩目，有相当数目的华裔学者、工程技术人员在这些科研院室任职。
曾是美国“工业之母”的芝加哥，近年来涌现出成片的高科技走廊，取代了正在消亡的夕阳工业，现有“美国硅草原”之称。。1928年建于该市的摩托罗拉公司闻名全球，是世界上提供无线电通讯、半导体器件、高级电子系统和设施的主要厂商之一。
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时间：2023-08-07 03:19
Chicago is famous for tall buildings. The world’s first skyscraper was built here in 1885. Today, the city’s skyline includes some of the tallest buildings in the world. The Sears Tower is Chicago’s highest skyscraper. The 110-story building soars 1,450 feet (442 meters) into the air. From its completion in 1974 until 1998, it was the tallest building in the world.
Chicago’s downtown business district is called the Loop. An elevated railway travels in a loop around the area, giving the center of the city its name.
PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE
Chicago has about 3 million residents. It is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles. People from all over the world live in Chicago. The most common languages in the city, after English, are Spanish and Polish.
Chicago’s immigrants have left their mark on the city. Each group settled in its own part of the city, and so today you can find neighborhoods that are Chinese, Indian, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Mexican, or Polish, or filled with people of another nationality. Many of these neighborhoods hold on to customs and traditions. In neighborhood restaurants, you can sample some of the favorite foods of Chicago’s many ethnic groups.
African Americans migrated to Chicago in large numbers ring World War I (1914-1918). They came from the rural South to work in the city’s factories and mills. Black residents have made Chicago famous for jazz and blues. Today, African Americans make up more than one-third of Chicago’s population.
THE CITY ON THE LAKE
Chicago sits on the western shore of Lake Michigan. The lakefront is very important to the city. In the summer, Chicagoans swim in the lake and sail boats. They go to concerts and summer festivals held along the lake.
Huge, scenic parks line much of the lakefront—Jackson Park, Grant Park, Lincoln Park, and Millennium Park. In Jackson Park, you’ll want to visit the Museum of Science and Instry. You can board a German submarine, a legendary train, or a space capsule at the museum. Grant Park has an aquarium, a planetarium, an art museum (the Art Institute), and a natural history museum with fabulous dinosaur skeletons. Lincoln Park Zoo is a great place to see animals up close. Millennium Park has outdoor concerts, a garden, and large sculptures.
A CENTER FOR INDUSTRY
Chicago got its start in the late 1700s as the dwelling of black trader Jean Baptiste Point Sable. The settlement grew because of its location. By 1850, Chicago had become a busy Great Lakes port. As railroads and people moved westward in the second half of the 1800s, the city rapidly developed into an important rail hub.
Chicago also grew into a major instrial city. Western miners, farmers, and ranchers shipped their iron ore, wheat, and cattle by train to Chicago. Then, the city’s many steel mills, bakeries, and slaughterhouses proced steel, bread, and beef for shipment to Eastern markets. Today, Chicago is both a major financial center and a major transportation center. For many years, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport was the busiest airport in the world.
THE GREAT FIRE
A huge fire burned a third of Chicago in 1871. It began October 8 when, according to legend, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn. Historians call the disaster the Great Fire. When the flames died out on October 10, the Great Fire had killed 250 people and left 90,000 others homeless.
After the fire, the rebuilding of Chicago provided a great opportunity for architects. They experimented with new building techniques, and the skyscraper was born.
热心网友
时间：2023-08-07 03:20
1804年该地尚为村落时曾以美国陆军*Henry Dearborn命名，称为Fort Dearborn，1830年（一说1837年）正式定名为Chicago市。
参考资料：外国地名语源词典
热心网友
时间：2023-08-07 03:21
Chicago 也是一百老滙歌剧名称,前几年拍成电影.
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时间：2023-08-07 03:21
