ChiCAgo: somE Big plACEs to sEE in thE 'City oF thE Big shoulDErs'
EArly lAst CEntury, thE poEt CArl sAnDBurg DEsCriBED ChiCAgo, illinois, As thE 'City oF thE Big shoulDErs.' thAt still sEEms right. ChiCAgo DoEs A lot oF things in A Big wAy.
For ExAmplE, thE City is A Big trAnsportAtion CEntEr in thE miDwEst For trAins, truCks, ships AnD plAnEs.
mAnuFACturing is onE oF thE BiggEst inDustriEs in ChiCAgo.
AnD ChiCAgo hAs onE oF AmEriCA's BusiEst ports. thE City strEtChEs For ABout 40 kilomEtErs Along thE southwEstErn shorE oF lAkE miChigAn. thE sAint lAwrEnCE sEAwAy opEnED in 1959. it ConnECts thE grEAt lAkEs to thE AtlAntiC oCEAn.
Big things in ChiCAgo
ChiCAgo is Big on musiC. visitors CAn FinD All kinDs, From ClAssiCAl to hip-hop. somE oF thE BEst plACEs For jAzz AnD BluEs ArE Along rush strEEt.
thErE ArE lots oF things to sEE AnD hEAr in ChiCAgo.
At thE Art institutE oF ChiCAgo, pEoplE CAn sEE FinE AsiAn Art AnD muCh morE.
At thE musEum oF sCiEnCE AnD inDustry, visitors CrowD A working CoAl minE AnD A worlD wAr two suBmArinE(潜水艇).
At thE ADlEr plAnEtArium, pEoplE sEE stArs AnD lEArn ABout spACE. AnD At thE shEDD AquArium, thEy sEE ColorFul Fish AnD lEArn ABout liFE unDEr thE sEA.
not surprisingly ChiCAgo hAs A lot oF Big BuilDings. thE two tAllEst ArE thE sEArs towEr AnD thE john hAnCoCk BuilDing.
mAny pEoplE tAkE ArChitECturAl tours ArounD ChiCAgo. thErE ArE mAny intErEsting lAnDmArks AnD BuilDing DEsigns to sEE.
thE wriglEy BuilDing, nEAr thE ChiCAgo rivEr, opEnED in thE EArly 1920s. this oFFiCE BuilDing is hArD to miss. it is Bright whitE.
Downtown ChiCAgo, thE BusinEss CEntEr, is known As thE loop. thErE ArE mAny oFFiCEs AnD storEs. thE loop inCluDEs thE FinAnCiAl DistriCt ArounD lAsAllE strEEt. thE FinAnCiAl DistriCt is homE to thE ChiCAgo BoArD oF trADE, thE ChiCAgo stoCk ExChAngE AnD mAny BAnks.
AnothEr Big thing to sEE, AnD FEEl, is thE wEAthEr. AFtEr All, AnothEr nAmE For ChiCAgo is thE 'winDy City.' pEoplE turn thEir shoulDErs to thE strong winDs oFF lAkE miChigAn. in wintEr, ChiCAgo gEts A lot oF snow; in summEr, thE wEAthEr is hot AnD stiCky.
Almost 3 million pEoplE livE in ChiCAgo. ChiCAgo is AmEriCA's thirD lArgEst City, AFtEr nEw york AnD los AngElEs. morE thAn 9 million pEoplE livE in surrounDing CommunitiEs.
ovEr thE yEArs mAny immigrAnts hAvE sEttlED in ChiCAgo. mAny oF its pEoplE hAvE EthniC roots in polAnD, gErmAny, irElAnD AnD itAly. morE rECEnt immigrAnts hAvE ComE From All ovEr thE worlD.
toDAy just unDEr hAlF thE populAtion oF thE City oF ChiCAgo is non-hispAniC(非西班牙裔的)whitE. thE City hAs lArgE BlACk AnD hispAniC populAtions. 4 pErCEnt oF thE pEoplE ArE AsiAn.
millEnnium pArk
whEn pEoplE in ChiCAgo wAnt to BE outDoors, onE plACE to go is millEnnium pArk. in this City oF Big shoulDErs, Almost EvErything ABout millEnnium pArk is Big. it CovErs 10 hECtArEs(公顷). it took Almost 9 yEArs to Finish.
millEnnium pArk is on miChigAn AvEnuE nEAr lAkE miChigAn. it oFFiCiAlly opEnED in 2004. it Cost 475 million DollArs.
millEnnium pArk hAs gArDEns AnD plACEs For musiC, DAnCE AnD iCE skAting. it Also hAs onE oF thE lArgEst outDoor stAtuEs in thE worlD. Anish kApoor oF BritAin CrEAtED this work oF puBliC Art. it wEighs 110 tons.
A hugE rounDED Form. oF shiny stEEl CApturEs A looking-glAss imAgE oF thE ChiCAgo skylinE AnD thE ClouDs ABovE. thE stAtuE is CAllED 'ClouD gAtE.'
thE spAnish Artist jAumE plEnsA DEsignED thE Crown FountAin in millEnnium pArk. thE FountAin is surEly onE oF thE most unusuAl in thE worlD.
thE Artist sEt A pool oF wAtEr BEtwEEn two tAll glAss towErs. viDEo imAgEs AppEAr on thE towErs. thE imAgEs ArE A sEriEs oF piCturEs oF nAturE AnD pEoplE's FACE
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