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总的来说:
Seattle is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It"s a major economic, cultural and educational center in the region.
翻译:西雅图是太平洋西北地区的主要港市、港口。它是该地区主要经济、文化和教育中心。
西雅图的特色很多,看你需要哪方面的。
城市特色之一:咖啡文化
星巴克是在西雅图开起来的:
Seattle has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks, Seattle"s Best Coffee, and Tully"s.
翻译:西雅图的巨大咖啡销量远近闻名。建立于或者是总部位于西雅图的咖啡馆品牌有星巴克、西雅图最佳、和Tully"s.
城市特色之二:音乐、文化
吉他大师吉米.亨得里克斯和涅磐乐队都是来自西雅图。李小龙也曾在西雅图华盛顿大学学习哲学、开办武馆、创立截拳道并认识了她的妻子。(他是我的校友哦~)他也埋葬在西雅图。
Seattle is the birthplace of rock legend Jimi Hendrix and grunge music, including Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee are also buried at Lakeview cemetery.
翻译:西雅图是摇滚传奇人物吉米.亨得里克斯和垃圾乐(其中就包括世界闻名的涅磐乐队、Alice in Chains,Alice in Chains和Soundgarden)的诞生地。李小龙和其子李国豪都埋葬在西雅图。
城市特点之三:经济、科技中心。
西雅图有许多著名大公司
Six companies on the 2008 Fortune 500 list of the United States" largest companies, based on total revenue, are headquartered in Seattle: financial services company: Washington Mutual, Internet retailer: A****.com, coffee chain Starbucks, department store: Nordstrom, insurance company: Safeco Corporation, and global logistics firm: Expeditors International. Microsoft and Nintendo of America are located in Redmond, which is just beside Seattle city.
翻译:有六家世界500强公司(按照总利润来排名)的总部坐落于西雅图:财政服务企业:华盛顿互惠银行(译注:全美最大银行之一);网络零售商:亚马逊网站;商场:Nordstrom(译注:分布全美);保险公司:Safeco(已被JP摩根收购);国际物流:康捷物流。微软和任天堂美国分部坐落于雷蒙德,也就是西雅图旁边的一座小城。
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Seattle (U.S.A)
Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable substitute for sunshine? If so, Seattle is your kind of town. More than any other city in the region, Seattle epitomizes what people know of the Pacific Northwest. Nevermind that its sunshiny days can be suicidally few - its residents are among the nation"s most outgoing and outdoorsy. Sure, it had everybody wearing flannel shirts and whistling Nirvana for a while, but consider also the good things it"s given us: the city"s chilly mornings had the espresso generation brewing long before Starbucks sold its first cup. If you"re looking for lifestyle, Seattle has it in spades.
Seattle is situated in the west of Washington, the northwesternmost state. The largest city in the state, Seattle sits on a skinny slip of land between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Lake Union and the Lake Washington Ship Canal divide the city into northern and southern halves; downtown and the Capitol Hill and Queen Anne neighborhoods lie south of the canal, the U District is to the northeast.
Compared to the rest of the city, downtown orientation is pretty straightforward. Historic Pioneer Square contains most of the must-see sites. Seattle Center, home to many of the city"s cultural and sport facilities, is just northwest of downtown.
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Seattle area was home to the Duwamish, a generally peaceable tribe that fished the bays and rivers of the Puget Sound and befriended early white settlers. In 1851, a native New Yorker named David Denny led the first group of settlers across the Oregon Trail with the intention of settling along the Puget Sound. Recognizing the area"s seaport possibilities, Denny"s band staked a claim on Alki Point in present-day West Seattle. After a winter of wind and rain, the group moved the settlement to Elliott Bay , renaming it Seattle for the Duwamish chief Sealth, a friend of an early merchant.
Hardly a boomtown, early Seattle was peopled mainly by bachelors until one of the founding fathers went back east on a mission to induce young unmarried women to come to Seattle. On two different trips, a total of 57 women made the journey and married into the frontier stock, in the process setting a more civilized tone for the city. A spur from the Northern Pacific Railroad"s terminus in Portland reached Seattle in 1893, linking the town by rail with the rest of the country. The lumber, shipping and general commerce derived from immigration soon swelled the town"s ranks so much that even the Great Fire of 1889 barely slowed the advance. After 50 blocks of the old wooden downtown burned in a single day, the city was reborn in brick and iron, centered on today"s Pioneer Square.
Seattle"s first boom came when the ship Portland docked in 1897 with its now-famous cargo: two tons of Yukon gold. Within weeks, thousands of fortune hunters from across the country passed through on their way to the northern gold fields. Local business blossomed as Seattle became the banking center for the nouveau riche, and the bars, brothels and honky-tonks of Pioneer Square overflowed with pleasure-starved miners.
The boom continued through WWI, when Northwest lumber was greatly in demand and shipyards along the Puget Sound "harvested" the surrounding forests. WWII furthered the shipbuilding boom, and aircraft and atomic energy industries added to the region"s pattern of profit. Today, international trade and tech firms (such as Microsoft and Amazon) make up the backbone of Seattle"s booming economy. And although Boeing, for decades as synonymous with Seattle as rain, announced in 2001 that it was up and leaving for windier pastures in Chicago, the city"s progressive politics, inventive culture and ready access to outdoor recreation continue to lure restless people like no place else on the West Coast.
西雅图(美国)
曾经想知道是否如果如此,西雅图是你喜欢的城镇的类型,咖啡因是阳光的一位能养活的替代.比区域的任何其他的城市更多,西雅图摘要(浓缩)人们知道什么太平洋西北.注意是少数的它的居民的它的阳光照耀的天可能是自杀地是在国家最外向的之中和户外的(爱好野外活动的).确信,它让每个人穿用法兰绒(法兰绒)衬衫而且吹口哨涅盘一阵子,但是也考虑好事物它已经给我们::那浓缩咖啡(浓咖啡)世代酿造在被卖它的第一个杯子的星巴克咖啡连锁店之前渴望.如果你正在找寻生活方式,西雅图有它在铲子中(肯定地)。
西雅图位于华盛顿西部,northwesternmost 州.最大的城市在州中,西雅图坐在土地的薄滑上在那之间Puget 声音(普吉特海湾)和湖华盛顿.湖联盟和湖华盛顿船运河把城市分为北方、南方的二等份;市中心区和国会山庄和安妮皇后邻近地区谎言运河南方, U 区域对东北。
比较对城市的其它部分,市中心的定方位相当笔直.历史性的先锋广场包含大部份的一定-见到位置.西雅图中心,家到大部份城市的文化、运动的设备,市中心区确实是西北的。
在以前欧洲人的抵达,西雅图区域是 Duwamish 的家,哪一一个通常温顺的种族钓了 Puget 声音的桂冠和河和以朋友态度对待(帮助)早的白色移民者.在 1851 年, 叫做大卫丹尼用解决的意图向前引导了横过奥勒冈州踪迹的第一群移民者 Puget 声音的一个本国的纽约客.认识区域海港可能性,丹尼的乐团打桩了在现在的西西雅图的 Alki 点方面的一个要求.在风和雨的一个冬天之后,小组移动了殖民到Elliott 海湾(依利雅特湾),为 Duwamish 重新命名它西雅图 Sealth 领袖,早商人的一位朋友。
几乎不一新兴都市(新兴城市),早的西雅图直到国父之一主要地被学士所人在一个任务上的向东方回去了引诱年轻的未婚女人到达西雅图.在二次不同的旅行上,总共 57 女人制造旅程和已婚的进入边界存货之内,在为城市设定一个比较文明的明暗的程序中.一马刺(在 Dorsetshire 监狱的北方太平洋的铁路终点的铁路的支线)在 1893 年到达了西雅图,连接火车的城镇和国家的其它部分.增大的从移民很快源自的木材、运送和一般的商业城镇等级很多,因而甚至棒 1889 火几乎不能减慢了进步.在 50 范围旧的木制市中心区在一天内燃烧了之后,城市在砖块和铁中是再生的,集中在今天的先锋广场了。
当船 Dorsetshire 监狱在 1897 年以它的现在靠码头了的时候,西雅图的第一繁荣来了-出名的货物:二吨育空金色的.在数个星期之内,数以千计的想以结婚致富的人从在前往北方的金色田地的途中被通过的国家各地.开花的当地的生意当西雅图成为了,那存入银行集中为那新的 riche(爆发户)和酒吧,妓院(妓院)和白人-强打(与饿得要死快乐的矿工一起泛滥的先锋广场的下等酒馆)。
繁荣继续过 WWI,当西北的木材非常受欢迎的时候和沿着被 " 收成的 " 周围的森林的 Puget 声音的造船所. WWII 促进了造船繁荣,而且飞机和原子的能源业对利润的区域式样增加.今天,国际的贸易和科技公司 (像是微软和亚马孙河)组成那脊椎(西雅图的急速发展经济的支柱).而且虽然波音,十年同样同义字的与西雅图,当做雨,在 2001 年宣布它是向上的而且前往芝加哥、城市的前进政治的较多风的牧场,善于创造的文化和准备好的接触户外的娱乐继续在西海岸上别的像没有地方一样引诱不安静的人。
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