Follow Rick to know USA - New YorkToday we are talking about the most famous city in the world (my personal judgement)
今天我们讨论的是世界上最知名的城市(我的个人意见)。

How much do you know about New York?
你对纽约知道有多少？

Please clarify two concepts: New York State and New York City, we can see their abbr. as NYS and NYC respectively.
首先让我们澄清两个概念：纽约州和纽约市，他们的缩写分别为NYS 和 NYC。

we always refers to NYC when we talk about New York.
我们平时经常谈到的New York一般指的就是NYC。



My personal knowledge about NYC:
关于纽约我的个人知识：

• the name originated from York, UK. 名称来源是英国的约克
• nickname is Big Apple 昵称"Big Apple" 大苹果。
• you can see Empire State Building in New York 在纽约你可以见到帝国大厦
• City of Art---Broadway 艺术之都，百老汇
• the international financial center, Wallstreet, New York Stock Exchange Market, you can see the Bull sculpture in Wall Street.国际金融中心，华尔街，纽约证券交易所，在这里你可以看到华尔街牛的铜像。
• Wall Street Journal 华尔街日报
• Manhatton, Economic Center 曼哈顿是经济中心
• 911 911恐怖袭击
• Friends was set in NYC 六人行的故事场景发生在纽约
• 150 thousands  chinese living in New York China town 纽约的唐人街居住了15万华人

New York or New York City (officially The City of New York) is a city in the state of New York, and is the most populous city in the United States. New York City is one of the preeminent global economic centers, with its business, financial, legal, and media organizations having worldwide influence. New York is an important cultural center, with many museums, galleries, and performance venues. As the home of the United Nations, the city is a hub for international diplomacy. Residents of the city are known as New Yorkers. The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg.

New York City comprises five boroughs, each of which is coterminous with a county: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. With over 8.2 million residents within an area of 322 square miles (830 km²), New York City is the most densely populated major city in North America. The New York metropolitan area, with a population of nearly 22 million (21,976,224), ranks among the largest urban areas in the world.

The city has many neighborhoods and landmarks known around the world. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building (standing 1,453 feet 8 9/16 inches from the base to the top of the lightning rod) and the former twin towers of the World Trade Center. The city is the birthplace of many American cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip hop along with the Tin Pan Alley in music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36 percent of its population was foreign born. Because of areas like Times Square, New York has earned the nickname "The City that Never Sleeps".


What's more do you know about New York?
关于纽约，你还了解多少？




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