芝加哥趣闻

张祖平

1. Chicago is the third largest city in United States.

芝加哥是美国第三大城市。

2. Chicago has over 40 museums， more than 150 theaters and over 6，000 restaurants.

芝加哥有40多家博物馆，150多家剧院和6000多家餐馆。

3. Chicago boasts1 of housing three of the worlds tallest buildings： Sears Tower， Amoco Building and John Hancock Center. From the Sears Tower， also known as Willis Tower， four of the American states can be seen including Michigan， Indiana， Illinois and Wisconsin.

芝加哥自诩拥有世界上最高的三座建筑物：西尔斯大厦、阿莫科大厦和约翰·汉考克中心。从西尔斯大厦（也称威利斯大厦）上可以看到美国四个州——密歇根州、印第安纳州、伊利诺斯州和威斯康辛州。

4. The worlds largest public library， Harold Washington Library Center， with a collection of more than 2 million books， is in Chicago.

世界上最大的公共图书馆哈罗德·华盛顿图书馆中心位于芝加哥，藏书200多万册。

5. Chicago has the largest population2 of Poles in the world， outside of Warsaw.

除了波兰首都华沙之外，芝加哥的波兰人是最多的。

6. More than 200 annual3 parades4 take place in the city of Chicago every year.

每年，芝加哥有200多场一年一度的游行。

7. Chicago has the second largest building in America （after Pentagon）， the Chicago Merchandise Mart， with 90 acres5 of floor space.

芝加哥有美国第二大建筑物商业中心（仅次于五角大楼）占地90英亩。

8. Chicago is known as the “Candy Capital of the World”.

芝加哥被称为“世界糖果之都”。

9. Alone in the urban6 area of Chicago there are more than 30 Fortune 500 companies.

仅在芝加哥的城区，财富500强的公司就有30多家。

10. The first planetarium7 in the Western Hemisphere8 known as the Adler Planetarium was opened in Chicago in 1930.

西半球第一家天文馆——芝加哥的阿德勒天文馆创办于1930年。