书城旅游地图一本书畅游世界顶级景点
20020200000040

第40章 北美——相约最华丽的风情据点(13)

加拿大皇家铸币厂

皇家加拿大铸币厂建于1908年,它是一座石器建筑,是加拿大主要的黄金提炼厂。现在,它已经不再生产常规的钱币,而是套版铸造特版硬币、纪念币、金属灌铸硬币等。游客可以参观铸币过程,看看金属板如何变成一袋袋硬币。

Fly over the Sky of the History 畅游在历史的上空

In early 17th century, the French explorer Samuel came here. After the British and French colonists poured in, the distribution center here has turned into a timber. They followed the Indians, and called that “Ottawa” and marked it on the map. In the Indian language, “Ottawa” means “trade”.

From 1756 to 1763, between the British and French colonists it broke out the Seven Years’ War. France was defeated. In 1763, they signed the Treaty of Paris, the French colony in Canada was ceded to the British. In 1800, the United States began in the North of Ottawa River logging.

From 1812 to 1814, Anglo-American war, the Rideau River became the water safe passages between Ottawa and Kingston. U.S. forces were defeated by the British. And the British established a position in Canada.

In 1826, British Royal Corps of Engineers John built a canal here and accelerated the development of the land, the headquarters location was known as Bay Town. It became a town in 1850 and a city in 1855, and renamed Ottawa by the Indian tribe from Lake Huron.

In 1867, the British Parliament passed the “British North America Act”, and established the Dominion of Canada, and Ottawa was officially designated as Canada’s capital.

In 1900, a devastating fire took place, it made Ottawa seriously damaged. In 1937, French architect Jacques Glebe assumed the task of reconstruction of Ottawa city. According to Jacques Glebe program, the railway through the city was moved to the outskirts, the new government ministries building were also built in the countryside. The planning and construction of the urban, commercial, office, cultural, science and technology education in all areas adopted the modern architecture style English, French and American. The industrial areas were located under the wind zone away from urban pollution, all city streets and open spaces to achieve full park-like, green technology.

17世纪初,法国探险家塞谬尔来到这里。之后英法殖民者便纷至沓来,把这里逐渐变成了木材集散地。他们沿用了印第安人的叫法,把“渥太华”正式标注在地图上。在印第安语中,“渥太华”是“贸易”的意思。

1756~1763年间,英法殖民者之间爆发了“七年战争”。法国战败,1763年签订了《巴黎条约》,法国把在加拿大的殖民地割让给了英国。1800年,美国开始在渥太华河北岸伐木。

1812~1814年英美战争期间,丽都河成为渥太华和金斯顿之间的水上安全通道。美军战败,英国从此确立了在加拿大的地位。

1826年,英国皇家工程兵中校约翰·拜在这里修建运河,加速了该地的发展,当时的工程指挥部所在地被称为拜镇。1850年成为镇,1855年成为市,并以从休伦湖迁来的印第安部落的名称重新命名为渥太华。

1867年英国议会通过《不列颠北美法案》,成立加拿大自治领,才正式定为加拿大的首都。

1900年一场毁灭性的大火,使渥太华受到严重的破坏。1937年,法裔建筑师雅克·格勒贝承担了改建渥太华市区的重任。根据雅克·格勒贝的方案,穿越市区的铁路被移到了郊外,新的政府各部大楼也建在郊外。城市居民区、商业区、办公区、文化区、科技教育区的规划和建设全部采用现代英式、法式和美式建筑风格。工业区置于下风地带以使市区免受污染,城内的所有街道和空地全部实现公园化、绿地化。

The Rich Culture of Charm City 文化浓郁的魅力之都

Ottawa is a cultural city, there’re National Gallery and various museums in the Arts Centre of city. University of Ottawa, Carleton University, University of Sao Paulo are the city’s highest institutions.

Ottawa is a garden city, In the suburbs there’re the lawns, gardens, from spring to autumn, green lush, colorful, beautiful scenery attracts many tourists every year.

Ottawa is Canada’s scientific and cultural center. In the northern city of Ottawa is focused on developing high-tech areas, known as “Canada’s Silicon Valley”.

Ottawa is the capital of music and dance. In Summer, Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and the Cisco Ottawa Blues Festival are organized. In the “indigenous customs experience”, you can also dance with indigenous people.

渥太华是一个文化城市,市内的艺术中心有国家画廊和各种博物馆。渥太华大学、卡尔顿大学、圣保罗大学是这个城市的最高学府。

渥太华还是一个花园城市,郊区到处是草坪、花圃,自春至秋,碧绿青葱、姹紫嫣红,美丽的景色每年吸引着众多的游客。

渥太华还是加拿大的科学文化中心,渥太华市区北部是高技术集中发展的地区,被人们称为“加拿大硅谷”。

渥太华也是音乐和舞蹈之都。夏季举办渥太华国际室内音乐节,渥太华国际爵士乐音乐节和渥太华思科蓝调音乐节等。在“土著居民风情体验”中,游客还可以和土著人翩翩起舞。

四章南美——追寻最震撼的冒险瞬间

南美地图

南美洲是拉丁美洲的一部分,包括13个美丽的国家和地区。南美洲大陆地形从西到东可分为:西部狭长的安第斯山,中部广阔平坦的平原低地,东部波状起伏的高原,构成了它层次分明的地形和错落有致的风景。

30. Sao Paulo:Immigration and Coffee移民与咖啡——圣保罗

Sao Paulo is Brazil’s largest industrial city, whose name comes from the Catholic Saint St. Paul. In the late 19th century, it developed rapidly because of coffee growing and the foreign immigration.

圣保罗是巴西最大的工业城市,名字来源于天主教圣徒圣保罗,19世纪末,因种植咖啡和外国移民而迅速发展起来。

Coffee Kingdom’s Largest Port 咖啡王国的最大港口

Sao Paulo is known as “New York in South America”, the capital of the Sao Paulo, Brazilian. It is not only Brazil’s largest city and largest port but also the largest city in South America and the world’s fourth largest city.

The history of St.Paul was track back on January 25, 1554, Jesuit priest Manu El built a small church in the center of today’s St. Paul, which is the oldest building in St. Paul. As the day was commemorates that Saint Paul converted to Christianity, so called “St. Paul”. Around the Church gradually developed into the towns, but it was still a humble small town. Until the late 19th century, with sugar cane and coffee plantations in the region and the prosperity of the transaction, a large of expatriates came here, which made St. Paul develop quickly into a modern urban.

Sao Paulo City is the center of industrial, financial, commercial, culture and transportation in Brazil and South America, known as “coffee kingdom”. The neighborhood of Sao Paulo is Brazil’s important coffee producing area. The streets are full of various coffee shops everywhere, all day customers are here.

圣保罗号称“南美纽约”,是巴西圣保罗州的首府,也是巴西的第一大城市及最大港口,还是南美第一大城市和世界第四大城市。

圣保罗的历史要追溯到1554年1月25日,耶稣会神父玛努埃尔在当地盖起了一座小教堂,这是圣保罗市最早的建筑。由于那一天也是圣徒保罗皈依基督教的日子,所以取名“圣保罗”。这个小教堂的周围逐渐发展成为城镇,但是发展很慢,一直是一座不起眼的小城市。直到19世纪末,随着甘蔗和咖啡种植和贸易的繁荣,大量侨民开始涌入到这里,使得圣保罗迅速发展成为现代化城市。

圣保罗市是巴西和南美的工业、金融、商业、文化和交通中心,素有“咖啡王国”的称号。圣保罗附近地区是巴西的重要咖啡产地,大街小巷各类咖啡馆比比皆是,一天到晚顾客盈门。