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我们跟着旅行团，用一天的时间浏览了纽约。这么的匆忙，这么地走马观花，在女儿的心中，纽约留下了什么痕迹呢？让我们来读一下她写的日志。
我翻译的中文
拥挤的建筑、迷人的海湾、高耸的塔楼、以及填满教科书的历史，这就是纽约，东海岸最著名的城市之一。
纽约州原本是荷兰的殖民地，被称为新阿姆斯特丹，根据荷兰的首都阿姆斯特丹命名。不过英国接管了殖民地，将它分为两??部分，并取了新的名字：新泽西州和纽约州。
在13个殖民地之中，纽约市是当时的首都。后来，乔治·华盛顿在那儿宣誓，成为美利坚合众国的第一任总统，你今天仍然可以寻访那个地点。
今天的纽约拥有一个更大的景点：华尔街，纽约的证券交易所。财富在那里获得和失去，每天的成交量是数十亿的股票，纽约证券交易所为人们提供了购买或出售股票的平台。
在全美畅销的儿童小说中，纽约的两座纪念地标特别醒目：大都会博物馆和帝国大厦。没有比这两个更好的去处，带着小书虫一起去参观了。
大都会博物馆是《来自贝索·弗兰克威勒夫人混杂的文件》的主要场景，故事中有两个截然不同的孩子，虽然他们来自同一个家庭，决定离家出走。克劳迪亚总是很挑剔，不仅决定他们逃避什么地方，而且决定要去某地。詹姆斯喜欢冒险的事情，除了钱之外，跟着一起加入。那个某地就是大都会艺术博物馆，书中描写的武器和盔甲展览都在那里。当然，在那里还可以参观意大利文艺复兴时期的天使雕像。
即使你没有读过这本书，大都会博物馆也是一个奇妙的地方。你可以在那里观赏大师的作品，如梵高与莫奈的画作。各种形式的艺术装饰着墙壁，那里甚至还有一座埃及神庙！
“帝国大厦，第600楼，请到奥林匹斯山。”根据《神火之贼》，奥林匹斯山是人类文明的巅峰之作，希腊众神于夏至和冬至聚集在那里，谈论世界上发生的大事情。虽然第600楼不提供给凡人，你仍然可以去第86层的观景台。你可以看到纽约的各个方向，没有任何高墙阻挡你，从这里可以看到哈德逊湾、自由塔和克莱斯勒大厦，一直到下面密密麻麻的街道。此外，还有乘坐直升飞机的纽约虚拟之旅。不管你怎么个玩法，帝国大厦是一个必须参观的地方！
显然，纽约是一个完美的度假胜地。当你寻找某个地方去参观，无论是一个星期或者是一个月，纽约都是最完美的景观之处！
女儿的英文原稿
Crowded buildings, a stunning bay view, soaring skyscrapers, and enough history to fill up volume of textbook. This is New York, one of the most famous cities on the east coast.
New York was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, named after the Amsterdam in the Netherlands. However, the British took over the colony, and renamed it, splitting it into two parts: New Jersey and New York.
As a city in one of the 13 colonies, New York was the original capital of them all. There George Washington swore oath as the first president of the United States of America, and you can still visit that spot today.
Today, New York has an even bigger attraction: Wall Street, where the New York Stock Exchange is located. Fortunes are gained and lost there, where billions of stock is traded daily. The New York Stock Exchange provides a common platform for people to buy or sell their stock.
New York plays host to two monumental landmarks that have made their way into children’s fiction across the United States: the Metropolitan Museum and the Empire State Building. There is no better place to take a bookworm.
The Metropolitan Museum is a major setting in the book From the Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Two very different children, who are complete opposites yet somehow part of the same family, decide to run away. Claudia, always fussy, decides that they are not just running away from someplace, but also to someplace. James, who is adventurous about everything except money, joins along too. That someplace is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Parts of the museum, such as the Arms and Armor Wing, can be recognized from the book. And, of course, you can visit the Italian Renaissance where the Angel statue was once held.
Even if you haven’t read the book, the Metropolitan Museum is a fantastic place to visit. You can see paintings by the classical masters Vincent Van Go and Claude Monet. Art of all forms decorates the walls. There even is an Egyptian Temple in the Metropolitan Museum!
“Empire State Building, 600th floor, Mount Olympus please.” According to The Lightning Thief, Mount Olympus is the pinnacle of civilization. Greek gods and goddesses gather there at the solstices to talk about the happenings of the world. Although the 600th floor isn’t available to mere mortals, you can still go to the observation deck on the 86th floor. You can see all sides of New York, without any high walls blocking you. From here, you can see the Hudson Bay, the Freedom Tower, and the Chrysler Building, all the way to the streets below. There also is a virtual tour of New York, where you ride a simulated helicopter. No matter what you do, the Empire State Building is a must-see!
Clearly, New York is the perfect vacation spot to go to. When looking for someplace to visit, whether it’s for a week or a month, New York is the best spot to visit!
