In the 1650s, about 500 people lived in the quiet little Dutch town of New Amsterdam. Now, in the twenty-first century, New Amsterdam is the city of New York. More than eight million people live there, and more than twenty million people come to visit it every year.
Why do they come? They want to see the New York of Jennifer Lopez, George Gershwin,and King Kong. They want to visit some of New York’s fine museums, or shop in Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. They want to eat hot dogs, take the Staten Island ferry, see the Statue of Liberty, and remember 9/11.
There are hundreds of things to do in New York. What do you want to do? Your tour begins here …
在17世紀50年代，大約有500人居住在這個安靜的荷蘭小城鎮—— 新阿姆斯特丹。現在已經21世紀了，新阿姆斯特丹變成了紐約城。城中有800多萬人口，每年還有2000多萬人去那裡參觀遊覽。
他們為什麼而來？他們想看看這座跟詹妮弗· 洛佩茲、喬治· 格什溫和金剛相關的城市。他們想要參觀紐約精美的博物館，或者到梅西百貨和布魯明戴爾百貨店去逛一逛。他們想要吃熱狗，乘坐斯塔滕島渡輪，看看自由女神像，紀念“9 · 11事件”。
在紐約可做的事情有很多，那麼你想要做什麼？從這裡開啟你的旅程吧……
