1. 英 国 文 化英 国 文 化英 国 文 化英 国 文 化 British Culture and Education 主讲教师：田祥斌 Lecture 14

2. American Major Cities (2) (Chapter 12)

3. American Cities: New York City New York City (P. 144) --New York City is located in New York State. Places of interest: Statue of Liberty

4. American Cities: New York City

5. American Cities

7. American Cities: New York City

9. American Cities: New York City- UN

10. American Cities ： UN

12. American Cities: New York City

13. American Cities: Columbia University

14. Facts and figure - Established:1754 - Type: Private, Ivy League research university - Endowment: - US$ 7.79 billion (2011) - Academic staff3,634 - Students27,606 -- Undergraduates: 7,934 -- Postgraduates: 19,672 - Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York

15. American Cities: Columbia University --Columbia University in the City of New York Library of Columbia University

16. American Cities : Columbia University -- Twenty schools and is affiliated with numerous institutions. -- to administers the Pulitzer Prize -- with more Nobel Prize laureates in the USA. -- Notable alumni of the university include - Justices of the United States Supreme Court; - 20 living billionaires; - 25 Academy Award winners; - 29 heads of state, including three U.S. Presidents.

17. American Cities: Boston (P147) -- Boston is a city noted for its glorious history of American War of Independence. There are world- known universities here. -- Harvard University -- MIT -- Boston University

18. American Cities: Harvard University Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

19. American Cities: Boston- Harvard Facts and Figures Established: 1636 Type: Private Ivy League research university Endowment: US$32 billion (2011, 320 亿美元 ) Academic staff: 2,107 Admin. Staff: 2,497 non-medical 10,674 medical Students: 21,225 -- Undergraduates: 7,181 total -- Postgraduates: 14,044

20. American Cities: Boston- Harvard -- The Harvard University Library is the largest academic library in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.

21. American Cities: Boston- Harvard -- The university comprises eleven separate academic units—ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—with campuses throughout the Boston metropolitan area.

22. American Cities: Boston- Harvard

23. Notable alumni: -- Eight U.S. presidents; -- 75 Nobel Laureates; -- 62 living billionaires, the most in the country. Campus: Urban 210 acres (85 ha) (Main campus) 22 acres (8.9 ha) (Medical campus) 359 acres (145 ha) (Allston campus) Total: 240ha. x 15=3600 亩

24. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

25. American Cities: Boston- MIT -- MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific, engineering, and technological education and research, and is considered one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

26. American Cities: Boston- MIT Facts and figures Established: 1861 (opened 1865) Type: Private Endowment: US$ 10.3 billion (2012, 100 亿美元 ) Academic staff: 1,018 ； Nobel Laureates: 78 Students: 10,894 -- Undergraduates: 4,384 -- Postgraduates: 6,510 Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Campus: Urban, 168 acres (68 ha. x15=1020 亩 )

27. American Cities: Boston- MIT

28. American Cities: Boston- MIT

29. American Cities: Chicago (P. 145) Chicago is the second largest city in terms of population. It is the largest industrial city in the USA. May 1, 1886 went on strike for the eight-hour workday, and the day became the International Labor Day.

30. American Cities: Chicago

31. American Cities: University of Chicago Established: 1890 Type: Private nondenominational coeducational Endowment: US$6.51 billion Academic staff: 2,168 Admin. Staff: 14,772 (including employees of the University of Chicago Medical Center) Undergraduates: 5,134 Postgraduates: 10,304 Location: Chicago, Illinois Campus: Urban, 211 acres (85.4 ha)

32. American Cities: Los Angeles (p. 146)

33. American Cities: Los Angeles --Los Angeles is an important center of shipping industry and communication. The city leads the country in the manufacture of aircraft and sapre parts for the aviation industry and the area has become an aviation center. It has grown into an important electronic center.

34. American Cities: Los Angeles --Hollywood, the base of the film industry, is a world famous film-producing center.

35. American Cities: San Francisco (P,148)

36. American Cities: San Francisco --San Francisco is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, and is renowned for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of architecture, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, the former prison on Alcatraz Island, and its Chinatown district. It is also a primary banking and finance center.

37. American Cities: San Francisco Alcatraz Island San Francisco is the chief port and the financial center of the Pacific Coast. It has been one of the principal gateways to the East.

38. American Cities: San Francisco Stanford University

39. American Cities: San Francisco -- Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180- acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto. It is situated in the northwestern Silicon Valley, approximately 37 miles (60 km) southeast of San Francisco.

40. American Cities: Stanford University Facts and figures Established: 1891 Endowment: US$ 17.0 billion (2012, 170 亿美元 ) Academic staff: 1,910 Students: 15,319 --Undergraduates: 6,878 --Postgraduates: 8,441 Campus: Suburban, 3,310 hectares (49650 亩 )

41. American Cities: Stanford University --The university is organized into seven schools, including academic schools of Humanities and Sciences and Earth Sciences as well as professional schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Law, and Medicine.

42. American Cities: Stanford University

43. American Cities: Silicon Valley to build self- sufficient local industry in what would become known as Silicon Valley

44. American Cities: Seattle ( 西雅图 ) Seattle is located in the State of Washington.

45. American Cities: Seattle