多伦多英文简介

Toronto

is

a

big

，

beautiful

and

efficient

city

，

one

that

has

emerged

from

relative

obscurity

（不引人注目）

over

the

past

half

century

to

become

the

center

of

culture

，

commerce

and

communications

in

Canada.

With

its

colorful

ethnic

mix

，

rich

hi

story

and

breathtaking

architecture

，

Toronto

offers

non-stop

adventures

for

the

willi

ng

tourist.

To

get

a

sense

of

how

big

，

various

and

magical

Toronto

is

，

the

best

place

to

start

is

the

CN

Tower

，

the

tallest

free- standing

（无支撑物的，独立的）

str

in

the

world.

From

this

vantage

point

（有利位置），

visitors

get

a

bird's-eye

-view

（鸟瞰）

of

the

city's

striking

skyline

and

unique

geography.

In

addition

to

being

an

important

cultural

and

commercial

center

，

Toronto

is

al

so

a

major

multiethnic

metropolis

（多种民族混居的大都市）。

The

city'spopulation

nu

mbers

more

than

4.5

million

people

，

and

its

residents

come

from

countries

around

the

world

and

from

all

manner

of

ethnicbackgrounds.

On

any

given

day

，

and

in

most

quarters

of

the

city

，

a

hundred

different

languages

can

be

heard

on

the

stre

ets

，

from

Hindi

（印度语）

to

Greek

to

French.

This

，

perhaps

，

explains

why

forme

r

Prime

Minister

Pierre

Trudeau

once

said

that

Canada

is

really

more

a

mosaic

（马赛克式的东西）

of

cultures

and

languages

than

a

melting

pot

（文化熔炉）。

Street

signs

in

Toronto

are

mostly

in

English.

Weekly

and

daily

newspapers

ar

e

published

in

myri ad

（各种各样都有的）

languages

< br>，

and

the

city

hosts

a

successfu

l

international

film

festival

each

September.

It

is

also

the

second- largest

live-theater

venue

on

the

continent

（

after

New

York

），

and

is

home

to

a

popular

baseball

t

eam

，

the

Toronto

Blue

Jays.

Simply

put

，

Toronto

has

something

for

everyone.

Toronto's

less

well-traveled

parts

include

the

original

Chinatown

，

laid

out

west

along

Dundas

Street

and

running

all

the

way

to

Chinatown

，

near

the

Spadi

na

Avenue/Dundas

Street

intersection.

From

here

，

it's

just

a

short

walk

to

the

col

orful

European-style

Kensington

Market

，

which

abounds

in

fresh

vegetables

，

ultry

（家禽）

and

meats.

Toronto

is

also

a

city

filled

with

boutiques

，

restaurants

，

and

cafes

，

and

of

course

there

are

plenty

of

shopping

opportunities

in

the

Underg

round

City

，

an

11

km

（

7

mi

）

su bterranean

（地下的）

walkway

lined

with

shops

，

banks

，

medical

offices

and

theaters.

An

often

overlooked

gem

（本意是宝石、宝玉，这里指多伦多的精髓之处）

of

Toron

to

are

the

beach-fringed

Toronto

Islands.

These

eight

tree- lined

islands

-

and

more

than

a

dozen

smaller

islets

（小岛）

that

sit

in

Lake

Ontario

just

off

the

city's

down