- 世界城市览胜（48）Mumbai（印度尼西亚）2007-11-08 14:34:50
- An island connected by bridges to the mainland, Mumbai is the industrial hub of everything from textiles to petrochemicals, and responsible for half of India's foreign trade. But while it aspires to（
- 世界城市览胜（47）Bangkok（泰国）2007-11-08 14:34:24
- It's worth putting up with the traffic jams, pollution, annual floods and sticky weather to experience one of Asia's most exciting cities. Bangkok has dominated Thailand's urban hierarchy, as well
- 世界城市览胜（46）Tokyo（日本）2007-11-08 14:34:00
- The sheer level of energy is the most striking aspect of Japan's capital city. While it's true the city has a somewhat depressing shortcoming- shoebox housing estates and office blocks traversed by
- 世界城市览胜（45）Gwangju（韩国）2007-11-08 14:33:31
- Gwangju is Korea's fifth largest city with a population of 1.4 million, with a reputation for exquisite food thanks to the rich harvests in the mild southern part of the Korean peninsula. But the Wor
- 世界城市览胜（44）Kobe（日本）2007-11-08 14:33:07
- Kobe - home of one of the world's leading international trading ports - is a truly inviting city, noted for its beauty and thriving urban environment, superbly enhanced by the backdrop（背景）of verd
- 世界城市览胜（43）Busan（韩国）2007-11-08 14:32:32
- Busan is the largest port and fisheries city located on the southeast coast of the Korean Peninsula. With a population of four million, Korea's second largest metropolis grew into a modern port city
- 世界城市览胜（42）Sapporo（日本）2007-11-08 14:31:55
- Sapporo is not your typical Japanese big city. Located at the north of the Japanese Archipelago（群岛，列岛）, it has a pleasant climate from June to July. One of Sapporo's features lies in its disti
- 世界城市览胜（41）Kabul（阿富汗）2007-11-08 14:28:25
Kabul, city in east central Afghanistan, capital of the country and Kabul Province. Kabul is on the Kabul River, situated at an elevation of about 1800 m (about 5900 ft) making it one of the highest- 世界城市览胜（40）Seoul（韩国）2007-11-08 14:11:38
- Seoul is mega-modern and appealingly ancient city. Flattened in the Korean War, most of the city has been rebuilt since the 1950s. Peeking out from among the 12-lane freeways, overshadowed by high-ris
- 世界城市览胜（39）Singapore（新加坡）2007-11-08 14:11:18
According to Malay legend（马来传说）, a Sumatran （苏门答腊人）prince encountered a lion - considered a good omen - on Temasek, prompting him to found Singapura, or Lion City. It mattered little tha- 世界城市览胜（38）Mexico City（墨西哥）2007-11-08 14:10:59
- Founded on the ruins of the glittering Aztec capital, Tenochtitan, Mexico City today is a study in startling contrasts. The "City of Palaces" is home to staggering （令人吃惊的）wealth and u
- 世界城市览胜（37）Bermuda（北美）2007-11-08 14:10:38
- Even though a large number of people live on this small island, you should never feel crowded. There are no billboards or neon signs, and relatively few cars to spoil the rolling countryside. Most hou
- 世界城市览胜（36）Toronto（加拿大）2007-11-08 14:10:18
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 C- 世界城市览胜（35）Philadelphia（美国）2007-11-08 14:09:56
- Although it's dear to the hearts of America's flag-wavers, there's a lot more to Philly（费城）than the Liberty Bell（自由钟）and Independence Hall（独立大厅）. Yet, despite the support of patriots
- 世界城市览胜（34）Boston（美国）2007-11-08 14:09:35
- Calling this quaint and charming city the 'Athens of America' might seem a bit braggadocio（自夸）, but the city's 19th-century glory radiates through its grand architecture, its population of lite
- 世界城市览胜（33）Houston（美国）2007-11-08 14:09:12
- The fourth-largest city in the US is a sprawling metropolis of highrises（高楼大厦）, malls and parking lots（停车场）. Hot, humid and flat, Houston may not be Texas' premier destination, but it has
- 世界城市览胜（32）Atlanta（美国）2007-11-08 14:08:50
- For many, Atlanta is just the bonfire background to one of cinema's most famous clinches, but the city's profile is rising. Long known as the 'Capital of the New South', Atlanta has benefited in r
- 世界城市览胜（31）Seattle（美国）2007-11-08 14:08:30
- Ever wondered whether caffeine is a viable substitute for sunshine? If so, Seattle is your kind of town. More than any other city in the region, Seattle epitomizes（浓缩） what people know of the Paci
- 世界城市览胜（30）Detroit （美国）2007-11-08 14:08:11
- Since its 1950s heyday（全盛期）when Detroit was home to more than 2 million residents, the city has suffered some hard times. The city has been considered a national symbol of urban decay, the center
- 世界城市览胜（29）Las Vegas（美国）2007-11-08 14:07:52
- Las Vegas is in the southern part of the state of Nevada, about 50 miles east of the California border and 30 miles west of the Arizona border. The city is divided into two main parts: a compact downt
- 世界城市览胜（28）Miami（美国）2007-11-08 14:07:29
- It used to be called 'God's Waiting Room'. And even today, if you mention Miami to someone who hasn't been here or read about it lately, they might conjure up（回忆）a blurry memory of octogenaria
- 世界城市览胜（27）Cleveland（美国）2007-11-08 14:07:12
- Cleveland grabbed headlines in the 1970s as a financially strapped, rust-belt town with one of its waterways on fire. Today it boasts not only a very clean Cuyahoga River, but a stunning（令人震惊的),
- 世界城市览胜（26）Nashville（美国）2007-11-08 14:06:51
Admit it - as LA is to long-haired rockers and Chicago is to steamy blues - when you think Nashville, you've got country music on your mind. And why not? As the self-proclaimed 'Country Music Capit- 世界城市览胜（25）Phoenix（美国）2007-11-08 14:06:32
- Like the phoenix of ancient mythology, Arizona's capital city of Phoenix rose from its own ashes--in this case, the ruins of an ancient Indian village. The name Phoenix, given to the city by an early
- 世界城市览胜（24）Chicago（美国）2007-11-08 14:06:13
- You could argue that Chicago is the quintessential （典型的）American metropolis--not just the first great city carved from the young nation's western frontier （边远地区）, but an international capi
