Реферат: Toronto, Ontario

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║ Московский Институт Приборостроения ║

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║ Кафедра иностранных языков ║

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║ TORONTO, ONTARIO ║

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║ группаИЭ-5-92.01 ║

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║ Афанасьев М. ║

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║ Москва <st1:metricconverter ProductID=«1994 г» w:st=«on»>1994 г</st1:metricconverter>. ║

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Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, has become Canada's best-known city. Once

saddled with a reputation stodginess, it has been reborn and

revitalizedand now stands as one of North America'sleaders at

thearts, entertainment, and business.

Toronto boats a vast multicultural mix,with large groups of

Italians, Germans, Portuguese, Ukrainians, Asians, and West

Indians,each contributing to the city's mosaic.The cosmopoli-

tianblend offers visitors fine dining froma seemingly endless

range of the cultures. Shoppers can browse through funky

boutiques on Queen Street West, admire the best of designer

fashionsin the renovated district of Yorkville,or visit Eaton

Centre, a four-level $25-million retail complex. For people-

watching and plenty of culinary delights, there's Kensington

Market, which features fresh produce, fish, and plenty of

friendly conversation. The city was designed and, since,

renovatedto make the most of its settings on thestore of Lake

Ontario.The best view is from the CN Tower, a 553-metre spire

that isconsidered the world's tallest free-standing structure.

Nearby is Harbourfron, a lakeside shopping, dinning and

entertainmentarea whose restored warehouse is a centre for flea

markets,art studios, and crafts shops. Much of the appeal of

Torontolies in its sence of history, which dates back to 1749

whenFrench fur traders from Quebec established a ford on the

site. The residents have worked to ensure the survival and

revitalizationof such areas as St. Lawrence Market (the place to

be ona Saturday when the farmers bring in their wares) and a

boomingChinatown, chock-full of restaurants and grocery stores.

Toronto is a cultural bastion, with theultra-modern O'Keefe

Centre, which is home to the Canadian Opera Company and the

NationalBallet of Canada; the Art Gallry ofOntario, with more

than15,000 works - from Old Masters to contemporary art — in

itspermanent collection; and the RoyalOntario Museum with its

vastarray of art and artifacts from cultures the world over.

businessand finance from another important element of the city,

andToronto's skyline is dominated by the high-rise towers of

financialinstitutions. Among the most notable is the Royal Bank

Tower,with its distinctive gold-embedded windowpanels.

CN Tower

At 553.33 meters the CN Tower is considered the world's

tallestfree-standing structure. Construction took 40 months,

cost $57million, employed 1,573 workers, and was completed in

June 1976. A slender column resembling a giant needle, it

weight132,080 metric tons — the equivalent of roughly 23,214

largeelephants.

Visitors can step inside one of four glass-faced elevators

and be whisked to the Skypod Observation level in under a

minute. In all, there are three observation decks, at 342,

346, and 447 meters aboveground, the world's highest

public observation galery. Each of these offers panoramic

views ofgreater Toronto, Toroto Islands, and, ona clear day,

NiagaraFalls and Buffalo, New york. Spectacular views are

also to be had from Top Of Toronto, a restaurant at the

350-metre level that makes a fullrevolution once every 72

minutes,and Sparkles, a nightclub at the 346-metre level.

Thosewho prefer to dine on the ground level can enjoy a

snack in the family-style restaurant.The tower is a stroll

awayfrom the lakefront and a walking tour of Harbourfront

parksand marinas.

As any famous structure might, the CN Tower has inspired

legionsof would-be record setters. It has the longest metal

staircasein the world (2,570 steps), which is made available to

thepublic each year for a charity stair climb.Stuntman Dar

Robinsonhas jumped from the top of the towertwice — once with

aparachute for the filming of the movie HIGHPOINT (1979) and

onceusing a wire cable for the TV show«That's Incredible.» On

the tower's tenth anniversary, «Spider Man» Goodwin completed

twofree-style climbs outside the glass elevator-shaft window.

SkyDome

SkyDome is the world's greatestentertainment center. It's

a hometo the Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Argonauts as well as

hostto wide variety of other sporting spectaculars, concerts,

familyshows and consumeers shows.

Just how big is Toronto,s SkyDome? Well, you could put

eight Boeing 747s on the playing field. Or all of Eaton

Centre.Or a 32-home subdivision. Or the Roman Colosseum.

Even with the retractable roof closed, a31-stoerey buildings

couldfit inside the structure.

The $500-million buildings opened on June 3, 1989, after

32months of construction. On that day, inclement weather

forcedthe developers to prove that the multi-panelled roof

could beclosed in just 20 minutes. The roof runs on a series

of steel track and bogies, weighs 11,000 tons - the

equivalent,roughly, of 3,734 automobiles — andis made up of

steeltresses covered by corrugated steel cladding.

The eight-acre stadium offers sports fans five levels

ofseating and the world's largest video replay screen.More

than50,000 people at a time can watch afootball or a baseball

game,and there,s also a 350-room hotel built into the north

endof facilty, with 70 rooms offering a view of the playing

field.

But the building is much more than a place to wach sporting

eventsunder an open roof. There are 23 fast-food stands, 48

beverage outlets, a 430-seat restaurant for quick-service

dining,a 300-foot-long bar overlooking the field, the largest

McDonald'sin North America, the Hard Rock Cafe,and a 120-seat

movietheatre where tours of the building begin. The CN Tower is

a strollaway from the stadium.

RoyalOntario Museum

Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, knows affectionately as the

ROM,is Canada's Lagest Public Museum, made even grander by a

recent $55 million renovation and expansion project, covering

thepermanent galleries. Founded in 1912 and opened two years

later,the ROM today attracts more than one million visitos a

year.Amoung its impressive holdings, which number more than six

millionobjects and speciments, are a Romangalery, housing the

country'smost extensive collection of antiquities; the famous

Dinosaur galery, with a mastadon, stegosaurus, and other

prehistoric creatures «at home» in jungle settings; a world-

class textile collection, with colorfol walhangings, peiod

costumes,and richly patterned fabrics on displaythoughout the

museum; and the renowned Chinese colection, with 800 pieces

displayed in traditional room settings and special gallery

areas. Of particular note are the giant stone camels and

guardianfigures of the Ming Tomb, the onlyChinese tomb in the

Westernworld. There are also galleries devotedto artifacts of

Ontarioand Canadiana.

Next door is the McLaughlin Planetariumwhere the Theatre of

theStars uses 85 slideand video projectors to create planets,

exploding stars, and other galactic phenomena. The Sigmund

SamuelBuilding, a fiew blocks south of the main ROM building,

focuses on Canada's rich cultural heritage with displays of

antique toys, coocking utensils, oil paintings, pottery and

sculpture.The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramc Art, directly

acrossfrom the main ROM building, is the only museum specia-

lizingin ceramic in North America.

NiagaraFalls

Every year more than 12 million people flock to Ontario to

see thebreathtacking natural phenomenon knows as Niagara Falls.

Manyare honeymooners, although no one is quite sure how that

traditiongot started. They come to see the combined cascading

power ofthe 54-metre Canadian Falls — knows asHorseshoe Falls

— and the American Falls, which soars to <st1:metricconverter ProductID=«56 metres» w:st=«on»>56 metres</st1:metricconverter>. Together,

thesethundering cataracts rush over the brink at the rate of

39.1million Imperial gallons of water per minute.

Statistic don't do justice to the majesty, the danger, or

theromance of the Falls. They have to be seen in person, and

thereare a variety of ways to view thespectacle once your get

there: four Maid-of-Mist boats enter the Horseshoe Basin and

passdirectly in front of cataracts; the Niagara Spanish Aerocar

spansmightly whirlpool where the river takesa 90-degree turn;

theGreat Gorge Adventure provides a close view of the waters

fromhalf a continent plunging through thegorge at the river's

narrowest point; and three Table Rock Scenic Tunnels allow

visitors to walk behind the Falls. To view the sights from

above,opt for a 10-minute helicopter ride, rise to the top of

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andMarine Aquarium.

If the real thing isn't enough, there's always IMAX

Theatre'sNiagara: Miracles, Myths and Magic, shown on a six-

storeyscreen in the village of Niagara Falls. While you're in

town, you might consider stopping in at any of a number of

places designed to entertain, including the Ripley's Belive It

Or NotMuseum, the Elvis Presley Museum,Louis Tusaud's Museum,

or the Daredevils Exhibit.

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