9. What You Need to Know about Aleatraz and San Francisco

What You Need to Know about Alcatraz and San Francisco The word alcatraz means "strange bird" or pelican. The island "de los alcatraces" was named by Spanish explorer Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775. Al Capone played the banjo in the Alcatraz prison band, the Rock Islanders, which gave concerts for other inmates.

Alcatraz这个词的意思是“奇怪的鸟”或鹈鹕。 “阿尔卡特拉斯岛”是由西班牙探险家Lt。 1775年的胡安·曼努埃尔·德·阿亚拉。 Al Capone在恶魔岛监狱乐队Rock Islanders演奏班卓琴，该乐队为其他囚犯举办音乐会。

Thirty-six inmates put the "escape-proof" Alcatraz to the test. But there were no confirmed prisoner escapes from Alcatraz. Alcatraz was home to the Pacific Coast's first lighthouse, activated in 1854. In 1849, San Francisco's harbor was filled with abandoned ships. The crews had deserted the ships to head inland for the gold fields. The Golden Gate Bridge was not supposed to be red. The steel beams used to build the bridge were coated in a red-and-orange color to protect it from corrosive elements. The night before the 1906 earthquake, world-famous Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso performed in San Francisco. President Millard Fillmore made Alcatraz a military fortress in 1850.

36名囚犯对“防逃跑”的恶魔岛进行了测试。 但没有确认的囚犯从恶魔岛越狱。 恶魔岛是太平洋沿岸第一座灯塔的所在地，于1854年启用。 1849年，旧金山的港口满是废弃的船只。 船员们弃船向内陆的金矿进发。 金门大桥不应该是红色的。 用于建造桥梁的钢梁被涂上了红色和橙色，以保护它不受腐蚀元素的影响。 1906年地震前夜，世界著名的意大利歌剧演唱家恩里科·卡鲁索在旧金山演出。 1850年，米勒德·菲尔莫尔总统将阿尔卡特拉斯岛建成军事要塞。

When the Golden Gate Bridge was finished in May 1937, Chief Engineer Joseph B. Strauss wrote a poem called "The Mighty Task is Done." The cable car is a national historic monument, the only one in the world that moves! It was built in 1873 and today transports 9.7 million people around the city each year. In 1914, Makoto Hagiwara made the first fortune cookie in San Francisco. He was a Japanese immigrant and the designer of Golden Gate Park's famous Japanese Tea Garden. San Francisco has some weird laws: it is illegal to clean your rug by beating it outside, to walk an elephant down Market Street without a leash, and to wipe your windshield using your underwear.

当金门大桥于1937年5月完工时，总工程师约瑟夫? 施特劳斯写了一首诗，名叫《伟大的任务完成了》。 缆车是国家历史遗迹，是世界上唯一会动的缆车!它建于1873年，如今每年运送970万人次。 1914年，萩原诚(Makoto Hagiwara)在旧金山制作了第一块幸运饼干。 他是一名日本移民，也是金门公园著名的日本茶园的设计师。 旧金山有一些奇怪的法律:在外面敲打地毯是违法的，在市场街上遛大象不拴皮带是违法的，用内衣擦挡风玻璃是违法的。

Denim jeans were invented in San Francisco for Gold Rush miners in California. The denim was tough enough to last and protect their skin. James Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848. His discovery caused many immigrants to come into the city to seek their fortune. Irish coffee was first invented in San Francisco. And there are now more than 300 coffee shops in San Francisco.

牛仔牛仔裤是在旧金山为加利福尼亚淘金热的矿工发明的。 牛仔布很结实，经久耐用，还能保护他们的皮肤。 1848年，詹姆斯·马歇尔在萨特磨坊发现了黄金。 他的发现使许多移民来到这座城市寻求财富。 爱尔兰咖啡最早是在旧金山发明的。 现在旧金山有300多家咖啡店。