用英语来介绍白宫

为二百年，白宫经受了作为一个象征的总统，美国政府和美国人民。它的历史，和历史的国家的首都，开始时，总统乔治华盛顿签署了一项国会法案，在1790年12月宣布联邦政府将居住在一区“不超过一十零英里广场…对波托马克河” 。总统华盛顿，再加上城市规划皮埃尔儿童，选择该网站为新的居住地，这是现在1600宾夕法尼亚大道。作为准备开始为新的联邦城市，竞争举行找到的建设者“总统的家” 。 9提案提出的，和爱尔兰出生的建筑师詹姆斯hoban赢得了金牌，他的实际和英俊的设计。

施工开始时，首先的基石，奠定了在10月的1792年。虽然总统华盛顿主持建设的内务，他从来没有住在这。但直到1800年，当白宫正在接近完成，其第一居民，前总统约翰亚当斯和他的妻子，阿比盖尔，迁入自那时起，每个总统作出了自己的修改和补充。白宫是，毕竟，总统的私人住宅。它也是唯一的私人住宅的国家元首，就是向公众开放，费用全免。

白宫具有独特和迷人的历史。它存活火警在手中，英国在1814年（在战争期间的1812年）和另一个的火灾中区政府合署西座在1929年，而赫伯特胡佛总统。大部分杜鲁门奇摩院长会议，内部内务，除三楼，是完全烧毁和翻新，而trumans住在布莱尔家，整个宾夕法尼亚大道。然而，外部石墙，是那些首次提出在地方时，白宫正在兴建的两个世纪前。

总统可以表达他们的个人风格，在他们如何装饰部分内务和在他们如何接受公众他们在港期间。托马斯杰弗逊举行了第一次就职开放众议院在1805年。许多人谁出席了宣誓就职仪式在美国国会只是其次是他回家，他在那里迎接他们在蓝室。总统杰弗逊还开通了房子，供市民参观，并已保持开放，除在战时，自从。此外，他欢迎游客，每年接待元旦日及对7月4日。在1829年， horde的20000就职来电被迫总统安德鲁杰克逊逃往安全的一间酒店的同时，对草坪上，身边充满washtubs与橙汁和威士忌，以吸引暴徒走出泥泞履带白宫。

之后，美国总统林肯的总统，就职的人群，成为迄今为止过大，为白宫，以容纳他们的舒适。然而，并不是直到Grover的骑士队的第一任主席这样做不安全的实践改变。他举行了总统检讨部队从国旗披上看台建在白宫前面。这游行演变成正式就职游行我们今天知道。接待元旦日和7月4日继续举行，直到1930年代初。

克林顿总统的公开众议院对1993年1月21日再度历代白宫就职的传统。 2000公民，选定的**，迎接在外交接待室，由总统和夫人克林顿和副总统戈尔和夫人。

For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people. Its history, and the history of the nation’s capital, began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in a district "not exceeding ten miles square…on the river Potomac." President Washington, together with city planner Pierre L’Enfant, chose the site for the new residence, which is now 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. As preparations began for the new federal city, a competition was held to find a builder of the "President’s House." Nine proposals were submitted, and Irish-born architect James Hoban won a gold medal for his practical and handsome design.

Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it. It was not until 1800, when the White House was nearly completed, that its first residents, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved in. Since that time, each President has made his own changes and additions. The White House is, after all, the President’s private home. It is also the only private residence of a head of state that is open to the public, free of charge.

The White House has a unique and fascinating history. It survived a fire at the hands of the British in 1814 (during the war of 1812) and another fire in the West Wing in 1929, while Herbert Hoover was President. Throughout much of Harry S. Truman’s presidency, the interior of the house, with the exception of the third floor, was completely gutted and renovated while the Trumans lived at Blair House, right across Pennsylvania Avenue. Nonetheless, the exterior stone walls are those first put in place when the White House was constructed two centuries ago.

Presidents can express their individual style in how they decorate some parts of the house and in how they receive the public during their stay. Thomas Jefferson held the first Inaugural open house in 1805. Many of those who attended the swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol simply followed him home, where he greeted them in the Blue Room. President Jefferson also opened the house for public tours, and it has remained open, except during wartime, ever since. In addition, he welcomed visitors to annual receptions on New Year’s Day and on the Fourth of July. In 1829, a horde of 20,000 Inaugural callers forced President Andrew Jackson to flee to the safety of a hotel while, on the lawn, aides filled washtubs with orange juice and whiskey to lure the mob out of the mud-tracked White House.

After Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, Inaugural crowds became far too large for the White House to accommodate them comfortably. However, not until Grover Cleveland’s first presidency did this unsafe practice change. He held a presidential review of the troops from a flag-draped grandstand built in front of the White House. This procession evolved into the official Inaugural parade we know today. Receptions on New Year’s Day and the Fourth of July continued to be held until the early 1930s.

President Clinton’s open house on January 21, 1993 renewed a venerable White House Inaugural tradition. Two thousand citizens, selected by lottery, were greeted in the Diplomatic Reception Room by President and Mrs. Clinton and Vice President and Mrs. Gore.