英语翻译Washington,the capital of the U.S.A.is in the District o

英语翻译
Washington,the capital of the U.S.A.is in the District of Columbia,not as you might expect,in the state of Washington.Washington state is thousands of miles away on the northwest coast.There are also several other towns called Washington in the United States.
Washington D.C lies between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River.It’s about 220 miles south of New York City.The pleasantest and easiest way to get there is by long distance bus,or by the fast train which costs a little more than the bus journey but a little less than flying.It would travel far more than 220 miles to see Washington.It’s not a city that has grown up accidentally as most big cities have done.It was carefully planned as the nation’s capital by a Frenchman,Pierre L’Enfant.The city was named after George Washington,the first President of the United States.In 1791 he himself arranged to buy the land on which it stands.