英美概況(美國篇1:地理位置)

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.Alaska and Hawaii are the two newest states in American.Alaska northwestern Canada,and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific.
    阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美國的兩個(gè)新州。阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部,夏威夷位鄰中太平洋。(本細(xì)節(jié)還有考"一句話簡答"的可能)
    2.The U.S has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometres.It is the fourth largest country in the world in size after Russia,Canada and China.
    就面積而言,美國是世界第四大國,就人口而言,美國是世界是第三大國。
    3.Of all states of American,Alaska is the lagest in area and Rhode Island the smallest.But on the mainland Texas is the largest sate of the country.
    所有州中,阿拉斯加是面積的州,羅得島最小,在美國大陸,的州是得克薩斯州。
    4.The Rockies,the backbone of the North American Continent,is also known as the Continental Divide.
    落基山脈是北美大陸的脊梁,也被成為大陸分水嶺。
    5.The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountains and the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southwest and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the northwest to southeast.
    阿巴拉契亞山脈和落基山脈是美國的兩座大山脈。(本細(xì)節(jié)有考"一句話簡答題"的可能)
    6.The Mississippi River is the largest river in American,over 6000 kilometers.The Mississippi has been called "father of waters"or "old man river"
    密西西比河是美國最長河流,有被稱作"眾水之父"或"老人河"。
    7.The Ohio river has been called the American Ruhr,As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and is well known for its steel industry.The river provides cheap water transportation for raw materials.
    俄亥俄河被稱作美國的魯爾河,就像德國一樣,沿河有豐富的高品千周的焦煤,并且因其鋼鐵而。另外,該河還為原材料提供了廉價(jià)的水路運(yùn)輸。
    8.On the Pacific side there are two great rivers:the Colorado in the south and the Columbia ,which rises in Canada.
    太平洋沿岸有兩大河:科羅拉多河及哥倫比亞河。
    9。The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.
    格蘭德河是美國和墨西哥之間的開然界河(本細(xì)節(jié)考選擇和簡答可能性大)
    10.the most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior,which is the largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Michigan ,the only entirely in the U.S.,Lake Huron,Lake Eire and Lake Ontario.They are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.
    美國最重要的湖泊是五大湖:蘇必利爾湖,密歇根湖,休倫湖,伊利湖和安大略湖,其中,蘇必利爾湖為世界淡水湖,密歇根湖完全是美國境地內(nèi)。
    11。美國氣候概述
    1) A humid continental climate(濕潤的大陸性氣候) is found in the north-eastern part of the country.
    2) In the south-eastern United States you can find a humid subtropical climate.(濕潤的亞熱帶氣候---東南部)
    3)The Pacific northwest is favored with a maritime climate海洋性氣候--太平洋西北岸)
    4)The southern part of the Pacific coast in California(加州太平洋沿岸南部) has a Mediterranean climate (地中海式氣候)with warm,dry summers and moist winters.
    12.Many factors besides latitude influence the climate in the United States.Perhaps the most important forces are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,the Gulf of Mexick ,and the Great Lakes.
    影響美國氣候的最主要的因素為:太平洋,和大西泮,墨西哥灣,五大湖。
    13.Traditionally from the east to the west the United States can be divided into seven geographical regions.美國從東到西可分為七個(gè)地理區(qū)。
    14.New English is made up of six states of the Northeast .Becaust of its stony soil it is not noted for its agriculture .Dairying is the most inportant farm activity,New English is also well-known for its position in education,Many famous universities and colleges such as Yale,Harvard,thd Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) are located here.
    新英格蘭由美國東北部六個(gè)州組成,由于土壤多石,不利于農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn),乳制品業(yè)是最重要的農(nóng)業(yè)活動(dòng),許多重點(diǎn)大學(xué)如耶魯大學(xué),哈佛大學(xué)和麻省理工學(xué)院都坐落于此。
    15。New Englanders were originally knows as Yankees,which came to stand for alll American.新英格蘭人最初曾被稱作"美國佬:這一名稱,后來漸漸指所有的美國人。(選擇)
    16。The Middle Atlantic States have about one fifth of the total population of the united states.大西洋中部各州的人口占美國總?cè)丝诘?/5。
    17.The soil is rich,the rain usually pientiful and the growing season long,These factors make the Midwest America's most important agricultural area .It is also a major manufacturing region and the nation's leading center of heavy industry.
    中西部地區(qū)是美國最重要的農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū),也是主要的制造業(yè)區(qū)各最主要的重工業(yè)區(qū)。
    18.Chicago,the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes, is the largest industral and commercial center of the area.芝加哥是五大湖最忙的港口,也是該地區(qū)的工商業(yè)中心。
    19.Detroit is known as the automobile capital of the world.Omaha is known as the agricultural capital of the United states.底特律被稱作"汽車之都,奧馬哈被稱作農(nóng)業(yè)之都。
    20.Dry farming ,irrigation farming,and the cattle and sheep herding are the main cativities of the Great Plains of the American West.
    旱地農(nóng)業(yè),灌溉農(nóng)業(yè)和牛羊牧業(yè)是美國西部大平原地區(qū)的主要活動(dòng)。
    21.Colorado has been called the steel city of the west ,Denver is the largest city of the Great Plains.科羅拉多市被稱作"西部鋼城",丹佛市是大平原地區(qū)的城市。
    22。the largest groups of Native Americans are found on the Colorado Plateau.
    美國的土著群落位于科羅拉多高原。
    23.Mmauna Loa,the world's largest volcano,is located on Haiwaii and erupts from time to time,Suger cane and pineapples anr Haiwaii's main crops.Tourism is Haiwaii's most important industry.莫納洛阿火山是世界和活火山,甘蔗和菠羅是夏威夷的兩大作物,旅游業(yè)是夏威夷最重要的產(chǎn)業(yè)。
    24。Honolulu is the capital of Haiwaii and Juneau is the capital of Alaska.
    火奴魯魯是夏威夷的首府,朱諾是阿拉斯加的首府。