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1、WhyAmerica?1.美国在当今世界有极大的影响力，美国文化影响全球、影响中国。2.美国社会制度与文化价值很有特点，有的地方是值得我们学习的，有的地方必须批判。第一讲美国地理与历史概况美国的地理特征:得天独厚，但又充满挑战（一）优势1、位置分离主义者（Separatists）的隐居之地，犹如世外桃源。世界主义者（Cosmopolitans）的世界通衢。2、气候适宜；3、幅员广阔；4、资源丰富(二)劣势1、新格兰（NewEngland）：（1）Storm；（2）Stonysoil2、南方（VirginiaandtheCarolinas）：“dismalswamps”3
2、、内地（TheInterior）4、大平原与太平洋沿岸（TheGreatPlainsandthePacificBasins）（1）干旱（drought）(2)Earthquake.TheNorthridgeearthquakeoccurredonJanuary17,1994at4:31AMPacificStandardTimeinReseda,aneighborhoodinthecityofLosAngeles,California.Theearthquakehada"strong"momentmagnitudeof6.7,butthegroundacceleratio
3、nwasthehighesteverinstrumentallyrecordedinanurbanareainNorthAmerica.Seventy-twopeoplediedasaresultoftheearthquakewithmorethan12,000injured.Inaddition,theearthquakecausedanestimated$12.5billionindamage,makingitoneofthecostliestnaturaldisastersinU.S.history.(3)洪水（Flooding）(4)森林大火（Wildfires
4、）TheYellowstonefiresof1988togetherformedthelargestwildfireintherecordedhistoryofYellowstoneNationalPark,UnitedStates.Startingasmanysmallerindividualfires,theflamesspreadquicklyoutofcontrolwithincreasingwindsanddroughtandcombinedintoonelargeconflagration,whichburnedforseveralmonths.Thefir
5、esalmostdestroyedtwomajorvisitordestinationsand,onSeptember8,1988,theentireparkwasclosedtoallnonemergencypersonnelforthefirsttimeinitshistory.Onlythearrivalofcoolandmoistweatherinthelatefallbroughtthefirestoanend.Atotalof793,880acres(3,213km2),orroughly36percentoftheparkwasaffectedbythew
6、ildfires.（二）五大地区1.TheIndustrializedNortheastandNorth-CentralRegion(1)ScopeAsdefinedbytheU.S.CensusBureau,itcoversninestates:Maine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,Connecticut,NewYork,NewJersey,andPennsylvania.TheNortheastistherichestregionoftheUnitedStates,includingfourstat
7、eswiththehighestmedianhouseholdincome:Maryland(1st),NewJersey(2nd),Connecticut(3rd),andMassachusetts(5th)Thenation'spermanentmanufacturingbelt;alargeconsumermarket.Denseurbanpopulation;admixtureofraces;goodskills2.TheSouth(1)Ageographicandculturalconcept:theAtlanticandGul
