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1、引文:America:theLandandthePeopleTheUnitedStatesisavariedland----offorests,deserts,mountains,highflatlandsandfertileplains.Almosteverykindofclimatemaybefound,butthecountryliesmostlyinthetemperatezone.IncludingthestatesofAlaskaandHawaii,theUnitedStatescoversanareaof9millions
2、quarekilometers.ThecontinentalUnitedStatesstretches4,500kilometersfromtheAtlanticOceanontheeasttothePacificOceanonthewest.ItbordersCanadaonthenorth,andreachessounthtoMexicoandtheGulfofMexico.Afastrailroadtrain,traveling96kilometersanhour,takesmorethan48hourstocrossthecou
3、ntry.美国的国土和人民 美国是一个地形多样的国家——有森林、沙漠、山脉、平坦的高地和肥沃的平原。境内有各种气候,但是美国的大部分处在温带。把阿拉斯加和夏威夷两个州加在一起,美国的总面积达9百万平方公里。美国大陆东起大西洋,西至太平洋,横跨4,500公里。北面与加拿大接壤,南面与墨西哥湾毗邻。一列时速为96公里的快速火车,横跨美国需要48小时以上。 AjetplanecrossesthecontinentalUnitedStatesfromeasttowestinaboutfivehours.Takingofffr
4、omanAtlanticcoastairport,theplaneissoonflyingoverthegentleslopesoftheAppalachianMountains.Then,forhundredsofkilometersitcrossesthefertilefieldsofthefarmbeltofthegreatMiddleWest.Tothenorth,oncleardayspassengersmayseethefiveGreatLakeslocatedbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanada.
5、ContinuingintotheWest,theplanefliesovervastprairiesandroughcattle-grazingcountry.Soonthesnow-toppedRockyMountainsappearinthedistance.Aftercrossingthesehighranges,theplanecanalmostglidedownintotherichvalleysofCaliforniaand,finally,toalandingnotfarfromthebeachesofthePacifi
6、cOcean. 喷气飞机从东到西飞越美国大陆大约要5个小时。飞机从大西洋沿岸的机场起飞,不久便飞越阿巴拉契亚山脉平缓的山坡,接着在大中西部农业地带绵延数百公里的肥沃田野的上空飞行。在晴朗的日子,乘客朝北远眺,可以看到位于美国和加拿大之间的五大湖。飞机继续往西飞行,越过辽阔的大草原和坎坷起伏的牧场。很快,远处便出现峰峦积雪的落基山脉、飞机越过这些崇山峻岭之后,几乎可以从高空向加利福尼亚富饶的谷地滑翔而下,最后在离太平洋海滩不远的机场降落。 TheUnitedStateshaslongbeenknownasa“melti
7、ngpot”,becausemanyofitspeoplearedescendedfromsettlerswhocamefromallovertheworldtomaketheirhomesinthenewland.ThefirstimmigrantsinAmericanhistorycamefromEnglandandtheNetherlands.Attractedbyreportsofgreateconomicopportunitiesandreligiousandpoliticalfreedom,immigrantsfromman
8、yothercountriesflockedtotheUnitedStatesinincreasingnumbers,reachingapeakintheyears1880-1914.Between1820