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1、Chapter13geography地理位置I.Locationandsize1.ThefullnameoftheUnitedStatesistheUnitedStatesofAmerica.ThecontinentalUnitedStatesliesincentralNorthAmericawithCanadatoitsnorth,MexicoandtheGulfofMexicotoitssouth,theAtlanticOceantoitseastandthePacificOceantoitswest.AlaskaandHaw
2、aiiarethetwoneweststatesinAmerica.AlaskabordersonnorthwesternCanadaandHawaiiliesinthecentralPacific.阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美国的两个新州。阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部,夏威夷位邻中太平洋。 2.TheU.Shasalandareaof9.3millionsquarekilometers.ItisthefourthlargestcountryintheworldinsizeafterRussia,CanadaandChina.就面积
3、而言,美国是世界第四大国,就人口而言,美国是世界是第三大国。3.OfallstatesofAmerican,AlaskaisthelargestinareaandRhodeIslandthesmallest.ButonthemainlandTexasisthelargestsateofthecountry.所有州中,阿拉斯加是面积最大的州,罗得岛最小,在美国大陆,最大的州是得克萨斯州。II.Topography1.Mountains(1)ThetwomainmountainrangesinAmericanaretheAppalac
4、hianmountainsandtheRockymountains.TheAppalachiansrunslightlyfromthenortheasttosouthwestandtheRockymountainsrunslightlyfromthenorthwesttosoutheast.阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉。(本细节有考“一句话简答题”的可能)(2)TheAppalachiansarelowerthantheRockiesbecausetheyareolder.TheRockyMountains43are
5、younger,sotheyarehigher.(3)TheRockies,thebackboneoftheNorthAmericanContinent,isalsoknownastheContinentalDivide.落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁,也叫大陆分水岭。2.RiversandlakesRivers(1)TheMississippiRiveristhelargestriverinAmerican,over6000kilometers.TheMississippihasbeencalled"fatherofwaters”or
6、"OldManRiver"密西西比河是美国最长河流,有被称作“众水之父”或“老人河”。(2)MissouririveristhechiefheadstreamoftheMississippiRiver密苏里河是密西西比河的主要源头。(3)TheOhioRiverhasbeencalledtheAmericanRuhr.AsinGermany,theareaalongtheriverisrichinvaluabledepositsofhigh-gradecokingcoalandiswellknownforitssteelindus
7、try.Theriverprovidescheapwatertransportationforrawmaterials. 俄亥俄河被称作美国的鲁尔河,就像德国一样,沿河有丰富的高品千周的焦煤,并且因其钢铁而著名。另外,该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输。(4)OnthePacificsidetherearetwogreatrivers:theColoradointhesouthandtheColumbia,whichrisesinCanada. 太平洋沿岸有两大河:科罗拉多河及哥伦比亚河。(5)TheRioGrandeRiver
8、formsanaturalboundarybetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStates.格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的开然界河(6)ThemostimportantlakesintheUnitedStatesaretheGreatL
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