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1、CanadaIGeography:thesecondlargestcountry(about10millionsquarekilometersintheworld,coveringabouttwo-fifthsoftheNorthAmericancontinentTreeofCanada:MapleTwomajorriverssystems:TheMackenzie(麦肯齐河)andtheSt.Laurence(圣劳伦斯河);theformeristhelongestriverinCanada,whilethelatterthemostimportanto
2、ne.MainLakes:Huron,GreatBear,Superior,Greatslave,Winnipeg,ErieandOntario,amongwhichGreatBearLakeisthelargestonesituatedentirelyinCanadaandGreatSlaveLakeisthedeepestone.TenProvincesandtwoterritories:60%ofthepopulationdistributedbetweenQuebecCityandthewestendofLakeOntarioSt.Lawrence
3、—GreatLakesProvinces(圣劳伦斯—五大湖区)Ontario—theonlyprovincebordering4GreatLakesthattouchCanada(excludingMichigan)Toronto:thelargestcityandfinancialcenterofCanada;capitalofOntarioOttawa:capitalofCanada,thefourthlargestcityofCanada,locatedintheOttawaValleyintheeasternpartoftheprovinceofO
4、ntarioQuebec:thelargestprovinceofCanada;QuebecCity:CapitaloftheProvince;Montreal:ontheSt.LawrenceRiver,thesecondlargestcityofCanada,thechiefport,thelargestgraining-shippingcityintheworld.Vancouver:BritishColumbia’slargestcityandthethirdlargestcityinCanada,animportantice-freeharbor
5、onthePacificcoastofCanada,thelargestcargoportonthePacificIIHistory:NationalDay:July1(1867)TheBritishNorthAmericaAct—establishingtheCanadianfederalstatein1867TheSeven-yearWar(1756-1763)betweentheBritishandtheFrench:EndingupwithFrance’sfailure—losingallofitscoloniestoEnglandIIIPolit
6、ics:Afederationandaself-governingmemberofthecommonwealth;Canada,likeAustralia,NewZealandandsomeotherCommonwealthcountriesrecognizesBritain’smonarch,ElizabethII,asheadofstate,whoisrepresentedinCanadabytheGovernorGeneralappointedontherecommendationofthePrimeMinisterElections—heldatl
7、easteveryfiveyearsIVEconomy:Oneofthelargestintheworld:richinnaturalresourcesWater—themostimportantnaturalresourcesgeneratingthree-quartersofthetotalelectricpower,thusplayingakeyroleinCanada’seconomy:ItswaterwayssuchastheSt.Lawrence,theGreatLakesandthegreatriversofWesternCanadahave
8、averyimportantimpactonthecountry’
