英语介绍美国 新 参赛课件.pptx

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1、优质参赛课件主讲：****Multi-culturalSocietyTheUnitedStatesisanationofmanyethnicgroups,makingita“meltingpot”,meaningimmigrantsfromdifferentnationsallovertheworldhavecombinedtomakeonenation,theAmerican.TheyspeakalmostthesamekindofEnglishwithfarlessclassorregionalvarietythaninBritain.Theyhavesimilarhabitsa

2、ndmanner1234GeographyMajorCitiesClimateNaturalResourcescontents5PeopleGeography1TheMainRegions，SizeandLocationTheU.S.hasalandareaof9.3millionsquarekilometers.ItisthefourthlargestcountryintheworldinsizeafterRussia,CanadaandChina.ThenationalcapitalisWashington,D.C.,locatedalongthebanksofthePotoma

3、cRiverbetweenthestatesofMarylandandVirginia.InthecentralpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHawaii);CanadaonthenorthMexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouthAtlanticOceanontheeastPacificOceanonthewesttotalarea—9,5millionsquarekilometers;50statesandthefederaldistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernme

4、nt.MajorCities2WhentalkingaboutAmerica,isthereanycitythatyouarefamiliarwith?Andwhy?Tips:NewYork—commercialandfinancialcenteroftheUnitedStatesWashingtonD.C.—seatofthefederalgovernmentLosAngles—secondlargestcityChicago—thewindycitySeattle;Philadelphia;SanFrancisco;etc.MajorCitiesNewYorkSituatedon

5、threeislands—ManhattanIsland,LongIslandandStatenIslandatthemouthofHudsonRiver.Fiveboroughs—Manhattan,Brooklyn,Bronx布朗克斯区,Richmond里士满andQueens.theheadquarteroftheUnitedNationsThestatueoflibertyisahugesculpturelocatedonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor.ThismonumentwasagifttotheUSAfromthepeopleofFrance

6、inrecognitionoftheFrench-AmericanallianceduringtheAmericanRevolution.Theformalnameofthestatueis"LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld".Itpicturesawomanwhohasescapingthechainsoftyranny(thebrokenchainslieatherfeet).Liberty'srighthandholdsatorchthatisasymbolofliberty.LibertywasdesignedbytheFrenchsculptorFre

7、dericAugusteBartholdi.Thestatuewasre-assembledintheUSAandwascompletedonOctober28,1886.ThesevenraysofLiberty'scrownsymbolizethesevenseasandsevencontinentsoftheworld.Libertyholdsatabletinherlefthandthatreads"July4,1776"(inRomannumer