英语介绍美国.ppt

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1、1it7n0U41e0hT2----ragdE闫朝章Multi-culturalSocietyØTheUnitedStatesisanationofmanyethnicgroups,makingita“meltingpot”,meaningimmigrantsfromdifferentnationsallovertheworldhavecombinedtomakeonenation,theAmerican.ØTheyspeakalmostthesamekindofEnglishwithfarlessclassorregionalvariet

2、ythaninBritain.ØTheyhavesimilarhabitsandmannerencrsuoieosciteCRyrlahjorpa1a234tua5rgMteoaNemleGlipCoeP1GeographyTheMainRegions，SizeandLocation•TheU.S.hasalandareaof9.3million•InthecentralpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskasquarekilometers.ItisthefourthlargestandHawaii);country

3、intheworldinsizeafterRussia,•CanadaonthenorthCanadaandChina.•MexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouth•ThenationalcapitalisWashington,D.C.,•AtlanticOceanontheeastlocatedalongthebanksofthePotomac•PacificOceanonthewestRiverbetweenthestatesofMarylandand•totalarea—9,5millionsquarekil

4、ometers;Virginia.•50statesandthefederaldistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernment.2MajorCitiesMajorCitiesWhentalkingaboutAmerica,isthereanycitythatyouarefamiliarwith?Andwhy?Tips:NewYork—commercialandfinancialcenteroftheUnitedStatesWashingtonD.C.—seatofthefederalgover

5、nmentLosAngles—secondlargestcityChicago—thewindycitySeattle;Philadelphia;SanFrancisco;etc.NewYorkvSituatedonthreeislands—ManhattanIsland,LongIslandandStatenIslandatthemouthofHudsonRiver.vFiveboroughs—Manhattan,Brooklyn,Bronx布朗克斯区,Richmond里士满andQueens.vtheheadquarteroftheUn

6、itedNationsvThestatueoflibertyisahugesculpturelocatedonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor.ThismonumentwasagifttotheUSAfromthepeopleofFranceinrecognitionoftheFrench-AmericanallianceduringtheAmericanRevolution.vTheformalnameofthestatueis"LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld".Itpicturesawom

7、anwhohasescapingthechainsoftyranny(thebrokenchainslieatherfeet).Liberty'srighthandholdsatorchthatisasymbolofliberty.LibertywasdesignedbytheFrenchsculptorFredericAugusteBartholdi.Thestatuewasre-assembledintheUSAandwascompletedonOctober28,1886.ThesevenraysofLiberty'scrownsym

8、bolizethesevenseasandsevencontinentsoftheworld.Libertyholdsatabletinherlefthandthatreads"