专八人文知识精讲(14)：美国地理

1.Alaska and Hawaii are the two newest states in America. Alaska northwestern Canada, and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific.
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，夏威夷位于太平洋中部。

2.The U.S has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometres. It is the fourth largest country in the world in size after Russia,Canada and China.
就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国，国土面积为930万平方公里。

3.Of all states of American, Alaska is the lagest in area and Rhode Island the smallest. But on the mainland Texas is the largest sate of the country.
所有州中，阿拉斯加是面积最大的州，罗得岛最小，在美国本土，最大的州是得克萨斯州。

4.The Rockies, the backbone of the North American Continent, is also known as the Continental Divide.
落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭。

5.The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountainsand the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southwest and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the northwest to southeast.
阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉。阿巴拉契亚山脉的走向是从东北到西南，落基山脉则是从西北到东南。

6.The Mississippi River is the largest river in America, over 6000 kilometers.The Mississippi has been called "father of waters"or "old man river".
密西西比河是美国最长河流，长度超过6000公里。被称作"众水之父"或"老人河"。

7.The Ohio river has been called the American Ruhr, As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and is wellknown for its steel industry.The river provides cheap water transportation for rawmaterials.
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。

8.On the Pacific side there are two great rivers: the Colorado in the south and the Columbia, which rises in Canada.
太平洋沿岸有两大河：南部的科罗拉多河，以及发源于加拿大的哥伦比亚河。

9.The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.
格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的天然界河。

most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior, which is the largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Michigan, the only entirely in the U.S., Lake Huron, Lake Eire and Lake Ontario.They are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.
美国最重要的湖泊是五大湖：苏必利尔湖（世界上最大的淡水湖），密歇根湖（五大湖中唯一完全位于美国境内的），休伦湖，伊利湖和安大略湖。除了密歇根湖，其他四大湖都位于美国和加拿大的国境线上。