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1、Lecture1GeneralFeaturesofAmericaTheNationalFlagThenumberofthestarsandstripesThemeaningsofthestarsandstripesTheTerritoryoftheU.S.国土辽阔：大国的基础美国华人最多的两个城市美国本土阿拉斯加州夏威夷州太平洋大西洋墨西哥湾墨西哥加拿大落基山脉大平原阿巴拉契亚山脉五大湖密西西比河美国的领土东北部地区：美国资本主义发展最早的地区。全国的钢铁、机械、汽车、化学工业大部分分布在这里。南部地区：新兴的石油、飞
2、机、宇航、电子等工业产区。西部地区：宇航、电子、飞机制造等工业发展较快。旧金山附近的“硅谷”是新兴电子工业的中心。超音速队活塞队火箭队climateDiscussionWhichcountrytakesmoreadvantagesingeography,USorChina?ThePopulationoftheU.S.313,232,044(July2011est.)Ethnicgroups:white79.96%,black12.85%,Asian4.43%,AmerindianandAlaskanative0.97%
3、,Hispanic15.1%ImmigrantsTheleadingcountriesoforiginofimmigrantstotheUnitedStateswereMexico,India,PhilippinesandChina.Debate---illegalimmigrantsinUSReligionProtestant51.3%,RomanCatholic23.9%,Jewish1.7%,Muslim0.6%,LanguagesEnglish82.1%,Spanish10.7%,otherIndo-Europ
4、ean3.8%,Pacificisland2.7%,other0.7%WashingtonD.C.ThecapitaloftheU.S.WashingtonMonumentJeffersonMemorialLincolnMemorialTheWhiteHouseTheCapitolLibraryofCongressBoston—theStateofMassachusettsItistheearliestcityestablishedintheUnitedStates.Ithasmanyfamousuniversitie
5、s,suchasHarvardUniversity,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandUniversityofBoston.ItisfullofEuropeanatmosphere.NewYork(theBigApple)—theStateofNewYorkThelargestcityinboththeU.S.andtheworldSkyscrapersEmpireStateBuildingTheUnitedNationsHeadquartersChinatownWallStre
6、etGreenwichVillageCentralParkPhiladelphia—theStateofPennsylvaniaThefourthlargestcityintheU.S.IndependenceHallBetsyRossHousePennsylvaniaAcademyoftheFineArtsFranklinInstituteChicago—theStateofIllinoisThesecondlargestcityintheU.S.Ithasanickname—“TheSupermarketofAme
7、rica”SearsTowerLincolnParkHouston—theStateofTexasThefifthlargestcityintheU.S.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationMannedSpacecraftmanyfamouscorporationsaroundthecity,GeneralElectric(GE)andInternationalBusinessMachines(IBM).SanFrancisco—theStateofCaliforniaIn
8、theearlydaysitwastheplacewhereChinesepeopleconcentrated.GoldenGateBridgeThelargestChinatownoutsideofAsiaLosAngeles(theBigOrange)—theStateofCaliforniaThethirdlargestci
