lecture+2+美国综述

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1、Lecture2GeneralFeaturesofAmericaGeographicPositionThecontinentalUSstretchesacrossNorthAmericafrom'seatoshiningsea.'ItbordersCanadatotheNorthandMexicotothesouth.Alaskajuts（突出，伸出）fromnorth-westernCanadaandHawaiilies2,500miles(4000km)offthecountry'swesterncoast,inthemiddleofthePacific.LocationSoutho

2、ftheContinentofNorthAmericaBoundedinthenorthwithCanadabytheGreatLakes;inthesouthwestwithMexicobytheRioGrande;inthesoutheastwiththeWestIndianIslandsbytheMexicanBay;totheeastwiththeAtlantic,tothewestwiththePacific.Therearealtogether50states&aspecialdistrict:WashingtonD.C.The2overseasstates:Alaska&H

3、awaii.ImportantFactsAboutUSA(1)Fullcountryname:TheUnitedStatesofAmerica(USA)Population:275,000,000Area:3,618,000sqmiles(9,370,000sqkm).The4thlargestintheworld.Capitalcity:Washington,DC(pop:607,000)People:Caucasian（高加索人，白种人）(74%),AfricanAmerican(12%),Latino(9%),Asian(3%),NativeAmerican(0.8%)Langua

4、ges:English(officiallanguage),plusmanysecondarylanguage,chieflySpanishReligion:Protestant(56%),RomanCatholic(28%),Jewish(2%),Muslim(1%)Government:Federalrepublicof50statesCaucasian:memberoftheIndo-Europeangroupofpeople.President:BushGDP:US$9trillionGDPperhead:US$25,850Annualgrowth:4.1%Inflation:2

5、.6%Majorindustries:Oil,electronics,computers,automobilemanufacturing,aerospaceindustries,agriculture.Majortradingpartners:Canada,Japan,theEUImportantFactsAboutUSA(3)Thelongestriver:MississippiRiver,thelongestintheworld.TheGreatLakes:(fromwesttoeast)LakeSuperior,苏必利尔LakeMichigan,LakeHuron['hjuərən

6、]休伦湖,LakeErie['iəri]伊利湖,&LakeOntario[ɔn'tɛəriəu]安大略湖.LakeMichiganbelongstoUSA.Theother4belongtobothUSA&Canada.ThefamousNiagaraFalls.Thethreemostfamousnationalparksare1.TheRockyMountain&YellowstoneNationalPark2.TheGreatCanyonofColoradoinArizona3.YosemiteintheSierraNevadaDifferentPartsofUSTheAtlant

7、icCoastisthemostheavilypopulatedareaandretainsstrongtracesofitsEuropeanheritage.ThisiswheretheoldestAmericancitieslikeBoston,NewYork,WashingtonDCandPhiladelphiaarelocated,andwheremostofthemajoreventsinearlyAmericanhist