中石油2016通用英语选读课文29Geography of USA美国地理概况.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 5 29 Geography of USA 美国地理概况 1. The vast expanse辽阔地域 of the United States of America stretches延伸 from the heavily industrialized, metropolitan大都市的 Atlantic seaboard大西洋沿岸 across the rich flat平的 farms of the central plains中部平原, over the Rocky Mountains to the fertile富饶的 west coast, then halfway across the Pacific太平洋 to the balmy温暖的 island-state of Hawaii. The American scene awes使赞叹，使惊奇；敬畏 the viewer with both its variety and size. The continental大陆的 United States (not counting计算 outlying边远的 Alaska and Hawaii) measures, 4,500 kilometers from its Atlantic to Pacific coasts, 2,575 kilometers from Canada to Mexico. The entire全部的 nation (all 50 states) covers an area of 9 million square kilometers and has a population of 220 million people. 1、美利坚合众国的辽阔地域，从高度工业化、遍布大都市的大西洋沿岸，延伸至中部平原肥沃平坦的农场，越过洛矶山脉，到达富饶的西海岸，然后横跨半个太平洋到达气候温和的由群岛组成的夏威夷州。来美国观光的人无不赞叹这块土地幅员广阔、多姿多彩。美国大陆(不包括远离本土的阿拉斯加和夏威夷)从大西洋沿岸到太平洋海岸的距离为4500公里，从加拿大到墨西哥的距离为2575公里。全国50个州的总面积为900万平方公里，人口为2.2亿。 2. The sparsely稀少地 settled, far-northern state of Alaska is the largest of Americas 50 states (in many countries they would be called provinces). It is more than two and a half times the size of Sichuan province, Texas, in the southern part of the country, is second in size. Texas is half the size of Alaska. 2、人口稀少的阿拉斯加州位于美国的最北部，在全国50个州(在很多国家叫做省)中，它的面积最大，比中国四川省的两倍半还大。南部的得克萨斯州的面积是第二位，只有阿拉斯加州的一半大。 3. A land of heavy forests (311 million hectares公顷) and barren荒芜的 deserts沙漠, of high-peaked mountains (McKinley rises to 6,300 meters) and deep canyons峡谷, America also enjoys bountiful rivers and lakes. The broad宽阔的 Mississippi River system, famed in song and legend传说, meanders蜿蜒曲折的 6,400 kilometers from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico the worlds third longest river after the Nile and Amazon亚马逊河. A canal运河 in the north joins the Mississippi to the five Great Lakes-the worlds largest inland water transportation route and the biggest body of fresh water in the world. 3、除许多茂密的森林(达3.11亿公顷)、荒芜的沙漠、多高峰的山脉(麦金利山海拔6300米)和深深的峡谷