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USA Geography（地理） The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and one federal district. The country is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere: its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south; the state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent with Canada to its east, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. The United States also possesses fourteen territories, or insular areas, that are scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 300 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and population. The United States is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. Its national economy is the largest in the world, with a nominal 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) of more than US$13 trillion. 翻译：美国是一个由五十个州和一个联邦区的联邦宪法共和国。该国几乎完全坐落在西半球：四十八个个州和首都华盛顿特区，位于太平洋和大西洋之间的地区，北美中部，由加拿大接壤，北部和墨西哥南部;阿拉斯加州到它的东部与加拿大大陆西北部，夏威夷州在太平洋中部。美国还拥有14个地区，或岛屿地区，加勒比和太平洋周围散落。 美国在379万平方英里（9.83万平方公里），拥有超过300万人口，是第三或第四大国的总面积，三分之一土地面积和人口最大的。美国之一是世界上种族最为多样化的国家，在大规模的移民来自许多国家的产品。[6]本国经济是世界上最大的，与2006年的名义总值的国内产品超过总值（GDP） 13万亿美元。 Culture（文化） The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals value, the pursue of democracy and freedom, the promotion of development and competition and the need of realistic and practicality. Its core is individualism: self first, personal need first, pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment, emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design. This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons, it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wi