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　39. Geography of USA. 美国地理概况、 　　1. The vast expanse[n.广阔的区域] of the United States of America stretches[v.延伸] from the heavily industrialized[工业化的], metropolitan[a.大城市的] Atlantic[大西洋的] seaboard[n.海岸] across the rich flat[adj.平坦的] farms of the central plains[平原], over the Rocky Mountains[洛基山脉] to the fertile[a.肥沃的] west coast[n.海岸], then halfway[adj.中间的] across the Pacific[n.太平洋] to the balmy[adj.温和的] island-state of Hawaii[n.夏威夷]. The American scene[n.景色] awes[敬畏] the viewer with both its variety[n.多样化] and size. The continental[a.大陆(性)的] United States (not counting outlying[adj.边远的] Alaska[n.阿拉斯加] and Hawaii) measures[测量], 4,500 kilometers from its Atlantic to Pacific coasts[海岸], 2,575 kilometers from Canada to Mexico[n.墨西哥]. 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。 分析：expand:v.扩大； expend:v.花费； 单词：expanse＝宽阔的区域；stretch＝延伸； industrialize＝工业化；metropolitan＝大都市的seaboard＝海岸；flat＝平的； plain＝平原； fertile＝肥沃的； balmy＝温和的； awe＝使敬畏； variety＝多样化； continental＝大陆的； outlying＝边远的； measure＝测量； entire＝全部的； population＝人口2. The sparsely[稀少的;稀疏的] settled[定居], far-northern state of Alaska[n.阿拉斯加] 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[n.德克萨斯州], in the southern part of the country, is second in size. Texas is half the size of Alaska[n.阿拉斯加]. 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占第二位，只有阿拉斯加州的一半大。 单词：sparsely=稀少的；settle＝定居； 3. A land of heavy forests (311 million hectares[公顷]) and barren[a.贫瘠的;] deserts, of high-peaked mountains (McKinley[麦金莱山] rises to 6,300 meters) and deep canyons[n.峡谷], America also enjoys bountiful[a.丰富的] rivers and lakes