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美国社会与文化Part I Geography1. The two newest states?Alaska and Hawaii?are separated from the continental United States: Alaska borders on northwestern Canada, and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific.?阿拉斯加与加拿大西北部接壤，夏威夷则位于太平洋中部。2. Of all the states of America,?Alaska?is the largest in area and?Rhode Island?the smallest. But on the mainland?Texas?is the largest state of the country.阿拉斯加是美国面积最大的州，罗得岛州最小。而在美国大陆，最大的州是德克萨斯州。3.?The Rockies, the backbone of the North American continent, is also known as the?Continental Divide.落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被称为大陆分水岭。4. The two main mountain ranges in America are?the Appalachian Mountains?and?the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly?from northeast to southwest?and the Rocky Mountains run slightly?from northwest to southeast.阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座达山脉。阿巴拉契亚山脉略呈东北至西南走向，而落基山脉略呈西北至东南走向。5.?The Mississippi River?is the largest river in America. Plus its main branch the Missouri, it is?over 6,000 kilometers. The Mississippi has been called?“father of waters” or “old man river”.密西西比河是美国最长的河，又被称作“众水之父”或“老人河”。6.?The Ohio River?has been called?the American Ruhr. As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and it is well-known for its steel industry. The river provides cheap water transportation for raw materials.俄亥俄河北称作美国的鲁尔和。就像德国的鲁尔区一样，沿河有丰富的高品质焦炭煤矿藏，该地区的钢铁工业也很有名。另外，该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输。7. On the Pacific side there are two great rivers:?the Colorado in the south and the Columbia, which rises in Canada.美国太平洋沿岸有两大河：科罗拉多河及哥伦比亚河。8.?The Rio Grande River?forms a natural boundary between?Mexico?and?the United Sates.里奥格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的天然界河。9. the most important lakes in the United States are?the Great Lakes. They?are Lake Superior, which is the?largest fresh water lake in the world,?Lake Michigan, the only one entirely in the US,?Lake Huron, Lake Eire and Lake Ontario. They are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.美国最重要的湖泊是五大湖：苏必利尔湖，密歇根湖，休伦湖，伊利湖，安大略湖。除密歇根湖外均位于