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美国部分 chapter?13?geography?地理位置??? 1.Alaska?and?Hawaii?are?the?two?newest?states?in?American.Alaska?northwestern?Canada,and?Hawaii?lies?in?the?central?Pacific.? 阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美国的两个新州。阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位邻中太平洋。（本细节还有考一句话简答的可能）? 2.The?U.S?has?a?land?area?of?9.3?million?square?kilometres.It?is?the?fourth?largest?country?in?the?world?in?size?after?Russia,Canada?and?China.? 就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国，就人口而言，美国是世界是第三大国。?3.Of?all?states?of?American,Alaska?is?the?lagest?in?area?and?Rhode?Island?the?smallest.But?on?the?mainland?Texas?is?the?largest?sate?of?the?country.? 所有州中，阿拉斯加是面积最大的州，罗得岛最小，在美国大陆，最大的州是得克萨斯州。? 4.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，也被成为大陆分水岭。? 5.The?two?main?mountain?ranges?in?American?are?the?Appalachian?mountains?and?the?Rocky?mountains.?The?Appalachians?run?slightly?from?the?northeast?to?southwest?and?the?Rocky?mountains?run?slightly?from?the?northwest?to?southeast.? 阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉。（本细节有考一句话简答题的可能）? 6.The?Mississippi?River?is?the?largest?river?in?American,over?6000?kilometers.The?Mississippi?has?been?called?father?of?watersor?old?man?river? 密西西比河是美国最长河流，有被称作众水之父或老人河。? 7.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?is?well?known?for?its?steel?industry.The?river?provides?cheap?water?transportation?for?raw?materials.? 俄亥俄河被称作美国的鲁尔河，就像德国一样，沿河有丰富的高品千周的焦煤，并且因其钢铁而著名。另外，该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输。? 8.On?the?Pacific?side?there?are?two?great?rivers:the?Colorado?in?the?south?and?the?Columbia?,which?rises?in?Canada.? 太平洋沿岸有两大河：科罗拉多河及哥伦比亚河。? 9。The?Rio?Grande?River?forms?a?natural?boundary?between?Mexico?and?the?United?States.? 格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的开然界河（本细节考选择和简答可能性大）?10.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?entirely?in?the?U.S.,Lake?Huron,Lake?Eire?and?Lake?Ontario.They?are?located?between?Ca