从《美国的国土和人民》中看英汉之间的对比.docVIP

引文： America: the Land and the People The United States is a varied land---- of forests, deserts, mountains, high flat lands and fertile plains. Almost every kind of climate may be found, but the country lies mostly in the temperate zone. Including the states of Alaska and Hawaii, the United States covers an area of 9 million square kilometers. The continental United States stretches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west. It borders Canada on the north, and reaches sounth to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. A fast railroad train, traveling 96 kilometers an hour, takes more than 48 hours to cross the country. 美国的国土和人民 ? ?? ???美国是一个地形多样的国家——有森林、沙漠、山脉、平坦的高地和肥沃的平原。境内有各种气候，但是美国的大部分处在温带。把阿拉斯加和夏威夷两个州加在一起，美国的总面积达9百万平方公里。美国大陆东起大西洋，西至太平洋，横跨4，500公里。北面与加拿大接壤，南面与墨西哥湾毗邻。一列时速为96公里的快速火车，横跨美国需要48小时以上。? ?? ???A jet plane crosses the continental United States from east to west in about five hours. Taking off from an Atlantic coast airport, the plane is soon flying over the gentle slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. Then, for hundreds of kilometers it crosses the fertile fields of the farm belt of the great Middle West. To the north, on clear days passengers may see the five Great Lakes located between the United States and Canada. Continuing into the West, the plane flies over vast prairies and rough cattle-grazing country. Soon the snow-topped Rocky Mountains appear in the distance. After crossing these high ranges, the plane can almost glide down into the rich valleys of California and, finally, to a landing not far from the beaches of the Pacific Ocean.? ?? ???喷气飞机从东到西飞越美国大陆大约要5个小时。飞机从大西洋沿岸的机场起飞，不久便飞越阿巴拉契亚山脉平缓的山坡，接着在大中西部农业地带绵延数百公里的肥沃田野的上空飞行。在晴朗的日子，乘客朝北远眺，可以看到位于美国和加拿大之间的五大湖。飞机继续往西飞行，越过辽阔的大草原和坎坷起伏的牧场。很快，远处便出现峰峦积雪的落基山脉、飞机越过这些崇山峻岭之后，几乎可以从高空向加利福尼亚富饶的谷地滑翔而下，最后在离太平洋海滩不远的机场降落。? ?? ???The United States has long been known as a “melting pot”, because many of its people are descended from settlers who came from all over the world to make th