英语国家概况——美国篇.ppt

Location

mainland:inthecentralpartof

NorthAmerica

Alaska:bordernorthwesternCanada

1959,49thstate

Hawaii:inthecentralPacificOcean

1959,50thstate;Surroundings(mainland)

onthenorth–Canada

onthesouth-theGulfofMexico

ontheeast-theAtlanticOcean

onthewest-thePacificOcean

;AdministrativeRegion

50states

mainland-48states

detachedterritory-Alaska

offshoreislands-Hawaii

WashingtonD.C.

afederaldistrictofColumbia

;

Threedistinctareas

(1)theeasternpart

(2)thewesternpart

(3)theGreatPlains

——fiveGreatLakes

——MississippiRiver

;;——TheGreatLakes(freshwater)

LakeSuperior

LakeHuron

LakeErie

LakeOntario

LakeMichigan

NiagaraFallsbetweenLakeErie

LakeOntarioonU.S.-Can.

navigation

linkageofmanyindustrialareas;——TheMississippiRiver

(thefatherofwaters)

longestinNorthAmerica

originatefromtheLakeItasca(inMN)

totheGulfofMexico

3780kmlong

3millionskmofdrainagearea;Sixregions

NewEngland,Mid-Atlantic,South,Midwest,Southwest,West

(1)NewEngland

(2)SouthRegion

(3)WesternRegion

(4)California

(5)Alaska

(6)Hawaii;NewEngland

6states:CT,ME,MA,NH,RI,VT

Europeans’firstsettlements

geographicalfeatures

historicsites

top-rankinguniversitiescolleges

Harvard,Yale,MITetc.;TheIvyLeague

BrownU. RI

ColumbiaU. NYcityNY

CornellU. NY

DartmouthCollege NH

HarvardU. MA

U.ofPennsylvania PA

PrincetonU. NJ

YaleU. CT;(2)TheSouthRegion

13states

plentifulrainfallamildclimate

cropsgrownfrost-free6months

industrydeveloping

populationgrowing

;(3)TheWesternRegion

11states

beautifulforestsstre