英语国家概况复习笔记 The USA.docVIP

THE USAGeography and People The United States of America (Since 1775) 2. The National Flag： The Stars and Stripes(星条旗) OR popularly known as the Old Glory美国国旗的爱称 National Anthem：The Star-Spangled Banner 星条旗之歌 4. Capital City: Washington, District of Columbia (The District of Columbia was named after Christopher Columbus and the city Washington was named after George Washington. The city is governed directly by the Federal government. 哥伦比亚特区以克里斯托弗哥伦布命名，华盛顿以华盛顿命名。这个城市是由联邦政府直接管辖的。U.S. Capitol Hill 国会山; Pentagon（五角大楼the U. S. Defense Department and the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are in it）; White House; Lincoln Memorial [m?m??r??l]林肯纪念堂，etc. 5. Size：the 4th largest country in the world 6. Administrative Divisions: America consists of 50 states and a federal district, the District of Columbia. Two of the 50 states, Alaska and Hawaii, are separated from the continental America, which are the youngest states of the United States. 7. Largest state: Alaska (the 49th state ) Smallest state：Rhode island美国罗德岛州Largest city: New York 8. Landforms:Three major divisions East—highlands：（Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉 West—mountains：high plateaus[pl?t??]高原 (Cordillera[,k??d?lje?r?]山脉Range: the Coast Range-the Sierra Nevada-the Cascades-the Rocky Mountains) 山脉范围:海岸山脉的林区的内华达州,Cascades-the洛基山脉 In between—a vast plain region一个广阔的平原地区: The Great Plains大平原 The Sierra-Nevada内华达山脉: Mount Whitney惠特尼峰(14,495 feet) the highest peak in the continental US（the highest peak of the USA is the Mount McKinley (20320 feet) in the south of Alaska） Lowest point: Death Valley死谷: in eastern California, 85 meters below sea level, the lowest point in the whole of N. America北美洲 Rivers The Mississippi River, the most important and longest river in the US. This river is known to some native American Indians as “the father of waters”. 父亲河 The Missouri River密苏里河Since the river runs through the dry west, it carries a large amount of topsoil表层土, so it is sometimes called as