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大学考试|专八人文常识复习:美国地理概况

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本文针对英语专业八级考试的人文常识部分,概要了美国国家的主要地理概况,期望对同学们有所帮助。

The Fall Line瀑布线:A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.
瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向低处流泻的点。

The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉:1200 miles long,consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range.
阿巴拉契亚山脉全场1200英里,由皮德蒙特高原、阿巴拉契亚高原及阿巴拉契亚山脉组成。

The Cordillera Range科迪勒拉山脉:Composed of the Coast Range, the Cascades1 and the Rocky Mountains.
科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山与洛基山组成。

The Great Basin大盆地:The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus.
指的是科罗拉多和哥伦比亚高地之间的部分。

The Great Central Plain中部大平原:The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians.
指的是洛基山和阿巴拉伊亚山之间的平原。

The Great Plain大平原:The western part of the central plain.
大平原:指的是中部平原以西的部分。

The Mississippi River密西西比河:The longest, the most important river in the U.S.A. . It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers.
密西西比河是美国最长、非常重要的河流。它的流域面积达3225000平方公里。

The Five Great Lakes北美五大湖:Lake Michigan, Superior, Erie, Huron and Ontario.
北美五太湖指的是密歇根湖、苏必利尔湖、伊利湖、休伦湖与安粗略湖。

The Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布:Famous falls in North America, 1240 meters wide, the drop averages 49 meters.
尼亚加拉瀑布是北美最著名的瀑布,有1240米宽,平均落差为49米。

Yellow stone National Park黄石国家公园:Located in the northern part of Wyoming. It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A.
黄石国家公园坐落于怀俄明州的北部区域。是世界上最古老的国家公园,是美国最大的野生保护区。

Grand Canyon大峡谷:In northern Arizona, one of the great natural wonders of the world. It measures about 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep. Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth.
大峡谷在亚利桑那州的北部,是世界上最伟大的自然奇迹之一。它约有277英里长,18英里宽,约1英里深。它的墙壁断层记录了地球形成的过程。

Old Faithful老忠实喷泉:The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park, erupting more than l00 feet in the air about every 73 minutes.
老忠实喷泉是黄石国家公园最著名的喷泉,每73分钟向空中喷水100英尺多高。

Chinatown唐人街:An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops, restaurants, clubs; two, important Chinatowns: New York City and San Francisco.
唐人街是很多中国生活活、居住的区域,那里有很多中国门店、餐馆、夜总会。两条非常重要的唐人街分别在纽约和旧金山。

Indian Reservation印第安保留地:It refers to the barren desert regions where only Indians live exclusively.
印第安保留地指的是专门给印第安人居住的贫瘠的沙漠区域。

New England新英格兰:It consists of six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. This region is featured with mountains, valleys, rivers.
新英格兰由六个州组成:缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州、罗德岛州与康涅狄格。这个区域主要以多山、多山谷、河流为特点。

The Mountain States山地诸州:Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
山地诸州指的是蒙大拿州、怀俄明州、科罗拉多州与新墨西哥州。

The Pacific Coast States太平洋沿岸诸州:Washington, Oregon and California.
太平洋沿岸诸州包含华盛顿州、俄勒冈州与加利弗尼亚州。

Mount McKinley 麦金利山:6187 meters high, on the middle of the Alaska, the highest peak on this continent.
麦金利山高达6187米。在阿拉斯加的中部。是这片国内上最高的山峰。

Pearl Harbor 珍珠港:The base of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S.A. near the city of Honolulu in Hawaii.
珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的基地,在夏威夷的火奴鲁鲁市附近。


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