英語國家概況-美國篇中英翻譯

1、 chapter 13 geography 地理位置 地理位置美國的全稱是美利堅合眾國。我們通常簡稱它為美國。The full name of the United States is the United States of America ，Often we just call it the United States, the U. S. or simply America. 1. 阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美國的兩個新州(19

2、59 年)。阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位鄰中太平洋。Alaska and Hawaii are the two newest states in American(1959 年).Alaska lies in northwestern Canada，and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific.2.美國陸地面積為 930 萬平方公里。就面積而言，美國是世界第四大國，僅次于俄羅斯、加拿大和中國。The

3、 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.3.所有州中，阿拉斯加是面積最大的州，羅得島最小，在美國大陸，最大的州是得克薩斯州。Of all states of American，Alaska is the

4、lagest in area and Rhode Island the smallest.But on the mainland Texas is the largest sate of the country.4. 落基山脈是北美大陸的脊梁，也被成為大陸分水嶺。The Rockies，the backbone of the North American Continent，is also known as the Continenta

5、l Divide.5. 阿巴拉契亞山脈和落基山脈是美國的兩座大山脈。阿巴拉契亞山脈有點西南-東北走向，而落基山脈微呈西南-西北走向。The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountains and the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southw

6、est and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the northwest to southeast.河流與湖泊 河流與湖泊 2. Rivers and lakes6. 位于阿巴拉契亞山脈和落基山脈之間的是世界上大陸長河之一--密西西比河。密西西比河是美國最長河流，長達 6000 多公里，有被稱作“眾水之父”或“老人河”。Lying between the Appalachian Mount

7、ains and the Rocky Mountains is one of the world's great continental rivers--the Mississippi. The Mississippi River is the largest river in American，over 6000 kilometers.The Mississippi has been called father of wate

8、rs or old man river7. 俄亥俄河被稱作美國的魯爾河，就像德國一樣，沿河有豐富的高品質(zhì)的煉焦煤，并且因其鋼鐵而著名。另外，該河還為原材料提供了廉價的水路運輸。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

9、coking coal and is well known for its steel industry.The river provides cheap water transportation for raw materials.8. 太平洋沿岸有兩大河：一條是南部的科羅拉多河，另一條是發(fā)源于加拿大的哥倫比13.Traditionally from the east to the west the United States can

10、 be divided into seven geographical regions.美國從東到西可分為七個地理區(qū)。14. 新英格蘭由美國東北部六個州組成，有時被稱為美國的誕生地。這里是美國 1776年獨立戰(zhàn)爭的主要中心，也是美國第一個工業(yè)區(qū)。New England is made up of six states of the Northeast . it is sometimes called the birthplace of

11、America. It was the chief centre of the American War of Independence of 1776 and was also the nation's first industrial area.15.新英格蘭人最初曾被稱為美國佬，這一名稱后來逐漸指所有的美國人。許多重點大學如耶魯大學，哈佛大學和麻省理工學院都坐落于此。New Englanders were origi

12、nally known as Yankees, which came to stand for all Americans. Many famous universities and colleges such as Yale，Harvard，thd Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT） are located here.16.大西洋中部各州的人口占美國總?cè)丝诘?1/5. 工業(yè)高度發(fā)達，是

13、美國的神經(jīng)中樞。The Middle Atlantic States have about one fifth of the total population of the united states. It is a highly industrialized area and the nerve centre of the country.首都華盛頓和紐約市都在此地區(qū)。紐約市是世界上最繁忙的港口之一，同時也是美國的金融、制造業(yè)和交

14、通運輸?shù)闹行?。The nation's capital city Washington D. C. and New York are located here. New York is one of the world's busiest ports, and the financial, manufacturing and transportation centre of the country. 17. 土壤肥沃、降

15、水量充足、生長期長,這些因素讓中西部地區(qū)成為美國最重要的農(nóng)業(yè)區(qū)，也是主要的制造業(yè)區(qū)各最主要的重工業(yè)區(qū)。The soil is rich，the rain usually plentiful and the growing season long，These factors make the Midwest Americas most important agricultural area .It is also a major manu

16、facturing region and the nations leading center of heavy industry.芝加哥是五大湖最大最忙的港口，美國最大的糧食交易市場，最大的農(nóng)業(yè)機械制造地，也是鋼鐵產(chǎn)品的主要生產(chǎn)地，還是全國最主要的畜禽市場。同時，芝加哥也是中西部的文化中心，該地區(qū)最大的工商業(yè)中心。Chicago，the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes，It is

17、 the leading grain market of the United States, the largest manufacturer of farm machinery, a major manufacturer of iron and steel products, and a leading livestock market of the country. Chicago is also the cultural cap

18、ital of the Midwest. the largest industrial and commercial centre of the area.中西部的底特律被稱作“汽車之都，奧馬哈被稱作農(nóng)業(yè)之都。Detroit of the Midwest is known as the automobile capital of the world.Omaha is known as the agricultural capital o