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CharlieChaplin查理·卓别林America美国国家介绍AreaPacificOceanUnitedStatesAtlanticOcean9,629,091km2ThethirdlargestcountryafterRussiaandCanada.About4,500kmfromthewesterncoastlinetotheeasternone,andsome2,500kmfromthesouthbordertothenorthone.

Americaconsistsof50statesandafederaldistrict,theDistrictofColumbia.Twoofthe50states,AlaskaandHawaii,areseparatedfromthecontinentalAmerica,whicharetheyoungeststatesoftheUnitedStates.ThecountryalsopossessesseveralterritoriesintheCaribbeanandPacific.TheStarsandStripes(星条旗)OrpopularlyknownastheOldGloryFiftystarsrepresentthe50statesandthe13stripesrepresenttheoriginalthirteencolonies.NationalflagNationalemblemBaldeagle秃鹰(国鸟]Fromtheeagle’sperspective,itholdsabundleof13arrowsinitslefttalon,andanolivebranchinitsrighttalon(爪子),togethersymbolizingthattheUnitedStatesofAmericahas“astrongdesireforpeace,butwillalwaysbereadyforwar.”国徽上的图案均有其象征意义。美国秃鹰象征着至高无上的统治权;橄榄枝和箭象征决定和平(peace)与战争(war)的权力(power);秃鹰上方的群星图案象征着拥有主权的新生共和国。美国国徽上的中心图象就是美国秃鹰,它的正式名称是白头海雕,是美国的国鸟。今天,美国秃鹰已成了美国的象征,它不仅出现在国徽上,也出现在美国其他旗帜及硬币上。HistoryBBC话说美利坚—发现新大陆ThecolonialperiodoftheUnitedStates

1607—1733ThemapoftheUnitedStatesinthatperiod.ThedraftingoftheDeclarationofIndependence

1776.7.4Warofindependence1776—1783

Before1800sFrom1890WestwardMovementTheCivilWar1861—1865IndustrializationofAmerica

1890—1914WorldWarI

1914—1918TheGreatDepression

1929—1933WorldWar

II

1939-1945TheKoreanWar

1950-1953PresidentoftheUnitedStates,Kennedywaskilledin1963.TheVietnamWar

1969-1973TheAppollolandedonthemoonsuccessfullyin19691986.1.28

TheChallengerTheGulfWar

1991.1.17-2.28TheUnitedStates911terroristattacks

2001-9-11TheIraqWar

2003-2010Atthebeginningof2009,BarackHusseinObamawaselectedtheforty-forthpresidentoftheUnitedStates

thelargestfreshwaterlakeintheworld.LakeSuperior苏必利尔湖LakeErie伊利湖LakeOntario安大略湖LakeHuron休伦湖LakeMichigan密歇根湖:theonlyoneentirelyintheUSNiagaraFallsNiagaraFallsisoneoftheworld’smostspectacularnaturalwonders.NiagaraFallsiscomposedoftwomajorsectionsseparatedbyGoatIsland:theHorseshoeFalls,whichtodayisentirelyontheCanadiansideoftheborder,andtheAmericanFallsontheAmericanside.2.Topography地形:MountainsinU.S.A.AppalachianMountains阿巴拉契亚山脉RockyMountains落基山脉RockCountryRedRockCountryisfamousintheworldforitsredrockvistas.Overtheyears,thisareahasservedasthesettingofmanywesternnovelsandmoviesandhasbeenthesubjectofuncountedpaintings,photographsandotherworksofart.TheGrandCanyonTheGrandCanyonisasteep-sidedcanyoncarvedbytheColoradoRiverinArizona.ItislargelycontainedwithintheGrandCanyonNationalPark.TheGrandCanyonis446kmlong,upto29kmwideandattainsadepthofover1.83km.MountRushmoreNationalMemorialMountRushmoreNationalMemorialisasculpturecarvedintothegranitefaceofMountRushmorenearKeystone,SouthDakota.MountRushmorewasbuilttoembodythespiritofthefoundation,preservation,andexpansionoftheUnitedStates.FourUSpresidents:GeorgeWashingtonThomasJeffersonTheodoreRooseveltAbrahamLincoln

RiversTheriversinthecountryaremainlylyingbetweentheAppalachianandRockyMountains.

1.TheMississippi--TheMississippianditstributaries(支流)drainoneoftherichestfarmareasintheworld--called“fatherofwaters”andthe“oldmanriver”2.TheMissouri密苏里河--oneofthelongestriversintheworld3.TheOhio俄亥俄河--calledtheAmericanRuhr(aftertheRuhrRiver鲁尔河inGermany),famousforitsrichvaluabledeposits沉积物4.OnthePacificsidethereare2greatrivers:theColorado科罗拉多河inthesouth,andtheColumbia哥伦比亚河risesinCanada.5.TheHudson哈得孙河ClimateintheUnitedStatesMaritimeclimate海洋性气候Continentaldesertclimate大陆性气候Continentalsteppe(西伯利亚草原)climateHumidcontinentalclimate湿润的大陆性气候Sub-tropicalclimate亚热带Sub-arcticclimate极低气候Tropicalclimate热带气候FullviewofWashingtonD.C.CapitalThecapitalWashingtonisintheDistrictofColumbia,onthePotomacRiver(波托马克河).Thecitybelongstonostate,andisgoverneddirectlybytheFederalgovernment.TheDistrictofColumbiawasnamedafterChristopherColumbus(哥伦布)andthecityWashingtonwasnamedafterGeorgeWashington.WashingtonistheheadquartersofallthebranchesofAmericanfederalsystem:Congress,theSupremeCourtandthePresidency.TheWhiteHouseistheofficialresidenceoftheUnitedStatesPresident.Itwasbuiltin1792andwasoriginallypaintedgrey.DuringtheWarof1812,itwasbadlydamaged,andin1814itwasrepaintedwhite.PresidentRooseveltnamedit“WhiteHouse”inthe1940s.Itcontains132rooms,butonlyfiveofthemareopentopublicvisitation.(WhiteHouse3Dintroduction)Washington—thefederalpoliticalcenterWashingtonhasagrowing,diversifiedeconomywithanincreasingpercentageofprofessionalandbusinessservicejobs.Thecityhaslittleheavyindustry,anditsresidentsaremainlyengagedinlightandserviceindustries.CitiesNewYorkistheAmericanfinancialandeconomiccenter,thelargestportcity,andthemostpopulouscity,thelargestcityandlargestportistheUnitedStates,isalsotheworld'sfirstbigcity,locatedinsoutheasternNewYork.纽约是美国的金融经济中心、最大城市、港口和人口最多的城市,也是世界第一大城市,位于纽约州东南部。NewYorkTheWallStreetLibertystatue 自由女神像FifthAvenue 第五大道TimeSquare 时代广场TheUnitedNations 联合国总部EmpireStateBuilding帝国大厦CentralPark 中心公园ChinaTown 唐人街Broadway 百老汇BrooklynBridge 布鲁克林大桥SometouristattractionsinNewYorkTheStatueofLibertyTheStatueofLibertyissituatedinUpperNewYorkBayonLibertyIsland,southofEllisIsland,designedbyFrédéricBartholdi.ThestatueisofarobedfemalefigurerepresentingLibertas,theRomangoddessoffreedom,whobearsatorchandatablet(evokingthelaw)uponwhichisinscribedthedateoftheAmericanDeclarationofIndependence.Manhattan

inNewYorkLosAngelesThepearloftheU.S.WestCoast—LosAngelesCityofAngels.

LocatedintheU.S.WestCoastSouthernCaliforniainLosAngeles(LosAngeles)issecondonlytoNewYork'ssecondlargestcityintheUnitedStates,withitsspinYiscenery,bigcitystyle,setinabustlingandNingistheU.S.WestCoastsideofalandscapebeautifulandbrightseasidecity.美国西海岸的明珠——天使之城洛杉矶坐落在美国西海岸加利福尼亚州南部

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