美国地理人文知识
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 Cascades and the Rocky Mountains. 科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山以及洛基山组成。 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、最重要的河流。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、休伦湖以及安大略湖。 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. 黄石国家公园位于怀俄明州的北部地区。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. 唐人街是许多中国人生活、居住的地区,那里有许多中国店铺、饭店、夜总会。两条最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地区。 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、罗德岛州以及康涅狄格。这个地区主要以多山、多山谷、河流为特征。 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、科罗拉多州以及新墨西哥州。 The Pacific Coast States太平洋沿岸诸州: Washington, Oregon and California. 太平洋沿岸诸州包括华盛顿州、俄勒冈州以及加利弗尼亚州。 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。是这片大陆上最高的山峰。 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。 |