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AGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountries英语国家概况TheUnitedStatesofAmericaChapterEightGeographyandPeopleForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesCONTENTGeography1MajorCities4People5NaturalResources3Climate2ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesWatchthemapoftheUSAcarefullyandfindcluestothefollowingitems:Warming-upActivitylocation(borderingneighbors)states(thesmallest&thelargeststate)ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesMapoftheUSAForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesInthecentralpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHawaii)CanadaonthenorthMexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouthAtlanticOceanontheeastPacificOceanonthewesttotalarea—9,6millionsquarekilometers50statesandthefederaldistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernmentSizeandLocationForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesoriginal48statesAlaskaandHawaii,separatedfromthecontinent,becamethe49thand50thstatesin1959.AlaskabordersonnorthwesternCanadaHawaiiliesinthecentralPacificOceanAlaska—thelargestRhodeIsland—thesmallestTexas—thelargestonthemainlandStatesForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesTheeasternpart—thehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange(阿巴拉契亚山脉)TheEasternPartonesixthoftheterritoryrelativelylow,withanaveragealtitudeof800metersabovesealevelForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesHighplateaus(高原)andmountains—extendingfromCanadathroughthewesternpartoftheUnitedStatestoMexicoandfurthersouth.Onethirdofthecountry’sterritoryRockymountainsTheWesternPartForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesBetweentheAppalachiansintheeastandtheRockyMountainsinthewest.TheGreatCentralPlainone-thirdofAmerica’slandmassonthecontinentstretchfromtheGreatLakesinthenorthtotheGulfofMexicointhesouthdrainedbytheMississippianditstributariesfivegreatlakesandNiagaraFalls尼亚加拉瀑布ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesLakeErieForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountries2.MainGeographicalRegionsNewEnglandTheMid-AtlanticStatesTheSouthTheMidwestTheWestTheSouthwestForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesconsistsofsixstatesinthenortheasterncornerConnecticut康涅狄格州Maine缅因州Massachusetts马萨诸塞州NewHampshire新罕布什尔州RhodeIsland罗德岛州Vermont佛蒙特州NewEnglandForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountrieslonghistory—theEuropeans’firstsettlementmountains,valleys,rivers,andhistoriccitiesandtownstop-rankinguniversitiesHarvardYaleMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)NewEnglandForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesLocation：betweenNewEnglandandtheSouthAtlanticStatesincludingDelaware,Maryland,NewJersey,Pennsylvania,WashingtonD.C.,NewYork,Virginia,andWestVirginiaPopulation:57,303,316arelativelyaffluentregionofthenationthetypicallyAmericanregion–religiouspluralism(宗教多元)andethnicdiversity(民族多样性)Mid-AtlanticStatesForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesconsistsof16statesandtheDistrictofColumbiawithplentifulrainfallandamildclimatefavorableclimateforagriculturefastgrowingindustryandpopulationinrecentyearsgreatsizewithfewlargecitiesNewOrleansMiamiMemphisAtlantaBirminghamTheSouthRegionForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesTheSouthRegionForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriestheMidwest12statesinthenorth-centralandnorth-easternUnitedStates:Illinois,Indiana,Iowa,Kansas,Michigan,Minnesota,Missouri,Nebraska,NorthDakota,Ohio,SouthDakota,andWisconsinPopulation：65,377,684ChicagoisthelargestcityintheAmericanMidwest.ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriestheSouthwestincludingnearlyaquarteroftheUnitedStates,includingArizona,California,Colorado,Nevada,NewMexico,Oklahoma,TexasandUtahrelativelylowpopulationdensityFeaturingmanynationalmonumentsandparks:theGrandCanyonNationalPark,NavajoNationalMonument,FourCornersMonument,ColoradoNationalMonumentForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesincluding13states—Washington,OregonandCalifornia,etc.TheWesternRegionOregon—wealthofbeautifulforestsandstreamsForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesTheWesternRegionCaliforniaCaliforniastrikingnaturalfeatures—centralvalley,highmountains,andhotdrydeserts.notablecities•SanFrancisco•LosAngeles•SanDiego14percentofAmericanGDPpredominantagricultureyieldinghigh-techindustrycenterForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesTheWesternRegionSiliconValleyIndustrialregionaroundthesouthernshoresofSanFranciscoBay,California,U.S.Itishometomanyoftheworld‘slargesttechnologycorporationsaswellasthousandsofsmallstartups(创业公司).ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressAGuidetoEnglish-SpeakingCountriesnorthwestern