美国社会与文化词汇

bazzard 兀鹰

spangle 闪闪发光

the Star Spangled Banner 星条旗之歌banner 条幅

geographical division 地理分区

be abbreviated to 缩写为

be situated 位于

northern temperate zone 北温带

plateau 高原

tableland 台地

highland 高地

the Gulf of Mexico墨西哥湾

boundary line 国界线

prairie 大草原

reach 绵延的大片地区（河流两个弯曲处之间的河段或运河两闸门之间的直水道）Guam关岛

Puerto Rico 波多黎各

Virgin Island 维尔京群岛

Virgin Marry 圣母玛利亚

inlet 海湾；湖湾；河湾

habor a place of shelter for ships 海港港口fishing industry 渔业

havoc 大破坏；浩劫；大混乱

play havoc with （口）造成巨大混乱（或困难）

NAFTA Norhtern America and Mexico Trade Agreement北美自由贸易区

so far as 根据就。。。travel as far as you like

So far as the geographical features areconcerned, the large territory of the continental United Srates can be divided into 3 basic areas.

the Atlantic Seacoast 太平洋沿岸地带

the Appalachian Mountains 阿巴拉气雅山the Great Mississippi River Basin密西西比河盆地

the Rockey Mountains落基山

the Middle Atlantic Seacost

the most densely populated region 人口最密集地区

the continental American streches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west

美国西临大西洋，东濒大西洋，东西横跨4,500公里

America’s relative position in relation to other

countries

美国和其他国家的相对位置

relieve v. relieve the Uitied States of the burden to maintain a large frontier army along its border

as a matter of fact

the trade between America and Mexico is climbing 美墨贸易额正在

攀升

cooperation based on mutual benefit 以互利为原则的合作

Along the Atlantic Seacoast is a narrow plain which begins far up the coast and becomes wider as it goes south.

heavily wooded moutain

deep valley

in the deep south

this area appears to be very flat which rises gradually toward west西高东低tourist resort旅游胜地

the water supply for cities 城市供水

to creat electric power发电

shortage of fresh water 淡水短缺

cover a distance of some 2,00 kilometers in width

the Middle West中西部

cattle raising牧牛业

majestic雄伟的；庄严的

Arctic北极的；北极地区的

Continental Divide/ Great Divide watershed 分水岭，分水线

precipitation降水量

consequently所以

geyser间歇泉

hot spring温泉

mud volcano 泥火山

fossil forests volcanic glass 火山玻璃，黑曜岩，松脂岩the Sierra Nevada

the Great Basin 大盆地

rainfall 降雨

Death Valley 死亡谷

the Coast Ranges

Central valley

alluvium 淤泥，冲击土

irrigate灌溉

sugar beet 甜菜

bean 大豆

Bering Strait 白令海峡

Alaska(1.5 million skm), which faces Russia across the 80 kilometers-wide Bering Strait ,is seperated from mainland America facilitate make easy or less difficult or more easily achieved

give rise to 导致

sierra 锯齿山脊

cascade小瀑布

owe to都亏了；由于

landform地形地貌

merorable worth remembering; not to be forgotten

the Sun Belt 阳光地带

tropical热带的

harass trouble and annoy continually or repeated

unbroke land 完整的土地

The snow piles up to 6 meters high in