美国州英文介绍PPT课件
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remains the least densely populated state.
The area that became Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire after Western Union discontinued construction of its first electric telegraph line which ran from California, up the coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, continuing to Moscow and into the European telegraph network. Despite $3 million in U.S. investment for the RussianAmerican telegraph expedition, work ceased upon the completion of the competing
Welcome to listen to my report
Reporter: Wang min Major : English
.
Leabharlann Baidu
1
Alaska Hawaii
Alaska State
General impression Summarization Geography State symbol Movie
Transatlantic telegraph cable.
.
11
The U.S. realized the potential of continuing the line to Moscow and sent Secretary of State William H. Seward to negotiate with the Russian Ambassador to fund the remaining phases of the telegraph line. Russia did not see the potential in funding, so Alaska was offered in exchange for the value of the RussianAmerican telegraph. The Russians feared that if they did not sell Russian North America, it would be taken from them by the westward expansion of the United States and Canada. They tried to play one potential purchaser off against the other to start a bidding war, but
summarization
Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2007, Alaska
were largely unsuccessful.
The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at two cents per acre, about five cents per hectare. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed."It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land," an Aleut word derived from the same root.
▪ Nickname The Last Frontier 最后的边疆 The Land of the Midnight Sun 午夜阳
光之地(在白令地区，每年5月10日太阳升起后在随
后的3个月里将不再落下；而每年11月18日日落之后 当地居民将有2个多月看不见太阳冉冉升起 )
▪ 1959年1月3日第49个加入美利坚合众国 the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.
The area that became Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire after Western Union discontinued construction of its first electric telegraph line which ran from California, up the coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, continuing to Moscow and into the European telegraph network. Despite $3 million in U.S. investment for the RussianAmerican telegraph expedition, work ceased upon the completion of the competing
Welcome to listen to my report
Reporter: Wang min Major : English
.
Leabharlann Baidu
1
Alaska Hawaii
Alaska State
General impression Summarization Geography State symbol Movie
Transatlantic telegraph cable.
.
11
The U.S. realized the potential of continuing the line to Moscow and sent Secretary of State William H. Seward to negotiate with the Russian Ambassador to fund the remaining phases of the telegraph line. Russia did not see the potential in funding, so Alaska was offered in exchange for the value of the RussianAmerican telegraph. The Russians feared that if they did not sell Russian North America, it would be taken from them by the westward expansion of the United States and Canada. They tried to play one potential purchaser off against the other to start a bidding war, but
summarization
Alaska is the largest state of the United States of America by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 683,478 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2007, Alaska
were largely unsuccessful.
The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at two cents per acre, about five cents per hectare. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed."It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land," an Aleut word derived from the same root.
▪ Nickname The Last Frontier 最后的边疆 The Land of the Midnight Sun 午夜阳
光之地(在白令地区，每年5月10日太阳升起后在随
后的3个月里将不再落下；而每年11月18日日落之后 当地居民将有2个多月看不见太阳冉冉升起 )
▪ 1959年1月3日第49个加入美利坚合众国 the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.