人文地理讲义

人文知识地理讲义

I. 英语国家概况

英国地理概况

1. The English Channel: The Channel is a narrow sea passage which separates England and France and connects the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea.

英吉利海峡：英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡，分割英法两国，连接大西洋和北海。

3. "The Act of Union of 1801": In 1801 the English Parliament passed an act by which Scotland, Wales and the Kingdom of England were constitutionally joined as the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1801合并法：1801年英国议会通过法令，规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。

4. Gaelic: It is one of the Celtic Language, and is spoken in parts of the Highlands.

盖尔语：是盖尔特语言的一种，在高地地区仍有人说这种语言。

5. The "backbone of England": It refers to the Pennies, the board ridge of hills.

英格兰脊梁：指的是山脉的背脊。

6. Lead ore: British lead ores have been worked since pre-Roman times. It contains silver.

铅矿：自前罗马时代开始，英国的铅矿就被开发了。内含银。

7. China clay: The deposits of china clay in Cornwall are of great economic value.

瓷土：康沃尔的瓷土沉淀带来了巨大的经济价值。

加拿大地理概况

Canada is the world's second largest country after Russia. 60% of the population in Canada inhabit in the area between Quebec city and the western end of Lake Ontario.

加拿大是世界上幅员第二大的国家，大约60%的人口集中在魁北克市与安大略省西端。

1. Toronto多伦多：Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial Capital of Ontario.

多伦多是安大略省的省会，加拿大经济中心，第一大城市。

2. Ottawa渥太华：Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest city. It is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern part of the province of Ontario.

加拿大首都，第四大城市，地处安大略省东部的安大略谷。

3. Vancouver温哥华：Vancouver is British Columbia’s largest city and the third largest city in Canada. It is an important ice-free harbor and the major Canadian outlet to the Pacific Ocean and the largest cargo port on the Pacific.

不列颠哥伦比亚省的最大城市，也是加拿大第三大城市。它是加拿大一个非常重要的不冻港，而且是加拿大通往太平洋的主要通道，太平洋最大的货运港口。

4. Quebec魁北克省：Quebec is the largest province in Canada geographically, and the second most populous, after Ontario. It differs from the other provinces of Canada because of its strong French culture. Montreal, the second largest city of Canada, is located in this province. The Quebec city is the center of the province.

魁北克省是加拿大最大的省，人口仅次于安大略省。法国文化的强烈影响使它与其他省区不一样。加拿大第二大城市蒙特利尔位于该省。其中心是位于圣劳伦斯河上的魁北克城。

5. The Canadian Shield加拿大地盾：The Canadian Shield is a semicircle band of rocky highlands and plateaus around the Hudson Bay from the northern shores of Quebec to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories. The Shield covers almost half of the Canadian territory.

这是围绕哈得孙海湾的一块半圆形多石高低和高原，从魁北克省的北部海岸一直延伸到西北自治领的北极沿岸。几乎加拿大的一半面积在加拿大地盾一带。

6. Mount Logan 洛跟峰：Mount Logan is the highest peak in Canada and is located in the Yukon