英语国家概况_第五课_美国概况_The_United_States_of_America

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The United States is a varied land - of forests, deserts, mountains, high flat lands and fertile plains. The country lies mostly in the temperate zone but there is a very wide range of climate variations. The continental United States stretches 4,500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west. It borders Canada on the north and reaches south to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska is the largest in area of the 50 states; Texas is the second largest. Appalachian Mountains in the East, Rocky Mountains in the West. Mississippi River and Missouri River Five Lakes: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario
2: The Middle Atlantic States
The 6 states in this region are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia.
This area has about 1/5 of the total population of the country. It is a highly industrialized area and the nerve center of the country. The nation's capital city Washington D.C. and New York are located here. New York is one of world's busiest ports, and the financial, manufacturing and transportation center of the country.
Population
Total Population: 331 million (04/2011) Population Distribution
Population Composition
In the 20th decennial U.S. census, taken in 1980, the resident population in the United States numbered 226,547,346. About 188.3 million (83.2%) were classified as white, 26.5 million (11.7%) as black, and 11.7 million (5.1%) as members of other races.
U.S.A in the World
Topographic Map of the U.S.A
Table of Comparisons
Country The UK The USA Canada Australia New Zealand Size (Sqk) 244, 820 9, 372, 614 9, 984, 670 7, 686, 850 270, 500 Population 60, 943, 912 (2008) 310, 871, 903 (23/02/2011) 33, 213, 000 20, 601, 000 4, 173, 000 Urbanization 90% 80% (2000) 87% 90% 87% GDP (Million USD) 2, 258, 565 (6th) 14.624, 184 (1st) 1, 563, 664 (9th) 1, 219, 722 (13rd) 138, 003 (51st) GDP/person (USD)2010 35, 053 (20th) 47, 132 (6th) 39, 033 (11st) 39, 692 (9th) 27, 420 (32nd)
Map of America
1: New England
New England is made up of 6 states of the Northeast. They are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Population Movement
Mobility is considered to be one of the characteristics of the American people. It is said that the American people are always on move. One in five Americans moves to a new home every year seeking new job opportunities, a better climatic or some other goals.
50 States
Alabama阿拉巴马州 Alaska阿拉斯加州 Arizona 亚利桑那州 Arkansas阿肯色州 California加利福尼亚州 Colorado科罗拉多州 Connecticut康涅狄格 Delaware Florida佛罗里达州 Georgia佐治亚州 Hawaii夏威夷 Idaho Illinois伊利诺伊州 Indiana印第安纳州 Iowa Kansas堪萨斯州 Kentucky肯特基州 Louisiana路易斯安那州 Maine缅因州 Maryland马里兰州 Massachusetts马萨诸塞州 Michigan Minnesota明尼苏达州 Mississippi密西西比州 Missouri密苏里州 Montana蒙大拿州 Nebraska Nevada内华达州 New Hampshire 新罕布什尔州 New Jersey新泽西州 New Mexico新墨西哥州 New York纽约州 North Carolina North Dakota Ohio俄亥俄州 Oklahoma Oregon 俄勒冈州 Pennsylvania 宾夕法尼亚州 Rhode Island 罗德岛 South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 田纳西州 Texas 德克萨斯州 Utah 犹他州 Vermont Virginia 维吉尼亚州 Washington 华盛顿州 West Virginia 西维吉尼亚州 Wisconsin 威斯康辛州 Wyoming
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Lesson 5 The United States of America
Geography Population History Economy Politics Music, Sports, Holidays
Between 80% and 90% of immigration to the United States now is from Asian and Hispanic (Spanish-speaking people of any race) countries.
The first settlers in American history came from England and the Netherlands, some running away from religious and political persecution, some coming as adventurers from the Old World (Europe) to seek a better life , some as indentured servants(与师傅签订师徒合同的学 徒)who had to work for a fixed term for their masters to repay the cross-Atlantic fare and debts.
Three immigration waves
The first wave began in the mid 1810s, grew steadily during the 1830s and 40s and reached the highest point in 1845. The second wave covered the periled between 1860 and 1890. The third wave, the largest between 1890 and 1914, was largely from Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, Greece, Rumania and Turkey.
The United States had a more or less open-door policy to immigrants from independence until the1960s. Ellis Island of New York was an important immigration reception spot in the 1890s and at the turn of the century. Even with later restrictions, immigration has continued at a high level. Immigration since 1980 has made up about 30% of the total growth in population.
• New England is sometimes called the birthplace of America. It was the chief center of the American War of Independence of 1776 and was the nation's first industrial area. • New England is also well-known for its position in education. Many famous universities and colleges such as Yale, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are located here. • New Englanders were originally known as Yankees, which came to stand for all Americans.
Immigration
Immigration accounts for a major source of population growth. Almost 20 million people or 7.8% of the total population were immigrants in 1992, and 8.7million of these came to the United States during the 1980s.