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1、Unit1AmericanBeginningsSixmainregionsofAmerica:NewEngland,MiddleAtlantic,TheSouth,TheMidwest,TheSouthwest,TheWestTheMid-AtlanticStates(alsocalledMiddleAtlanticStatesorsimplytheMidAtlantic)formaregionoftheUnitedStatesgenerallylocatedbetweenNewEnglandandtheSouth.Itsexactdefinitiondiffersuponsource,
2、buttheregionoftenincludesDelaware,Maryland,NewJersey,NewYork,Pennsylvania,WashingtonD.C.,andsometimesVirginiaandWestVirginia.ThecontinentalUnitedStates(the48contiguousstates)isdividedinto4timezones:([k?n't?gj??s]adj.連續(xù)的；鄰近的；接觸的)·EasternStandardTime(EST),thetimezoneNewYorkisin,whichis5hoursbehindG
3、reenwichmeanTime(GMT)東部標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間(美國東部時(shí)間)·CentralStandardTime(CST),thetimezoneChicagoisin,whichis6hoursbehindGreenwichMeantime(GMT)中央標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間（美國中部各州所使用的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間）56·MountainStandardTime(MST),whichis7hoursbehindGreenwichMeanTime(GMT)山區(qū)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間(MST)·PacificStandardTime(PST),thetimezoneLosAngelesisin,whichis8hoursbehi
4、ndGreenwichMeanTime(GMT)太平洋標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間AlaskaandHawaiihavetheirowntimezones:AlaskaStandardTime(AKST)andHawaiiStandardTime(HST)respectively阿拉斯加標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間&夏威夷標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間I.INTRODUCTIONafederalrepublic聯(lián)邦共和國afederationof50statesand1federaldistrict(DistrictofColumbia)1.capital:Washington,D.C.（DistrictofColumbia）華盛頓哥倫比亞特區(qū)Or
5、iginoftheNameWashington,DistrictofColumbia-ThenameWashingtonwastohonorthefirstpresidentoftheUSA,USA,GeorgeWashington.ThenameColumbiaisinreferencetoChristopherColumbus（[k?'l?mb?s]克里斯托弗·哥倫布，意大利航海家，地理大發(fā)現(xiàn)的先驅(qū)者。他在1492年到1502年間在西班牙國王的資助下四次橫渡大西洋，到達(dá)美洲大陸，他也因此成為了名垂青史的航海家。）2.totalarea:9,826,630sqkm(4th)56popu
6、lation:303,824,6403.majorcities:uNewYork(largestcity,“BigApple”),uChicago(2ndlargestcity),uLosAngeles(3rdlargestcity),[l?s'?nd??l?s;-li:z]uDetroit:MotorCity汽車城,[di'tr?it]4.states:1Vermont，2NewHampshire,3Massachusetts（[,m?s?'t?u:sits]）,4Connecticut（[k?'netik?t]）,5RhodeIsland（[r?ud]）,6NewJersey,7Ma
7、ryland,8Delaware（['del?w??]）Nationalsymbol:UncleSamlargeststate:Alaska2ndlargeststate:Texas3rdlargeststatebutmostpopulous（['p?pj?l?s]）:Californiasmalleststate:RhodeIsland6.longestriver:theMississippi(theU.S.A.)longestr
