大学英语 英美概况科目之美国概况

The 1st Lecture Chapter One Introduction

Content 一：The introduction of the United States of America

The Star Spangled Banner:

say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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二：The introduction of its geography-- Seven major physical regions

1: New England

Maine 缅因州

New Hampshire 新罕布什尔州

Vermont 佛蒙特州

Massachusetts 马萨诸塞州

Rhode Island 罗德岛州

Connecticut 康涅狄格州

2：Middle Atlantic States

West Virginia 西弗吉尼亚州

New Jersey 新泽西州

New York 纽约州

Pennsylvania 宾夕法尼亚州

Maryland 马里兰州

Delaware 特拉华州

3: The Mid-West States

Illinois 伊利诺伊州

Indiana 印第安纳州

Iowa 艾奥瓦(旧译衣阿华)州

Michigan 密歇根州

Minnesota 明尼苏达州

Missouri 密苏里州

Ohio 俄亥俄州