Александрова THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Учебное пособие для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов Орёл – 2015 УДК 811.111(075.8) ББК Ш143.21я73-3 «Страноведение» А465 Печатается по решению редакционноиздательского совета ФГБОУ ВПО «Орловский государственный университет» Протокол № 10 от 28.05.2015г. <...> The Geography of the United States of America: Учебное пособие для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов / А. <...> В данном пособии предлагаются наиболее важные и интересные материалы по теме «География Соединенных Штатов Америки», представленные в вопросно-ответной форме. <...> П. 2 INTRODUCING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA “America the Beautiful . . . <...> On a trip from her Massachusetts home to Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bates was awed by the magnificent view of the Great Plains from atop majestic Pikes Peak. <...> North America has many kinds of land. <...> The natural beauty of North America makes it a special place. <...> There are pine forests dotted with lakes, and mountain peaks covered with snow. <...> There are meadows with brooks and trees, and sea cliffs, and wide grassy plains, and broad spreads of grapevines, and sandy beaches. 3 WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN THE UNITED STATES With the exception of Alaska and Hawaii, the United States lies within the easily developed and environmentally less challenging temperate midlatitudes. <...> Its climate is mostly temperate but varies from tropical in Hawaii to arctic in Alaska. <...> For example, a great belt of mountains land stretches along the western edge of North America, from Alaska south to Panama. <...> Along the western coast the climate is warm, because the land there is protected from the cold winds of the north by the great mountain range, the; Rocky Mountains, and is open to the influence of the warm winds of the Pacific Ocean. <...> From southern California to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, the Pacific and North American plates slide, crunch, and grind against one another, creating one of Earth’s most earthquake-prone zones. <...> Anchorage, Seattle, San-Francisco, and LosAngeles all sprawl across active geologic faults and thus are in constant peril. <...> Volcanoes dot the landscape from the Cascades northward into Alaska and, of course, in Hawaii. <...> In fact, they include five of the six world climate groups: tropical (Hawaii and the southernmost part of Florida); mild (much of the South <...>
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УДК 811.111(075.8)
ББК Ш143.21я73-3 «Страноведение»
А465
Печатается по решению редакционноиздательского
совета ФГБОУ ВПО
«Орловский государственный
университет»
Протокол № 10 от 28.05.2015г.
Рецензенты:
доктор филологических наук, профессор кафедры английской филологии ФГБОУ
ВПО «Орловский государственный университет» Л.П. Семененко;
заведующий кафедрой иностранных языков ФГБОУ ВПО «РАНХ (Орловский
филиал)», кандидат филологических наук, доцент Н.Б. Павленко.
А465 Александрова А.П. The Geography of the United States of America: Учебное
пособие для аудиторной и самостоятельной работы студентов / А.П.
Александрова. – Орёл: ФГБОУ ВПО «ОГУ». – 2015. – 49с.
В данном пособии предлагаются наиболее важные и интересные материалы
по теме «География Соединенных Штатов Америки», представленные в
вопросно-ответной форме. Пособие предназначено студентам языковых
факультетов, изучающих дисциплину «История и география стран изучаемого
языка» и студентам, изучающих географию. Оно может быть полезным для
преподавателей вузов и школьных учителей, ведущих практический курс
английского языка, а также для всех, кто владеет достаточными навыками чтения
на английском языке и интересуется вопросами страноведения США.
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INTRODUCING
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
“America the Beautiful . . . From sea to shining sea.”
These well-known lyrics, written by Katharine Lee Bates, hold as
true today as they did in 1893, when the original verses were penned. On a
trip from her Massachusetts home to Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bates
was awed by the magnificent view of the Great Plains from atop majestic
Pikes Peak. The United States of America truly is a beautiful and bountiful
land that has been blessed in countless ways by nature, culture, and history.
It is also a country of vast natural and cultural extremes.
The diversity of the country stems from the fact that it is so large
and has so many kinds of land, climate and people. North America is the
third-largest continent. Only Russia and Canada are larger. Its land covers
about 9,450,000 square miles (24,474,000 sq km). North America has
many kinds of land. There are dry deserts, cold tundra, and rain forests.
This continent also has beautiful mountains and lakes. The natural beauty
of North America makes it a special place.
With few exceptions, nature has been kind to the United States. No
country can even closely match its environmental diversity. Within its
boders can be found all of the world’s major climates, ecosystems, and land
conditions. This diversity allows the practice of all human activities that are
adapted to particular environmental conditions. A traveler from almost any
other country can find parts of the United States that remind him of him.
There are pine forests dotted with lakes, and mountain peaks covered with
snow. There are meadows with brooks and trees, and sea cliffs, and wide
grassy plains, and broad spreads of grapevines, and sandy beaches.
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