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美国概况英语第 3 课：The Land 土地-2

Continuing into the West, the plane flies over vast prairies and rough cattle-grazing country, Soon the snow-topped Rocky Mountains appear in the distance. 继续向西，飞机飞越辽阔的草原和崎岖不平的牧场，不久便远远地看到积雪皑皑的落基山脉。

After crossing these high ranges, the plane can almost glide down into the rich valleys of California and ,finally, to a landing not far from the beaches of the Pacific Ocean. 飞越这些高山峻岭之后，飞机几乎可以从高空向加利福尼亚肥沃的盆地滑翔而下，最后在离太平洋海滨不远的机场着陆。

Including the states of Alaska and Hawaii, the United States covers an area of 9363123 square kilometers. 包括阿拉斯加和夏威夷两个州在内，美国面积达 9,363,123 平方公里。

Alaska borders on northwestern Canada; Hawaii lies in the Pacific 3875 kilometers from the San Francisco. 阿拉斯加与加拿大西北部接壤，夏威夷位于太平洋中，距旧金山 3,857 公里。

Alaska is the largest in area of the 50 states, and Texas, in the southern part of the country, is second in size. 阿拉斯加是五十个州中面积最大的一个州，南部的得克萨斯数第二。

Texas alone is larger than France, and Alaska is twice as big as Texas.得克萨斯州比法国还大，而阿拉斯加的面积则是得克萨斯的两倍。

From the Appalachian Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West, the center of the country is drained by the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and their branches. 从东部的阿巴拉契亚山脉到西部的落基山，其间是密西西比河和密苏里河及其支流流经的中部地区。

These rivers from a 19000-kilometer system of waterways that are connected to the Great Lakes in the north by a canal. 这些河流构成总长达 19000 公里的水运系统，通过运河和五大湖相通。

The Mississippi is one of the world's great rivers; it was known to American Indians as the "father of waters". 密西西比河是世界最长河流之一，美洲印第安人称之为 “河流之父”。

Water from the source of its main branch, the Missouri River, flows about 6020 kilometers from the northern Rocky Mountains, to the mouth of the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico. 如果从发源于落基山北部的密苏里河源头算起，到墨西哥湾的密西西比河口，全长达 6,020 公里。