英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列

英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列

Chapter: 13 geography 地理位置

1.Alaska and Hawaii are the two newest states in American.Alaska northwestern Can ada,and Hawaii lies in the central Pacific.

阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美国的两个新州.阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位邻中太平洋.（本细节还有考“一句话简答”的可能）

2.The U.S has a land area of 9.3 million square kilometres.It is the fourth largest co untry in the world in size after Russia,Canada and China.

就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国，就人口而言，美国是世界是第三大国.

3.Of all states of American,Alaska is the lagest in area and Rhode Island the smalles t.But on the mainland Texas is the largest sate of the country.

所有州中，阿拉斯加是面积最大的州，罗得岛最小，在美国大陆，最大的州是得克萨斯州.

4.The Rockies,the backbone of the North American Continent,is also known as the C ontinental Divide.

落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭.

5.The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountains and the Rocky mountains. The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southwest and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the northwest to southeast.

阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉.（本细节有考“一句话简答题”的可能）

6.The Mississippi River is the largest river in American,over 6000 kilometers.The Mi ssissippi has been called "father of waters"or "old man river"

密西西比河是美国最长河流，有被称作“众水之父”或“老人河”.

7.The Ohio river has been called the American Ruhr,As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and is well known for its steel industry.The river provides cheap water transportation for raw materials.

俄亥俄河被称作美国的鲁尔河，就像德国一样，沿河有丰富的高品千周的焦煤，并且因其钢铁而著名.另外，该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输.

8.On the Pacific side there are two great rivers:the Colorado in the south and the C olumbia ,which rises in Canada.

太平洋沿岸有两大河：科罗拉多河及哥伦比亚河.

9.The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United S tates.

格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的开然界河（本细节考选择和简答可能性大）

10.the most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior,which is the largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Michigan ,the only enti rely in the U.S.,Lake Huron,Lake Eire and Lake Ontario.They are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.

美国最重要的湖泊是五大湖：苏必利尔湖，密歇根湖，休伦湖，伊利湖和安大略湖，其中，苏必利尔湖为世界最大淡水湖，密歇根湖完全是美国境地内.

11.美国气候概述

1) A humid continental climate(湿润的大陆性气候）is found in the north-eastern par t of the country.

2) In the south-eastern United States you can find a humid subtropical climate.(湿润的亚热带气候---东南部）

3）The Pacific northwest is favored with a maritime climate海洋性气候--太平洋西北岸）

4）The southern part of the Pacific coast in California（加州太平洋沿岸南部）has a Mediterranean climate (地中海式气候）with warm,dry summers and moist winters.

12.Many factors besides latitude influence the climate in the United States.Perhaps th

e most important forces are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,the Gul

f of Mexick ,and the Great Lakes.

影响美国气候的最主要的因素为：太平洋，和大西泮，墨西哥湾，五大湖.

13.Traditionally from the east to the west the United States can be divided into seve n geographical regions.美国从东到西可分为七个地理区.

14.New English is made up of six states of the Northeast .Becaust of its stony soil it is not noted for its agriculture .Dairying is the most inportant farm activity,New English is also well-known for its position in education,Many famous universities and colleges su ch as Yale,Harvard,thd Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) are located here.

新英格兰由美国东北部六个州组成，由于土壤多石，不利于农业生产，乳制品业是最重要的农业活动，许多重点大学如耶鲁大学，哈佛大学和麻省理工学院都坐落于此.

15.New Englanders were originally knows as Yankees,which came to stand for alll A merican.新英格兰人最初曾被称作“美国佬：这一名称，后来渐渐指所有的美国人.（选择）

16.The Middle Atlantic States have about one fifth of the total population of the uni ted states.大西洋中部各州的人口占美国总人口的1/5.

17.The soil is rich,the rain usually pientiful and the growing season long,These factor s make the Midwest America''s most important agricultural area .It is also a major manufa cturing region and the nation''s leading center of heavy industry.

中西部地区是美国最重要的农业区，也是主要的制造业区各最主要的重工业区.

18.Chicago,the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes, is the largest industral an

d commercial center of th

e area.芝加哥是五大湖最大最忙的港口，也是该地区最大的工商业中心.

19.Detroit is known as the automobile capital of the world.Omaha is known as the a gricultural capital of the United states.底特律被称作“汽车之都，奥马哈被称作农业之都.

20.Dry farming ,irrigation farming,and the cattle and sheep herding are the main cati vities of the Great Plains of the American West.

旱地农业，灌溉农业和牛羊牧业是美国西部大平原地区的主要活动.

21.Colorado has been called the steel city of the west ,Denver is the largest city of the Great Plains.科罗拉多市被称作“西部钢城”，丹佛市是大平原地区最大的城市.

22.the largest groups of Native Americans are found on the Colorado Plateau.

美国最大的土著群落位于科罗拉多高原.

23.Mmauna Loa,the world''s largest volcano,is located on Haiwaii and erupts from ti me to time,Suger cane and pineapples anr Haiwaii''s main crops.Tourism is Haiwaii''s most important industry.莫纳洛阿火山是世界最大和活火山，甘蔗和菠罗是夏威夷的两大作物，旅游业是夏威夷最重要的产业.

24.Honolulu is the capital of Haiwaii and Juneau is the capital of Alaska.

火奴鲁鲁是夏威夷的首府，朱诺是阿拉斯加的首府

英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列

chapter 14：population.Race and Ethnic groups

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1.The United States of the American is the third most populous county in the world after Chind and India.美国是世界人口第三大国，仅次于中国和印度.

2.Immigration accounts for a major source of population growth,The United States ha s a more or less open-door policy to immigtants from independence until 1960s.Ellis Islan d of New York was an important immigration reception spot in the 1890s and at the turn of the century.19世纪末20世纪初，纽约的埃利斯岛是一个重要的移民入境接待点.

3.Almost 20 million people or 7.8% of the total population were immigrants in 1992. Between 80% and 90% of immigration to the United States now is from Asian and Hispa nic countries.如今美国移民的80%到90%主要来源于亚洲和拉美国家.

4.Arizona,Nevada,and Florida have been the fastest growing states in population for t he last 20 years.在过去的二十年里，亚利桑那，内华达和佛罗里达是人口增长最快的州.

5.The first immigrants in the American history cane from England and Netherlands.

美国历史是第一批移民来自英国和荷兰.

6.The first of these immigration waves in the mid-1810s and reached the highest poi nt in 1845.The second wave covered the period between 1860 and 1890. The largest of th e three immigration wave in American was from 1890-1914.三次移民浪潮中最大的一次是1890-1914年.

7.One in five American moves to a new home every year seeking new job opportuni ty,a better climate of other goals.有1/5的美国人每年搬一次家.

8.美国的四次大规模的人口流动：

流动方向

the Frist 1865-1880 east coast ------west

the Second 1980-1920 rural areas ------cities

the Third 1920----1960 the south/black people ----other areas

the fourth 1960-now Northeast /Central-N----the West/the South

9.A large number of blank people move out of the south to other areas during the p eriod between 1920-1960.大批黑人离开南方涌向外地发生在1920-1960年间.

10.The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is the blacks who number about 12.1% of the population. The first blacks were brought to North Amer ica as slaves in 1619.

美国人口最多的少数民族是黑人，大约占总人口的12.1%，第一批黑人作为奴隶于16 19年运抵北美.

11.three major Hispanic groups historically have had the greatest influence on the Un ited States.They are Mexico-Americans of Chicanos ,the Puerto Ricans and the Cuban-Ame ricans.三大对美国影响最大的讲西班牙语的群体为：墨西哥后裔美国人，波多黎各人，古巴裔美国人.（一句话回答）

12.The most important obstacle to Hispanic success in the labor maket is their low e ducation.Hispanics have the highest school dropout rate of any major racial and ethnic gro

up.讲西班牙语的美国人在其他种族的民族中失学率最高，因此，阻挡他们在劳动力市场获得成功的最主要是教育程度低.

13.The Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the United States,The largest group of Asian-Americans are the Chinese-Americans.Experts say three Asian traditions best explain the success of Asian-American:eduction ,hardwork,and family.

美国少数民族人口中增长最快是亚裔美国人，亚裔美国人中又以华裔美国人最多，专家指出亚洲三大传统可以用来解释亚裔美国人的成功：教育，工作努和和家庭.（一句话回答）

14.Traditionally,the mainstream American were called WASPs,that is ,White Anglo-Sa xon Protestants.传统上读，美国人的主流是祖先为英国新教徒的白人.

还有几个必背解释，

1.WAPs 2001已考，估计不会再考，即上述第十二条.

2.The Hispanics 讲西班牙语的（人或民族）

The Hispanics usually are Spanish-speaking person of Latin-American origin who live in the United States.Now there are three major Hispantic groups which have grest influen ce on the U.S.They are Mexico-American of Chicano ,Pueto Ricans and Cuban-American.

英语国家概况美国部分精讲系列

Chapter 15: American History(1) 美国历史（一）

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1.The "first American "were the Indians.The first English colony in the

Americas was founded at Jamestown ,Virginaia,in 1607.Between 1607 and 1733 the British eastablished 13 colonies along the east coast of North American.“最早的美国人”是印地安

人，英国于1607年在美国建立了第一块殖民地，即在弗吉尼亚的詹姆斯，1607-1733年间，英国在北美洲的东海岸建立了十三个殖民地.

2.In 1620,201 of Pilgrimw sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower.They arrived at Plymouth and built the Plymouth colony.1620年，有201名英国清教徒乘坐一名为”五月花号“的船到达了普利茅斯并建立了殖民地.

3.From 1630 to 1643,some 200 ships transported over 20000 Englishmen to the Mas sachusetts Bay colony.

从1630-1643年，约有200艘船把2万英国人抵马萨者萨弯殖民地.

4.The colonists were building a new way of life in the New World.There were a nu mber of features which would play a role in forming the American character.They were :r epresentative from of goverment,rule of law,respect of individual rights,religious tolerance a nd a strong spirit of individual enterprise.殖民主义者新生活方式的这些特点在美国人性格形成中发挥了重要作用：建立代义制政府，法治，对个人权利的尊重，宗教上的宽容及强烈的个人进取心.

5.In September 1744,the Frist Continental Congress was held ih Philadelphia which e ncouraged American to refuse to buy British goods.1744年9月，第一届大陆仁义在费城如开，鼓励美国人拒绝买英货.

6.The Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.The Decl aration is a clear explanation of the political theory behind the revolution and this theory came from the British philosopher John Locke.

《独立宣言》是由托马斯.杰文逊起草的，它明确阐述了支撑这场革命的政治理论，这一理论来源于英国著名哲学家约翰.洛克.

7.On the Christmas Day of 1776,the Americans defeated the British troops at Trento n,New Jersey.Not long afterwards ,the Americans troops deteated the British at Saratoga in Northern New York.This was a great turning point of the War of Independence,leading d irtctly to an alliance between the U.S and France.

1766年的圣诞节，美军在新泽西的特伦顿挫败英军，这之后不久，美军在萨拉托加击败英军，史称“萨拉托加大捷”这次胜利被认为是北美独立战争的转折点，并直接导致美法联军的建立.

8.In September ,1783,the Treaty of Paris was signed,Britain recognized the indeperda nce of the U.S.1783年9月簦订《巴黎和约》，英正式承认美国独立.

9.The Federalist Papers are regarded as the best explanation of the constitution as we ll as one of the most important works on political theory.

<联邦文集》被认为是对美国宪法最好的解释，也是美国最重要的政治理论著作之一.

10.The first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution,which was called the Bill of Ri ghts,adopted in 1791 which promise to protect individuals''rights.

成为宪法的前十条修正案正案被称为《人权法案》.

11.The Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the states by Match 1781.It ha s two serious weaknesses:1>there was no national executive of law-enforcing branch;2>Con gress has no power to raise taxes.

1781年美国各州批准了被称为《联邦条款》的文件，它有两缺陷：一是没有执行或执法机构二是国会由于过于庞大起不到政府的作用，而且国会无权征税.

12.The U.S went to war with Britain in 1812,the last war fought between these two countries.英美最后一次交火是1812的英美战争.

13.During the 13 years of Indian wars after the War of Independence,the Americans forced England to give up the Old Northwest and they forced Spain to open the Mississip pi river.Their crossing of the Mississippi helped persuade Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.In 1853,in the Gadaden Purchase another 30000 spuare miles of Mexi can land were added to the territory of the U.S.

在独战后十三的印第安战争中，美国人适使英国放弃了旧西北地区，使西班牙开放密西西比河，促使拿破伦把路易斯字那志给美国，在1853年的加兹登购买中，另外的3万平方米的墨西哥土地也为美国领土.

14.The twp famous leaders of black movement in the U.S in the 1830s were Garriso n and Frederick Douglass.在19世纪30年代两位著名的黑人领袖为加里森和道格拉斯

15.The Union army under the command of Ulysses s.Grant deteated the Confedetate army at Gettysburg,Pensylvania,this victory was the turning point of the Civil War.北方联军在尤利西斯.格兰特的指挥下，在宾夕法尼亚的葛底斯堡击败了南方联盟军，葛底斯堡大捷是美国内战的转折点.

16.Tn the Civil war,Lincoln realized that he could win support for the Union at hom

e and abroad by making the war a just war against slavery.So he issued the famous Ema ncipation Proclamation.美国内战期间，林肯发表了《解放奴隶宣言》

17.On November 19,1863,Abraham Lincoln made a short speech on the occasion of dedicating the national cemetery at Gettysburg.He ended his speech with these memorable words:"That government of the people ,by the people,for the people,shall not perish from t he earth.

1863年11月9日，林肯在葛底斯堡阵亡将士公墓落成仪式上发表了简短的演说，他以另人难忘的语言结束了演说“民有，民治，民享的政府永远不会从地球上消失.

18.A conference was held in Philadelphia in May 1787 to consider what should be d one to make the Articles of Confederation adequate.All of the states except Rhode Island were represented at the Consititutional Convention.

1787年在费城召开的制宪会议上，除了罗得岛外，其他所有州都参加了，大家讨论如何使《联邦条款》能够满足需要.

另外有几个名词解释和问答题也要记得：

包括：Boston Tea Party 波士顿倾茶事件

the Declaration of Independence 独立宣言

the Emancipation of Proclamation 解放奴隶宣言

英语国家概况美国部分精讲

Chapter 16: American History(2) 美国历史（二）

[被屏蔽广告] （1900-1945)必背细节

1．In 1880,the U.S ranked first in the world in the production of steel; in 1900,the U.S. produced 245million tons of coal, ranking first in the world.1880年美国钢产`量世界第一，1900年煤产量世界第一.

2．Large corporation ,urbanization and new technology were the three features in th e growth of American economy at the beginning of the 20 th century.大公司的出现，城市化及新技术的迅速发展是美国20世纪初经济增长出现的三大特点.

3．In 1903,the Wright brothers flew a plane for a brief 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This was the beginning of the appearance of the plane. In 1911,Glenn E. Curiss designed and flew a successful plane. 1903年，莱特兄弟发明了第一架飞机，但只飞行了12秒.1911年格伦.E.库利斯设计了一架飞机，并成功试飞.

4．At the beginning of the WWI, the U.S.was impartial neither in action, nor in th ought.It pursued a policy of pro-Ally partiality.第一次世界大战开始时，美国宣布保持中立，但在行动和思想上都没有做到中立，美国真正奉行的是支持同盟国的政策.

5．The 1920s in the U.S. has been described by many historians as a period of ma terial success and spiritual frustration or confusion and purposelessness.许多历史学家都把

美国的二十世纪二十年代描写成一个物质上成功，精神是迷惘或漫无目标的时期.

6．The stock market crash was the beginning of long economic depression in the la te 1920S and 1930S.股票市场的崩溃是1929-1933年的经济大萧条的开端.

7．The aim of President Roosevelt’s New measures was to save American democrac y and the capitalist system.罗斯福总统“新政：措施的目的在于”拯救美国民主“及克服资本主义制度有史以来最严重的经济制度.

8．In the early 1930S,the American foreign policy was isolationism, to keep the U. S. out of the fighting that was going on in Europe and Asia.在30年代初期，美国奉行的是孤立主义的外交政策，即使美国远离欧洲和亚洲的秸 ?br>

9．During the WWII, the postponement of the opening of the Second Front was a r eflection of the American’s desire not to give the Soviet Union the possibi lity of quick ex pansion.二战期间，美国延缓开辟第二战场就反映出美国不让苏联有迅速扩张的可能性

10．American diplomacy in WWII was largely diplomacy towards Britain and the S oviet Union.There were two guiding principles behind all diplomatic activities:1>to win the war;2>to establish t postwar political structure in accord with American interests and to prevent the Soviet Union from over-expansion.二战期间，美国的外交政策大体上是针对英国的前苏联的，所有外交政策的两个主导原则是：羸得战争，按美国利益建立战后政治格局并阻止苏联的过度扩张.

11．The leaders of the U.S. the Soviet Union and Britain met three times during th e WWII.1>The first summit was held at Teheran in November 1943.At the conference it was decided that a large-scale attack on the south of France would be launched in May , 1944,which was codenamed Overlord.2>The second conference was held in Yalta in Febru ary,1945,it decided on the setting-up of a world organization: the United Nation .3>The th ird conference was held at Potsdam, which confirmed the temporary division of Europe ag reed to at Yalta.二战期间，英，美，苏三中领导人共会晤了三次，第一次是在1943年11月在德黑兰会议，该会义决定进行代号为“霸王行动”的军事行动，向法国南部大举进攻，第二次是1945年2月的雅尔塔会议，本次会议决定建立联合国组织，第三次是在1945年7.8月间在柏林城外举行的波茨坦会议，该会主要确认了雅尔雅尔塔会议关于欧洲格局的暂时分配.

必背解释

1．The Muckrakers(黑幕揭发者)

The Muckrakers were a group of reform-minded journalists who made investigations and exposed the dark sides of the society.

2.the Progressive Movement(进步运动/进步主义)（Progressivism）

it was a movement at the turn of the 20th century which demanded government reg ulation of the economy and social conditions, spread quickly with the support of large nu mber of people across the country. The Progressive Movement was not an organized camp aign with clearly defined goals. Rather, it was a number of diverse efforts at political,soci al and economic reforms.

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/0c10970454.html,issez faire(放任主义)

it was an economic practice which stressed that the management of the economy sho uld be left to the business people and the government should merely preserve order and p rotect property.

4.the Red scare(红色恐惧)

Between 1919 and 1920,the Red Scare happened in America where at that time a hi ghly aggressive and intolerance nationalism existed. On November 7,1919 and January 2,1 920,the Justice Department launched two waves of mass attests. Over 4000 suspected Com munists and radicals were arrested and many were forced to leave the U.S.

5.the Ku Klux Klan(KKK)三K党

The KKK was first organized in 1866 and then reformed in 1867 after the Civil Wa r in the South and by 1924 it claimed a membership of four to five million. It was a vi olent society which terrorized and attacked on not only blacks ,but also progressives, Com munist and socialist party members, etc.

6.the New Deal(罗斯福新政)

it was put forward by American President Roosevelt who wanted to do something to deal with the Great Depression at that time. It passed a lot of New Deal laws and set u p some efficient soc ial security systems. The New Deal helped to “save American democr acy” and to overcome the most serious economic crisis of the capitalist system up to that time.

7.Isolationism(孤立主义)

it was the American foreign policy in the early 1930s.it tried to keep the U.S out of the fighting that was going on in Europe and Asia.

英语国家概况美国部分精讲

Chapter 17 American History(III) in post-W.W.II Era(1945-1980S)

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1. On Feb 22,1946,George Kennan, a high-ranking official in the American embassy to Moscow, wrote in the telegram that the U.S.policy should be vigilant containment of R ussian expansive tendencies. Later the containment policy became the official policy towar ds the Soviet Union.1946年2月22日，美国驻苏联大使乔治.凯南在他的电报中主张对苏联采取遏制政策.

2．The open declaration of the containment policy was made by President Truman on March 12,1949 in a speech to the joint session of congress.1949年3月12日杜鲁门总统在国会联席会议上公开宣布了遏制政策.

3．In order to protect Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion, the U.S.deci ded to offer Western European countries economic aid. This later came to be called the Marshall plan.为了保护西欧不受苏联扩张影响，美国决定给予西欧国家经济支援，此举后来被称作“马歇尔计划.”

4．The North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed on April 4,1949,marked the beginni ng of U.S.efforts in setting up a military alliance around the Soviet Union and its allies.美国于1949年4月4日签订的北大西洋公约标志着美国开始致力于在苏联及其盟国周围建立军事同盟.

5．When the Korean War broke out in June,1950,Truman sent the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits to prevent the PLA from liberating Taiwan.1950年6月朝鲜战争爆发，美国杜鲁门政府第七舰队进驻台湾海峡，阻止中国人民解放军解放台湾.

6．The Montgomery boycott was led by Martin Luther King, Jr,a young black clerg yman who later became a national leader of the Civil Rights movement.1955年的蒙哥马

利抵制公共汽车公司运动由小马丁.路德.金领导，他是一个黑人牧师，后来成为民权运动的全国领导人.

7．Since 1945 the United States had entered a twenty-five-year economic boom.The cornerstones were the automobile,housing,and defense industries.自1945年以来，美国经济进入了长达25年的繁荣期，经济繁荣的基本为汽车，住房和国防工业.

8．Between 1946 and 1961,more than 63.5 million babies were born in the U.S,mak ing the baby-boom generation the largest by far in the American history.从1946年到1961年，是美国历史上的生育高峰期.

9．When the Cuban Missile Crisis happened in 1962,the president of American is K ennedy,the president of Russia is Khrushchev.1962年古巴导弹危机爆发时，美国在位总统为肯尼迪，苏联首领为赫鲁晓夫.

10．Richard Nixon ,who was elected on a platform of ending the Vietnam War, cha nged the strategy into “Vietnamization” of the war building up South Vietnamese troops t o replace American fighting force.里查德.尼克松以结束越战作为自己的竞选纲领，提出把战略改为战争越南化，即建立越南军队以其代替美国军队.

11．In the late 1960s and early 1970s the U.S began to look for a way to improve relations with China so as to get China’s help for its withdrawal from south Vietnam an d to work with China against Soviet expansion.20世纪60年代末70年代初，美国改善对华关系的有两上：一是以便从越撤军时能得到中国的帮助，再是希望与中国合作联手对付苏联的扩张.

12．In February 1972,President Nixon visited China and met Mao Zedong and the t wo countries issued the Shanhai Communique.This visit ended twenty-three years of hostili ty and led to the establishment of diplomatic relations in January 1979.1972年2月尼克松与毛泽东东会晤，双方签署了《上海联合公报》.

13．From 1972 to 1979,the key problem that affected the progress in U.S.-China rel ations remained the Taiwan problem.1972-1979年，影响中美关系的主要问题还是台湾问题.

14．Kennedy initiated the program called the New Frontier. Johnson also started a War on Poverty.肯尼迪执政时启动了“新边疆号召”，约翰逊做总统时发动了反贫困大战.

15．The two famous leaders of black movements in the U.S.in the 60s were Martin Luther King,who advocated non-violent Civil Rights movement,and Malcolm X,who advoc ated violence in self defense,and attempted to separate themselves from whith society.60年代美国有名的黑人运动领袖为马丁.路德.金和迈克姆.X.

16．Nixon resigned because of Watergate Scandal ,the first president to do so in A merican history.水门事件使尼克松成为美国历史上第一位辞职的总统.

17．From the mid-seventies onwards ,the U.S suffered from”stagflation”,that is,the occurrence of stagnation and inflation at the same time.从70年代中期开始，美国开始遭受“经济滞胀”即经济停滞与通货膨胀的同时出现.

有几个名词解释我就不一一列出了，只把题目列出，你们翻到书本记忆吧.

1．The Truman Doctrime 杜鲁门主义

2．The Marshal Plan(马歇尔计划)

3．McCarthyism（麦卡锡主义）

4．Montgomery bus boycott（蒙哥马利抵制公共汽车公司运动）

5．The New Frontier（新边疆号召）

6．The Counterculture （反文化运动）

7．Watergate Scandal（水门事件）2001年全国统考第52题已考8．The little Rock Incident（小石城事件）

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2．Now American has more than half of the European market in transistors, oil refi ning,farm products,telecommunications,and computers.现在美国的晶体管，炼油，农产品，通讯和计算机占欧洲市场分额的一半多.

3．The U.S has less than 6% of the world’s populatinon.Yet it products about 25% of the total world output.美国拥有不到6%世界人口，却生产出占世界总产量的25%的产品. (2001,23题已考）

4．The U.S has a free-marked economy with a dominant private sector.The privatel y owned and operated businesses, including farms,produce about 85% of the total output o f goods and services. Of course,the government has always been an important element Am erican economy.美国经济是以私营为主的自由市场经济.(2002,44)

5．In the postwar years government involvement was again emphasized when the U. S adopted the Keynesian theory in running the economy. But the American economy was still plagued by stagflation. In the early 1980s,under the Reagan Administration, the tradit ional Keynesian theory was replaced by new monetarist policies.二战后美国采纳了凯恩斯理论来管理国这经济，再次强调政府于预.但美国经济还是出现连年的经济滞胀，于是，在8 0年代初期，在里根政府的领导下，传统的凯恩斯理论被新的货币主义政策所代替.

6．The cultivated land in the U.S makes up 21% of the total land, and people who are engaged in farming make up only 2.7% of the total population. Yet the U.S grows n early one fourth of the world’s grain and supplies a half of all the exports of grain in th e world. It is the world’s leading exporter of agricultural products.在美国，耕地占国土总面积的21%，而从事农业生产的人口只占总人口的2.7%.然而，美国还生产出占全世界近1/4的粮食.美国是世界上最大的农产口出口国.

7．The U.S ranks first in the production and export of corn. It produces nearly 50% of the corn in the world.The Corn Belt is in the Midwest. Iowa is the leading corn-prod ucing state. The Midwest is the most important agricultural region of the U.S.美国的玉米产量几乎占到世界总产量的50%，是世界最大的玉米生产和出口国，玉米带主要位于中西藏部地区，衣阿华是主要的玉米生产洲，中西部是美国最重要的农业区.

8．Wheat is American’s most important food crop. It is second only to corn in pro duction every year. The Wheat Belt is located near the Corn Belt in the Midwest.小麦是美国最重要的食用作物，小麦带也位于中西部地区.

9．The U.S ranks second in the export of rice in the world after Thailand.美国的大米出口量仅次于泰国，居世界第二位.

10．The Midwest is the nation’ leading center of heavy industry. Texas is the count ry’s leading state in oil and natural gas deposits.中西部是美国最重要的重工业中心，得克萨斯是美国石油和天然气储量最大的州.

11．Huston is now the greatest commercial center of the Southwest and the chemic al capital of the world. It is a center of petrochemical and synthetic rubber production . It is also the home of the space center.休斯敦被称作世界化工之都，是美国西南部地区最大的商业中心，也是石油化工和合成橡胶中心，还是宇航中心所在地.

12．The state of California now has passed New York as the most populous state. It is now first in manufacturing ,especially the manufacture of aircraft parts and missiles , and in shipbuilding ,as well as in food production.加利福尼亚为美国人口最大的州，其飞机和导弹加工业，造船业和食口加工业居世界首位.

13.Currently U.S. exports are about 15% of the world’s total. The U.S imports bout 13% of all world imports,Canada is the largest single source of goods imports by the U. S., outside of North American, Europe is the largest source of imports.当前美国的出口额占世界总出口额的确良15%，进口额占到期13%，加拿大是美国进口产品的最大来源地，在北美以外，欧洲则是最大的进口来源.

14.Fertile soil, forests, water, and minerals are the major natural resources in the U.S.肥沃的壤，广袤的森林，充足的水源和丰富的矿藏是美国的主要自然资源.

15.Unemploument, inflation ,financial deficit, and trade deficit are the trouble that al ways face the U.S.失业，通货膨胀，财政赤字和贸易赤字是美国一直面临的问题.

16．The estimated number of people living under the poverty line in 1995 was 35.7 million which made up about 14% of the total population.据估计，1995美国生活在贫困线以下的人口达3570万人，占总人口的14%.

17，The leading farm products in the U.S are corn ,wheat ,rice ,soybeans, oranges, meat, milk, apple, oats, cotton, tobacco, etc.美国的主要农作物有玉米，小麦，大米，大豆，桔子，肉类，牛奶，苹果，燕麦和烟草等.

18．The Midwest round the Great Lakes, the Middle Atlantic state, the south, and th e Pacific Coast are the major industrial regions of the U.S.五大湖区周围的中西部，大西洋中部各州，南部和太平洋沿岸为美国主要的工业区.

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