美国部分
一：地理
人口第三（占全球4.5%）面积第四
50个州：48 continental states；2 island states (Alaska, Hawaii)
东海岸：Appalachian Mountains 阿巴拉契亚山脉
西海岸：Rocky Mountains 洛基山脉
Mississippi River：3rd longest “Father of Waters””Ol d Man River”
five Great Lakes：（21％of surface fresh water):Lake Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario(Niagara Waterfall)
1.东北部：New England
·Vermont(绿山造船业发达), Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts(革命之地), Connecticut(康涅狄格州), Rhod e Island(罗德岛州，the small est in size) ·Protestant influence：新教徒（离开英国的国教）work ethic 勤奋→value hard and d evoted work
·Religious freed om：Anti-col onialist l egacy 反殖民→Ind epend ency
e.g. Boston Tea Party, Revolutionary War
·Town meetings：Mod el for d emocratic government 民主
No king or queen, everyone votes.
·Political activism: Community involvement 国家政治不限于地域
More focused on national politics
·Fishing & shipbuil ding→工业革命(Most British navy fl eats get raw material from Vermont)
·Intellectual & cultural center：MIT；Ivy League (8) 常春藤
Ivy League中，Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Yale是最初的四所，与后来的Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn.合称常春藤
2．The Mid Atlantic Region:
·两次迁都New York City →Pennsylvania(Philad elphia，宪法1787撰写地) →Washington, D.C.（确定三权分立）
·History：
Ellis Island: Port for immigrants 隔离以防止传染病。40％美国人的祖先：欧洲移民(p.s.亚洲移民入口为Angel Island in San Francisco Bay); Philad elphia：1776.7.4 Declaration of Ind epend ence 美国国庆日+1787 Constitution ·Economy:
Financial capital: Wall Street,NYSE
3．The Mid West 中西部：Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota(密西西比发源地),Iowa(农业州，粮仓)
·Heartland腹地True American values土生土长较多移民少
·Id eal for marketing & pollsters民意测验家(Business ，Politics必争之地) ·Agriculture：Farming Belts （主要生产Wheat, Dairy, Corn,Tobacco, Cotton, Sugar 后构成美国农业主要产品）
4. Wild West: Washington State(Seattle);Yellowstone National Park （Wyoing,Idaho,Montana）; California, New Mexico
·Forbid ding nature: Tough & challenging. Vol canoes, earthquakes, mountains, d eserts.
·Outd oor heaven: skiing, beaches, vineyards（葡萄园）
·Tol erance of alternative lifestyl es 1960s hippie嬉皮士运动
Beat Generation 垮掉的一代；Beatles
·Native American Culture 印第安人
Navajos/Navahos: Biggest Indian tribe
5．Southern：Texas, Mississippi, Louisana(法), Fl orida(西班牙), Tennessee, Kentucky(畜牧), Virginia, North&South Carolina, Alabama
·Cotton & Tobacco
·Civil War(1861-1865) Reconstruction战后重建
·Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Martin Luther King, Jr. 民权运动
·Ind epend ent spirit：cowboys
·”Don’t mess with Texas”: the Lone Star State 孤星州
6．Alaska(俄罗斯蕴藏油田) & Hawaii.
·Mt. Mckinl ey: Highest peak （in Alaska）
【重要】基本信息
National flag：The Stars and Stripes 星条旗
红色：courage 白色：purity 蓝色：justice
50颗星：50个州十三条：最初的13个殖民地
Vermont,New Hampshire,Massachusetts,Rhod e Island,Connecticut,New
York,Pennsylvania,Maryland("The Free State"),Delaware,New Jersey,North Carolina,South Carolina,Georgia
National anthem国歌：“Star-spangl ed Banner”星条旗永不落
“Land of the free, home of the brave”
首都：Washington，D.C., the Washington Monument纪念碑(位处White House 与Jeffeson Memorial中间；亦位处Lincoln Memorial与U.S. Capitol中间) Capitol Hill国会山(国会建在此山上) the Refl ection Pool反思湖
