資源描述：
《Scenic Spots in the USA.ppt》由會(huì)員上傳分享，免費(fèi)在線閱讀，更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在行業(yè)資料-天天文庫。
1、Unit13 ScenicSpotsTheGrandCanyonItisAmerica’smostfamousscenicwonder.Itisahugegorge(峽谷)slowlycarvedaway(雕琢)fornearly6millionyearsbythewatersoftheColoradoRiver（科羅拉多河）.Thecanyonissodeepthatthereare4distinctivezonesofclimate（不同的氣候帶）fromtoptobottom.Locatedinnorth-westofArizona（亞利桑那州<美國西南部的州
2、>),itattractsover4millionvisitorseachyear.TheParkwasestablishedin1908byPresidentTheodoreRoosevelt.TheGrandCanyonAmerica’smostfamousscenicwonderLocation:CanyonoftheColoradoRiver(亞利桑那州科羅拉多河的大峽谷),120kilometersnorthofFlagstaff,Arizona(弗拉格斯塔夫：亞利桑那的中北部一城市)History:Establishedin1908byPresident
3、TheodoreRoosevelt(西奧多．羅斯福)Area:446kmlong,29kmwideand1500mdeep;4930sqkm,withintheboundariesoftheGrandCanyonNationalParkTheGrandCanyon科羅拉多大峽谷TheGrandCanyonTheGrandCanyon SouthRimTheGrandCanyon SouthRimTheGrandCanyon NorthRimTheSouthwestTotheeastoftheGrandCanyonNational,thePaintedDesertNa
4、tionalPark(彩色沙漠國家公園)islocatedinthemid-northofArizona,whichisfamousformulticoloredhills(多彩的沙丘).Withinit,thereisthePetrifiedForest(石化森林國家公園),afieldoffallentreesthathaveturnedtostonebyaprocessofmineralization(礦化)knownaspetrifaction（石化）.TheSouthwestthePaintedDesertNationalPark彩色沙漠Petrified
5、Forest石化森林PetrifiedForestTheSouthwestTothesouthoftheGrandCanyonNational,thereistheSunsetCraterVolcanoNationalPark(落日火山口國家公園)TheSouthwestTothewestoftheGrandCanyonNational,thereisHooverDam(胡佛水壩)andthelakebehindit,LakeMead(米德湖).HooverDamisamajorhydroelectricpowersupplierandisnamedafterPre
6、sidentHerbertHoover.TothenorthoftheGrandCanyonNational,thedesertareasofNevada(內(nèi)華達(dá)州<美國西部內(nèi)陸州>)andthemountainsandstreamsofsouthwesternColoradoarebeautiful.HooverDamthedesertareasofNevadaTheNorthwestTothefarnorthoftheGrandCanyonNational,neartheCanadianborderisYellowstoneNationalpark(黃石國家公園
7、,大部分位于懷俄明州西北部),whichwasestablishedin1872,andistheoldestandoneofthelargestnationalparksintheUS.Itisnamedaftertheriverthatflowsthroughthearea.Itisknownforitsgeysers(間歇泉)andhotsprings.OneofthemostfamousofthegeysersistheOldFaithful(老忠實(shí)泉).*TothesouthoftheYellowstoneNationalparkisGrandTeto
