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1、優(yōu)質(zhì)參賽課件主講：****Multi-culturalSocietyTheUnitedStatesisanationofmanyethnicgroups,makingita“meltingpot”,meaningimmigrantsfromdifferentnationsallovertheworldhavecombinedtomakeonenation,theAmerican.TheyspeakalmostthesamekindofEnglishwithfarlessclassorregionalvarietythaninBritain.Theyhavesimilarhabitsa
2、ndmanner1234GeographyMajorCitiesClimateNaturalResourcescontents5PeopleGeography1TheMainRegions，SizeandLocationTheU.S.hasalandareaof9.3millionsquarekilometers.ItisthefourthlargestcountryintheworldinsizeafterRussia,CanadaandChina.ThenationalcapitalisWashington,D.C.,locatedalongthebanksofthePotoma
3、cRiverbetweenthestatesofMarylandandVirginia.InthecentralpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHawaii);CanadaonthenorthMexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouthAtlanticOceanontheeastPacificOceanonthewesttotalarea—9,5millionsquarekilometers;50statesandthefederaldistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernme
4、nt.MajorCities2WhentalkingaboutAmerica,isthereanycitythatyouarefamiliarwith?Andwhy?Tips:NewYork—commercialandfinancialcenteroftheUnitedStatesWashingtonD.C.—seatofthefederalgovernmentLosAngles—secondlargestcityChicago—thewindycitySeattle;Philadelphia;SanFrancisco;etc.MajorCitiesNewYorkSituatedon
5、threeislands—ManhattanIsland,LongIslandandStatenIslandatthemouthofHudsonRiver.Fiveboroughs—Manhattan,Brooklyn,Bronx布朗克斯區(qū),Richmond里士滿andQueens.theheadquarteroftheUnitedNationsThestatueoflibertyisahugesculpturelocatedonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor.ThismonumentwasagifttotheUSAfromthepeopleofFrance
6、inrecognitionoftheFrench-AmericanallianceduringtheAmericanRevolution.Theformalnameofthestatueis"LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld".Itpicturesawomanwhohasescapingthechainsoftyranny(thebrokenchainslieatherfeet).Liberty'srighthandholdsatorchthatisasymbolofliberty.LibertywasdesignedbytheFrenchsculptorFre
7、dericAugusteBartholdi.Thestatuewasre-assembledintheUSAandwascompletedonOctober28,1886.ThesevenraysofLiberty'scrownsymbolizethesevenseasandsevencontinentsoftheworld.Libertyholdsatabletinherlefthandthatreads"July4,1776"(inRomannumer
