英语专业八级人文知识

英语专业八级人文知识

1. The Fall Line 瀑布线:A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one.

瀑布线指的是瀑布急速地从高处向地处流泻的点

2. The Appalachian Range 阿巴拉契亚山脉:1200 miles long consists of the Piedmont Plateau,Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range.

阿巴拉契亚山脉全长1200英里，由皮德蒙特高原、阿巴拉契亚高原及阿巴拉契亚山脉组成。

3. The Cordillera Range 科迪勒拉山脉:Composed of the Coast Range,the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains

科迪勒拉山脉由海岸山脉、卡斯卡德山以及洛基山组成。

4. The Great Basin 大盆地:The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus.

指的是科罗拉多和哥伦比亚高地之间的部分

5. The Great Central Plain 中部大平原:The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians.

指的是洛基山和阿巴拉契亚山之间的平原。

6. The Great Plain大平原:The western part of the central plain.

指的是中部平原以西的部分

7. The Mississippi River密西西比河:The longest,the most important river in the U.S.A..It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers.

密西西比河是美国最长、最重要的河流。它的流域面积达3225000平方公里

8. The Five Great Lakes :Lake Michigan,Superior,Erie,Huron and Ontario.

北美五大湖：指的是密歇根湖、苏必利尔湖、伊利湖、休伦湖以及安大略湖。

9. The Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉大瀑布:Famous falls in North America,1240 meters wide,the drop averages 49 meters.

尼亚加拉瀑布是北美最著名的瀑布，有1240米宽，平均落差为49米

10. Yellow Stone National Park黄石国家公园:Located in the northern part of Wyoming.It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A..

位于怀俄明州的北部地区。是世界上最古老的国家公园，是美国最大的野生保护区。

11. Grand Canyon 大峡谷:In northern Arizona.one of the great natural wonders of the world.It measures about 277 miles long,up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep.Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth.

大峡谷在亚利桑那州的北部，是世界上最伟大的自然奇迹之一。它约有277英里长，18英里宽，约1英里深。它的墙壁断层记录了地球形成的过程。

12. Old Faithful 老忠实喷泉:The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park,erupting more than 100 feet in the air about every 73 minutes.

老忠实喷泉是黄石国家公园最著名的喷泉，每73分钟向空中喷水100英尺多高。

13. Chinatown 唐人街:An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops,restaurants,clubs;two,important Chinatowns:New York City and San Francisco.

唐人街是许多中国人生活、居住的地区，那里有许多中国店铺、饭店、夜总会。两条最重要的唐人街分别在纽约和旧金山。

14. Indian Reservation 印第安保留地:It refers to the barren desert regions where only Indian live exclusively.

印第安保留地指的是专门给印第安人居住的贫瘠的沙漠地区。

15. New England 新英格兰:It consists of six states:Maine,New

Hampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,Rhode Island and Connecticut.This region is featured with mountains,valleys,rivers.

新英格兰由六个州组成：缅因州、新罕布什尔州、佛蒙特州、马萨诸塞州、罗德岛州以及康涅狄洛。这个地区主要以多山、多山谷、河流为特征。

16. The Mountain States山地诸州:Montana,Wyoming,Colorado,and New Mexico

山地诸州指的是蒙大拿州、怀俄明州、科罗拉多州以及新墨西哥州。

17. The Pacific Coast States 太平洋沿岸诸州:Washington,Oregon and California.

包括华盛顿州、俄勒冈州以及加利福利亚州。

Mount Mckinley 麦金利山:6187 meters high,on the middle of the Alaska,the highest peak on this continent.

高达6187米。在阿拉斯加的中部。是这片大陆上最高的山峰。

18. Pearl Harbor珍珠港 :The base of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S.A.near the city of Honolulu in Hawaii

珍珠港是美国太平洋舰队的基地，在夏威夷的火奴鲁鲁市附近。

19. The English Channel 英吉利海峡:The Channel is a narrow sea passage which separates English and France and connects the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea

英吉利海峡是一道狭长的海峡，分割英法两国，连接大西洋和北海。

20. “The Act of Union of 1801” 1801合并法:In 1801 the English Parliament passed an act by which Scotland,Wales and the Kingdom of England were constitutionally joined as the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1801年英国议会通过法令，规定英格兰、苏格兰和威尔士根据宪法合并成为大不列颠王国。