美国、英国及澳大利亚生活指南.docVIP

The United States of America (also called the US, the USA, or America) is the fourth-largest country in the world, measuring 9,364,000 square kilometers (3,614,500 square miles) including Alaska and Hawaii. Its population of over 260 million is the third largest in the world . it covers the central part of the North American continent, measuring 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska is northwest of Canada, and Hawaii is a group of islands in the central Pacific. The USA also has several island territories in the Pacific and Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Samoa. 行政 美国是世界第四个最大的国家，包括阿拉斯加和夏威夷在内总面积为9，364，000平方公里（3，614，500平方英里）。人口超过260，000，000，居世界第三位。美国位于北美大陆中部，东濒大西洋，西临太平洋，横跨4，000公里（2，500英里）。东南临墨西哥湾，北临加拿大，横跨1，900公里（1，200英里）。阿拉斯加位于加拿大的西北，夏威夷是位于中太平洋中的群岛。美国还有一些位于太平洋和加勒比海的岛屿，其中包括波多黎哥、关岛、维尔京群岛和萨摩亚群岛。 Regions The USA can be divided into four geographical regions: □ Northeast － Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New England (consisting of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C. □ Midwest - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. □ South - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. □ West - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Most of the US population is concentrated in towns and cities in the Northeast, in the South, around the Great Lakes, and on the West Coast. 区域 根据地理位置，美国可以分为四个区域 东北部： 特拉华州、缅因州、马里兰州、马萨诸塞州、新英格兰（包括康涅狄格州、新罕布什尔州、罗得岛和佛蒙特州）、新泽西州、纽约州、宾夕法尼亚州和华盛顿哥伦比亚特区 中西部：伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、艾奥瓦(衣阿华)州、堪萨斯州、密执安州、明尼苏达州、密苏里州、内布拉斯加州、北达科他州、俄亥俄州、南达科他州和威斯康星州 南部：亚拉巴马州、阿肯色州、佛罗里达州、佐治