英美概况课件PPT测试题及课后练习答案PDF 刘白玉封丽丽主编 978 7 81134 751 7 美国部分Chapter 1.ppt

CHAPTER ONE Brief Introduction to the United States of America 1. Famous Quotation Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. — Emerson (American thinker ) 2. New words contiguous: adj. very close or connected in space or time邻近的，接触的，连续的—California and Mexico are contiguous.加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻。 archipelago: n. a group of many islands in a large body of water群岛，多岛海 insular: adj. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island岛的，岛民的， 岛特有的 ethnically: adv. with respect to ethnicity人种上，民族上 ratification: n. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it批准，认可 annexed: adj. [法] 附加的, 附属的 agrarian: adj. relating to rural matters土地的，耕地的，有关土地的 —The agrarian reform enabled us to form an alliance with the peasants on the basis of democracy and enabled them to obtain land. 土地改革，使我们在民主主义的基础上同农民结成了联盟，使农民得到了土地。 dissolution: n. separation into component parts 分解 —The President announced the dissolution of Parliament. 总统宣布了议会解散。 peninsula: n. a large mass of land projecting into a body of water半岛—Pray for newly established Churches to be a great blessing to this Arabian Peninsula nation. 祷告新成立的教会能成为这个阿拉伯半岛国家极大的祝福。 hinge: n. a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other铰链；枢纽；关键—The door is joined by hinge. 这扇门是用铰链连接的。 precipitation: n. the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time坠落，沉淀，凝结；冰雹 —There will be precipitation on northern hills tonight. 今夜北部山区有降雪。 diminish: vt. decrease in size, extent, or range使减少；使变小 —No man and no thing can interfere with your use of this power or diminish your spare of it. 没有什么人也没有什么事情能干涉你使用这种力量或对你的使用进行限制。 sapped: adj. 受冰川作用侵蚀(或裂碎)的 monsoon: n. a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter季风，雨季 —Heavy rains occur during a summer monsoon. 暴雨出现在一个夏季季风期。 elevation: n. the event of something being raised upward 海拔；高地；提