夏威夷 英文地方介绍.ppt

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LISTforyou~Generalintroduction1Etymology2Geology3Climate4History5Culture6CustomsandetiquetteinHawaii7

ThestateencompassesnearlytheentirevolcanicHawaiianIslandchain,whichcompriseshundredsofislandsspreadover1,500?miles(2,400?km).Atthesoutheasternendofthearchipelago,theeightmainislandsare(fromthenorthwesttosoutheast)Niihau,Kauai,Oahu,Molokai,Lānai,Kahoolawe,Maui,andHawaii.ThelastisbyfarthelargestandisoftencalledTheBigIslandtoavoidconfusionwiththestateasawhole.ThearchipelagoisphysiographicallyandethnologicallypartofthePolynesiansubregionofOceania.

Recently,HawaiihasgarneredadditionalattentionasthelocationwhereU.S.PresidentBarackObamawasbornandspentmuchofhisyouth.Obamaistheonlypresidenttohailfromthestate.

EtymologyTheHawaiianlanguagewordHawaiiderivesfromProto-Polynesian*Sawaiki,withthereconstructedmeaninghomeland;HawaiicognatesarefoundinotherPolynesianlanguages,includingMāori(Hawaiki),RarotonganandSamoan.AccordingtoPukuiandElbert,ElsewhereinPolynesia,Hawaii–oracognate–isthenameoftheunderworldoroftheancestralhome,butinHawaii,thenamehasnomeaning.

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AlltheHawaiianislandswereformedfromvolcanicactivityinitiatedatanunderseamagmasourcecalledahotspot.AsthetectonicplatebeneathmuchofthePacificOceanmovestothenorthwest,thehotspotremainsstationary,slowlycreatingnewvolcanoes.Duetothehotspot’slocation,Hawaii’sonlyactivevolcanoesarelocatedaroundthesouthernhalfoftheBigIsland.Hawaii’snewestvolcano,LōihiSeamount,islocatedsouthoftheBigIsland’scoast.

Hawaii’sclimateistypicalforthetropics,althoughtemperaturesandhumiditytendtobeabitlessextremeduetonear-constanttradewindsfromtheeast.Summerhighsareusuallyintheupper80s?°F,(around31°C)duringthedayandmid70s,(around24?°C)at