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1、GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF U.S.A,2019年8月22日星期四,2,1. official name 2. location 3. states 4. capital city 5. population 6. official language 7. national flag 8. national anthem,The United States of America North America 50 Washington, D. C 3rd English The Stars and Stripes The Star-Spangled Banner,9. nation
2、al bird 10. national emblem 11. national motto 12. currency 13. national flower/tree 14. mountains 15. rivers 16. lakes,Bald Eagle Bald Eagle In God We Trust US$ Rose/Oak Rocky & Appalachian Mississippi, Missouri & Ohio The Great Lakes,U.S.A.,2019年8月22日星期四,3,1.OFFICIAL NAME,Official Name The United
3、States of America(美利坚合众国) abbreviated forms The United States The U.S.A The U.S America The States Nickname Uncle Sam Brother Jonathan Columbia,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,4,UNCLE SAM,During the War of 1812,the US government hired meat packers to provide meat to the army. One of these meat packers was a man
4、named Samuel Wilson - Uncle Sam. Sam Wilson stamped the boxes of meat for the army with U.S. for United States. Some government inspectors came to look over Sams company. They asked a worker what the U.S. on the boxes stood for. As a joke,the worker answered that these letters stood for the name of
5、his boss, Uncle Sam. The joke spread, and soldiers began saying their food from Uncle Sam. Later,people called all things from the government “Uncle Sams”. “Uncle Sam” became a nickname for the U.S. government. the national symbol by congress 1961,2019年8月22日星期四,5,Uncle Sam,John Bull,A NATIONAL PERSO
6、NIFICATION,2019年8月22日星期四,6,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,7,LAND OF USA,IN WHICH CONTINENT ?,2. Size Country Area (km) % of Total 1. Russia 17,098,242 11.5% 2. Canada 9,984,670 6.7% 3. China 9,640,821 6.5% 4. United States 9,629,091 6.5% 5. Brazil 8,514,877 5.7% 6. Australia 7,692,024 5.2% 7. India 3,287,263 2.
7、3% 8. Argentina 2,780,400 2% 9. Kazakhstan哈萨克斯坦 2,724,900 1.8% 10. Sudan 2,505,813 1.7% The 4th largest country in size,2019年8月22日星期四,8,LAND OF USA,N: Canada S: Mexico, Gulf of Mexico W: Pacific Ocean E: Atlantic Ocean,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,9,3. 50 states (48 contiguous, 2 non-contiguous),IN AREA Alask
8、a, the largest state Texas, the 2nd largest Rhode Island, the smallest,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,10,4. Capital City: Washington D.C.,50 states & a district,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,11,5. LIST OF COUNTRIES BY POPULATION,Country Population % of world population 1 China 1,335,962,132 19.84% 2 India 1,144,350,000 16
9、.94% 3 United States 305,794,000 4.53% 4 Indonesia 229,373,990 3.41% 5 Brazil 190,694,000 2.8% 6 Pakistan 165,611,000 2.46% 7 Bangladesh孟加拉国 158,665,000 2.36% 8 Nigeria尼日利亚 148,093,000 2.2% 9 Russia 141,862,032 2.11% 10 Japan 127,704,000 1.9%,The 3rd most populous country,2019年8月22日星期四,12,White 73%,
10、Black 12%,Hispanic 11%,Asian 3%,American Indian 1%,1760: 1.7 million (mostly English) 1860: 30m (mainly English, Scottish and Irish) 1980: 210m (45% English, Scottish and Irish) Today: 305m (from Europe, from Asia and Latin America),MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS A Melting Pot 大熔炉 Salad Bowl Multiculturalism,2
11、019年8月22日星期四,13,A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS,Every American who ever lived was either an immigrant himself or a descendant of immigrants. - President John F. Kennedy,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,14,6. Languages,English 216.2 million Spanish 32.2 million Chinese 2.3 million French 1.9 million Tagalog 塔加拉语,菲律宾语 1.4 m
12、illion Vietnamese 越南语 1.1 million German 1.1 million American English (Am. E.) British English (Br. E.),BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,15,7. NATIONAL FLAG (adopted by congress 1777),HOW MANY STARS AND STRIPES ? WHY,星条旗 The Stars and Stripes The Star-Spangled Banner Old Glory,2019年8月22日星期四,16,FLAG DESCRIPTION,Th
13、e design and colors have been the basis for a number of other flags including Chile智利拉丁美 Liberia利比里亚西非 Malaysia马来西亚亚 Puerto Rico波多黎拉丁美,BACK,2019年8月22日星期四,17,Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thr
14、u the perilous fight, Oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave?,啊 ! 在 晨 曦
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