Lesson 42 North America
第42課 北美
Li Ming wrote a report about North America.
李明在寫一篇關于北美洲的報告。
North America is a large continent,but it has only three main countries.
北美洲是一個大洲,但是它只有三個主要的國家。
Canada is the farthest north.
加拿大在最北邊。
To the south of Canada is the United States.
在加拿大的南邊,是美國。
The U.S.is north of Mexico.
美國在墨西哥的北邊。
Together,these three countries cover about 24 million square kilometres.
這三個國家在一起覆蓋了大約 2 4000 000平方公里。
About 550 million people live in North America.
大約550 000 000人居住在北美洲。
That is a large population,but smaller than that of China.
人口數量很多,但比中國的要少。
The Great Lakes are the largest bodies of freshwater in the world.
北美五大湖是世界上最大的淡水水域。
The Rocky Mountains are the biggest mountains in North America.
落基山脈是北美洲最大的山脈。
Canada is the biggest of the three countries in area, but it has the smallest population- about 35 million.
加拿大是三個國家中領土面積最大的,但是它的人口最少——大約35 000 000。
People speak many languages in Canada.
加拿大的人們說許多語言。
Most speak English or French,but the third most common language is Chinese!
大多數說英語或法語,第三大常用語是中文!
The U.S. is also a very large country,and its population is much larger than any other country in North America.
美國也是個非常大的國家,它的人口數量比北美洲其他國家都要大得多。
It has a population of more than 315 million.
他的人口數量超過315 000 000。
The U.S. is often called America.
美利堅合眾國常常被稱為美國。
People in the U.S.are called Americans.
居住在美國的人們唄稱為美國人。
Most Americans speak English,and many speak Spanish.
大多數美國人說英語,還有許多說西班牙語。
Of course, there are a lot of Chinese speakers in the U.S.,too - more than 2 million!
當然,美國還有很多說中文的人——超過2 000 000人!
Mexico is smaller than both Canada and the U.S.
墨西哥比加拿大和美國都要笑。
Most of the people there speak Spanish.
大多數人說西班牙語。
It has a population of more than 110 million.
它的人口數量超過110 000 000。
Mexican people love their country,but many leave to live and work in the U.S.
墨西哥人喜歡他們的國家,但是許多人離開那兒去美國工作和生活。
The capital city of Mexico is Mexico City.
墨西哥的首都是墨西哥城。
It is a very big city.
它是一個非常大的城市。
This is a map of North America.
這是一張北美洲的地圖。