本书是《美国风情系列丛书》中的一种，采用英汉对照形式编译而成。全书对美国的自然风光作了广泛生动的介绍，从中可以了解新英格兰变幻莫测的天气、得克萨斯的宝岛，气象万千的俄勒冈，犹他州的袖珍“撒哈拉”，还可以领略到众多观光游览胜地的迷人景象，如：尼亚拉加瀑布、落基山、大峡谷、黄石公园、科德角、奥林匹克雨林等。让人陶醉于大自然博大胸怀的同时，对“人与自然”这一现代社会的重大主题作一番回顾和畅想。本书是了解美国地理风光的理想读物，也可作学习英语的辅助读物。

1.The Unpredictable Weather in New England

 新英格兰天气变幻莫测

2.The Great Stone Face and Notch

 “大石脸”与“大峡谷”

3.The Wealth of New Jersey's Barrens

 新泽西州的荒地资源

4.Nature's Underground Cathedral

 天然地下教堂

5.Land of the Trembling Earth

 地动之乡

6.Cape Cod

 科德角

7.The Great Smokies

 大斯莫基山

8.The Apostles

 使徒岛

9.Niagara Falls-Something

  Completely New

 尼亚加拉瀑布-全新的景观

10.Vermont-Green Mountains

  佛蒙特-绿色山脉

There is a long carry at Grand Rapids, A dam has taken the place of the rapids, and above the dam the river is surfaced with several acres of logs. As they neared Brainerd, White rapids tumbled over unseen rocks, and they slid along with to boggan speed. The current was full of whirlpools that would sometimes twist the boat out of control for a moment but were never powerful enough to upend it and suck it down.

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