The Midwest Region of the United States
*早上起來(lái)應(yīng)該元?dú)鉂M滿
1.閱讀事項(xiàng)：
（1）猜測(cè)下列單詞的意思程癌，然后在文中猜測(cè)單詞的意思推溃。
enormous
identical
（2）不重要單詞表
Ohio 俄亥俄州
Michigan 密歇根州
Indiana 印第安納州
North and South Dakota 北達(dá)科他州和南達(dá)科他州
Nebraska 內(nèi)布拉斯加州
Kansas 堪薩斯州
Atlantic Ocean 大西洋
Detroit 底特律
（3）嘗試著有節(jié)奏地閱讀文章什乙。
2.正文
The American Midwest covers an enormous amount of land. It starts with Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. It goes as far west as North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. There are a total of twelve states in the Midwest.
Actually, the Midwest is in the east and central part of country. But, a long time ago, the United States was much smaller. The only states in the country were beside the Atlantic Ocean. So people called the lands west of them the Midwest.
The land in the Midwest is almost completely identical. It is full of plains and prairies. The Midwest is very flat land. There are no mountains in it.Most hill only rise a few hundred feet high. However, the Great Lakes are in the Midwest. These are five huge lakes located between the U.S. and Canada.
Nowadays, people in the Midwest often work in industry or agriculture. In Detroit and other cities, making automobiles is a huge business. However, there are also many famers. They grow corn, wheat, and other grains. And they also raise pigs and cows.
3.課后練習(xí)
- 核對(duì)閱讀前的猜測(cè)是否正確。
enormous：huge; very large
identical：the same
2.回答問(wèn)題涤垫。
Where were all of the American states located a long time ago?
4.生詞表
amount 數(shù)量
central 中心谤狡，中部
completely 完全地
plain 平原
prairie 草原
flat 平坦的
feet 腳（相當(dāng)于英尺單位）
industry 工業(yè)
agriculture 農(nóng)業(yè)
automobiles 汽車
grow 種植
corn 玉米
wheat 小麥
grain 谷物
raise 舉起；飼養(yǎng)或種植
5.習(xí)題答案
American states were all located beside the Atlantic Ocean.
