The Midwest Region of the United States

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1.阅读事项：

（1）猜测下列单词的意思，然后在文中猜测单词的意思。

enormous

identical

（2）不重要单词表

Ohio 俄亥俄州

Michigan 密歇根州

Indiana 印第安纳州

North and South Dakota 北达科他州和南达科他州

Nebraska 内布拉斯加州

Kansas 堪萨斯州

Atlantic Ocean 大西洋

Detroit 底特律

（3）尝试着有节奏地阅读文章。

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.课后练习

1. 核对阅读前的猜测是否正确。

enormous：huge; very large

identical：the same

2.回答问题。

Where were all of the American states located a long time ago?

4.生词表

amount 数量

central 中心，中部

completely 完全地

plain 平原

prairie 草原

flat 平坦的

feet 脚（相当于英尺单位）

industry 工业

agriculture 农业

automobiles 汽车

grow 种植

corn 玉米

wheat 小麦

grain 谷物

raise 举起；饲养或种植

5.习题答案

American states were all located beside the Atlantic Ocean.