大众英语80篇背诵阅读带翻译(十六)
"31 British Columbia
British Columbia is the third largest Canadian province, both in area and population. It is nearly 1.5 times as large as Texas, and extends 800 miles (1,280km) north from the United States border. It includes Canada's entire west coast and the islands just off the coast.
Most of British Columbia is mountainous, with long rugged ranges running north and south. Even the coastal islands are the remains of a mountain range that existed thousands of years ago. During the last Ice Age, this range was scoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea. Its peaks now show as islands scattered along the coast.
The southwestern coastal region has a humid mild marine climate. Sea winds that blow inland from the west are warmed by a current of warm water that flows through the Pacific Ocean. As a result, winter temperatures average above freezing and summers are mild. These warm western winds also carry moisture from the ocean.
Inland from the coast, the winds from the Pacific meet the mountain barriers of the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. As they rise to cross the mountains, the winds are cooled, and their moisture begins to fall as rain. On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches (500cm) of rain fall each year.
More than half of British Columbia is heavily forested. On mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall, huge Douglas firs rise in towering columns. These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet (90m) tall, with diameters up to 10 feet (3m). More lumber is produced from these trees than from any other kind of tree in North America. Hemlock, red cedar, and balsam fir are among the other trees found in British Columbia.英属哥伦比亚英属哥伦比亚是加拿年夜的第三年夜省，无论是面积照旧生齿都是如斯。它几乎是德克萨斯的 1.5倍，从美国疆域不断向北延长了 800英里(1，280公里)。它包括了加拿年夜整个西海岸及附近岛屿。年夜部分英属哥伦比亚多山峦。绵长而粗犷的山脉领悟南北。乃至那些沿海的岛屿都是那些存在于万万年前的山脉的遗址。在上一个冰河期间，这些山脉被冰河冲洗腐化，直到年夜部分山脉被淹没在海中。它们的峰顶显现为沿着海岸散布的岛屿。东北海岸地区有着潮湿温和的陆地性气候。从太平洋来的热和的洋流使得从西吹过要地当地的海风变得热和。因此这儿冬天匀称气温在零上并且夏天也不会酷热。这些热和的西风异样也从陆地带来了湿气。来自太平洋的、从海岸向要地当地的风碰到海岸山脉和落基山脉这些山脉屏障。当气流低落跨越这些山脉时，风的温度就低落了，风中的水分组成降雨。在一些朝西山坡区域每年年夜约有 200英寸(500厘米)的降水。年夜部分英属哥伦比亚密布着丛林。在有足够降水的斜坡，庞年夜的道格拉斯枞树挺拔进云。这些丛林巨人常常长到高达 300英尺(90米)，直径粗达 10英尺(3米)。这些树产出了比北美其他任何树都多的木材。铁杉、红喷鼻香椿、喷鼻香脂冷杉枞都是发明于英属哥伦比亚的别的树种。

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