北美洲是北亚美利加洲的简称,位于西半球的北部。东滨大西洋,西临太平洋,北濒北冰洋,南以巴拿马运河为界,同南美洲分开。
北美大陆的地形严格限制了进攻通道。
The North American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack.
当探险家们第一次踏上北美大陆时,天上和地上到处都是种类多得惊人的野生动物。
When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America, the skies and lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife.
现在的北美大陆和欧洲大陆大约在40亿年前是连接在一起的,在那时,加勒多尼亚山脉与现代的喜马拉雅山脉一样雄伟。
About 400 million years ago, when the present-day continents of North America and Europe were joined, the Caledonian mountain chain was the same size as the modern Himalayas.
No continent, you could argue, had ever been quite made readymade if you want--for railroads quite like North America.
没有哪个大陆,你可以为此争辩,像北美这样,及其适合铁路的发展
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