新世纪新视野高职高专英语（电子教案）Unit4 Big Cities and Small Towns

state,isoneofthenation’sleadingindustrialcentersandtheworld’sforemostautomobilemanufacturingcenter.TheautomobileindustrygaveDetroititsnickname,TheMotorCity.Itsofficialname,esfromaFrenchwordthatmeans“thenarrowplace.”ThecityislocatedatthenarrowestpointofthechannelconnectingtheupperandlowerregionsofthevastGreatLakeswatersystem.Thisstrategiclocationgreatlyaidedthecity’seconomicgrowth,asitbecameamajorportoftheGreatLakesindustrialbasin,linkedtoglobalmarketsinEuropeandAsia.LI_1_2DetroitDetroitskylineatnightLI_2_1MichiganStateintheEastNorthCentralUnitedStates.pletelyseparatedbywaterandborderingonfourofthefiveGreatLakes.BetweenLakesMichiganandHuronlietheStraitsofMackinac,whichseparateMichigan’stwopeninsulas:theLowerPeninsulaandtheUpperPeninsula.LansingisthecapitalofMichigan.Detroitisthelargestcity.