The Province of Alberta.
阿爾伯達(dá)省
1. Alberta is located in the western part of Canada and is the westernmost among the Prairie Provinces. To its west is British Columbia while to its east is Saskatchewan. Its south borders on the U.S. state of Montana while its north borders on the Northwest Territories. Alberta is a most popular place for people to go to on their vacations because of its beautiful scenery. The Canadian Rockies running through it have earned for it the proud name of "Fifty Switzerland in One."
1、阿爾伯達(dá)省位于加拿大的西部，也是草原諸省中最西部的一個(gè)省份。它的西邊是不列顛哥倫比亞省，東部是薩斯喀徹溫省，它的南部與美國(guó)的蒙大拿州接壤，而北部則與西北地區(qū)相連。由于阿爾伯達(dá)省風(fēng)景優(yōu)美，人們都很喜歡去那里度假�？v貫全境的加拿大落磯山脈為它贏得了“集50個(gè)瑞士于一省”的美名。
2. With an area of approximately 255,212 square miles, equivalent to 661,000 square kilometers, it is the fourth largest province in Canada. Although it has a population of only 3.26 million, about one fifth of the population of Shanghai, it ranks also 4th in population among Canadian provinces. The province was named after Princess Louis Caroline Alberta, a daughter of Queen Victoria of England. It became a province of Canada in 1905.
2、該省面積約為255212平方英里，相當(dāng)于661000平方公里，是加拿大第四大省。雖然它的人口只有326萬(wàn)，僅及上海人口的約五分之一，但在加拿大諸省中它的人口數(shù)也居第四位。阿爾伯達(dá)省是以英國(guó)維多利亞女皇的一個(gè)女兒路易斯·卡洛琳·阿爾伯達(dá)公主的名字命名的。它于1905年成為加拿大的一個(gè)省份。
3. The people of Alberta originally came from many different countries. More than half of the Albertans came from Britain. Others came from Austria, Russia and the Scandinavian countries. As only a small number were French Canadians, who migrated to Alberta from the eastern part of Canada, the major language spoken in the province is English, with the exception of a few bilingual towns north of Edmonton. Although there are only a limited number of Indians living on reservations now, two hundred years ago they were the only inhabitants in what is now called Alberta.
3、阿爾伯達(dá)省的人民最初來(lái)自很多不同的國(guó)家。其中一半以上來(lái)自英國(guó)，另一些人來(lái)自?shī)W地利、俄國(guó)和斯堪地那維亞國(guó)家。由于只有少數(shù)從加拿大東部遷宋的法裔加拿大人，因此除了在埃德蒙頓北部有幾個(gè)雙語(yǔ)種小鎮(zhèn)之外，該省所使用的主要語(yǔ)言是英語(yǔ)�，F(xiàn)在，雖然只有人數(shù)有限的印第安人居住在保留地上，但是在兩百多年前，他們是居住于現(xiàn)在稱之為阿爾伯達(dá)省的唯一居民。
4. The first settlers of Alberta were cattle ranchers. Even now, raising cattle is still one of the leading branches of economy. But at present many more Albertans are farmers, who raise millions of tons of wheat, oats and barley, the also plant sugar beets and potatoes in the southern part of the province. In the northern part, like the Indians who lived there before them, the hunters trap such fur-bearing animals as squirrels, beavers and foxes. Alberta is also rich in forest resources, coal and oil. It is one of the main timber producing provinces in Canada. Owing to its rich deposit in oil, petroleum industry has become one of the most important industries of the province, with many oil fields and refineries. Alberta also produces more coal than any other province.
4、阿爾伯達(dá)省的首批移民是牧場(chǎng)經(jīng)營(yíng)者。即使時(shí)至今日，畜牧業(yè)仍然是經(jīng)濟(jì)的主要部門之一。但現(xiàn)在阿爾伯達(dá)人中更多的是農(nóng)民，他們生產(chǎn)成百萬(wàn)噸的小麥、燕麥和大麥。在該省的南部他們還種植甜菜和土豆。在北部，獵人們象生活在他們之前的印第安人一樣捕捉毛皮獸，諸如松鼠、河貍和狐貍等。阿爾伯達(dá)還有豐富的森林資源、煤礦和石油。它是加拿大木材的主要生產(chǎn)省份之一。由于該省石油蘊(yùn)藏量豐富，石油工業(yè)已成為該省最重要的工業(yè)主一，油田和煉油廠比比皆是。阿爾伯達(dá)出產(chǎn)的煤也多于其他任何省份。
5. The provincial capital Edmonton, with a population of about 1,016,000, is the second largest city in the province. The largest city is Calgary. In 1967, it had a population of about 330,000. But after a lapse of 40 years, it now has more than 1,060,000 inhabitants. The third largest city is Lethbridge, having a population of about 67,000 persons. People in those cities work in meat-packing plants, flour mills, dairies and refineries. Some work in canneries and beet-sugar factories.
5、省會(huì)埃德蒙頓人口約為101.6萬(wàn)，是該省第二大城市。第一大城市是卡爾加里，1967年的人口是33萬(wàn)，但時(shí)隔40年之后，它的居民總數(shù)已超過106萬(wàn)。第三大城市是萊斯橋，約有人口6、7萬(wàn)。這些城市的居民大多在肉類加工廠、面粉廠、乳制品廠和煉油廠工作。有的則在罐頭食品廠和甜菜制糖廠工作。
6. The climate in Alberta is pleasant, particularly in summer, when the average temperature is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit. In winter, it is much colder and in the north, the temperature can drop to 20 degrees below zero. Although the best season for traveling is the summer months of June, July and August, many tourists are attracted to the first rate skiing ground at the resorts of Banff and Jasper.
6、阿爾伯達(dá)氣候宜人，特別是夏天，平均氣溫為華氏60度左右。冬天的氣候則要冷得多，北部的氣溫有時(shí)可降到零下20度。雖說(shuō)旅游的最佳季節(jié)是6、7、8月的夏季，但是旅游勝地班夫和嘉思帕的第一流的滑雪場(chǎng)地也吸引了很多游客。
7. Alberta is located in the Mountain Standard Time Zone. 12 o'clock at Noon in Edmonton is 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
7、阿爾伯達(dá)位于山地標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)時(shí)區(qū)。埃德蒙頓中午12點(diǎn)即東部標(biāo)準(zhǔn)時(shí)間下午2點(diǎn)。
