第十八期 5-2 (5/7)-英语听力

[00:00.00]This type of scenery continues on through Ohio and Indiana, [00:04.43]but the road becomes congested and busier as the traveler passes by Chicago on northern Illinois. [00:11.46]The truck traffic is especially heavy because Chicago is an important business center. [00:17.76]On west of Chicago one again enjoys the scenery of the rich agricultural lands [00:23.94]and then crosses the great Mississippi River into Iowa. [00:28.58]Since Iowa is the number one corn producing state in the nation, [00:33.31]one sees vast fields of corn during the growing season. [00:37.60]This continues into Nebraska, but as one gets further west and the climate is drier, [00:43.91]one sees cattle grazing on the grasslands there. [00:47.26]As one leaves Nebraska and enters Wyoming, the beautiful Rocky Mountains appear.