<tt id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"></pre></pre></tt>
          <nav id="6hsgl"><th id="6hsgl"></th></nav>
          国产免费网站看v片元遮挡,一亚洲一区二区中文字幕,波多野结衣一区二区免费视频,天天色综网,久久综合给合久久狠狠狠,男人的天堂av一二三区,午夜福利看片在线观看,亚洲中文字幕在线无码一区二区
          您現在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> Special Speed News  
           





           
          Nicknames: America's 50 states(second)
          [ 2008-01-14 09:53 ]

           

          Download

          Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.

          (MUSIC)

          As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them.

          Idaho is known as The Gem State. This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains. Illinois is The Land of Lincoln. It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the 1860s. The midwestern state of Indiana is called the Hoosier State, but nobody is quite sure why.

          One story is that the word was used to mean poor farmers or uneducated people. No wonder the state legislature instead calls Indiana The Crossroads of America. Iowa's nickname, the Hawkeye State, is in honor of Black Hawk, an Indian chief who spent most of his life in neighboring Illinois!

          Kansas also has a "hawkish" nickname: The Jayhawk State. Jayhawkers were free-state guerrilla fighters opposed to the pro-slavery fighters in the years before the Civil War.

          Kentucky is The Bluegrass State. Bluegrass is really bright green but looks bluish from a distance. Louisiana is The Bayou State. A bayou is a slow-moving stream. Hundreds of them flow through this southern state, and many are full of alligators!

          Maine, in the nation's northeast, is The Pine Tree State because it is covered in evergreen woods. And directly across the country, on the Pacific Coast, is the state of Washington. It also has lots of evergreen trees so, not surprisingly, it is The Evergreen State.

          The eastern state of Massachusetts is the Bay State. This body of water separates most of the state from famous Cape Cod.

          Six state nicknames are taken from native animals. Michigan is the Wolverine State. A wolverine is a small, fierce mammal. The badger is a similar and equally fierce creature and Wisconsin is The Badger State.

          Neighboring Minnesota, The Gopher State, is named for a much nicer animal that builds hills and tunnels. However, The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes is written on Minnesota's vehicle license plates.

          North Dakota gets its nickname, The Flickertail State not from some bird, but from a little squirrel. South Dakota takes its nickname, The Coyote State, from an animal that thinks flickertails are good to eat!

          And Oregon, The Beaver State, borrows its nickname from the large, flat-tailed rodent that uses trees to build dams.

          Next week, we will tell you about more state nicknames, including one that is about people's feet!

          (MUSIC)

          This VOA Special English program was written by Ted Landphair. I'm Barbara Klein. You can find more WORDS AND THEIR STORIES at voaspecialenglish.com.

          (Source: VOA 英語點津姍姍編輯)

           
           
          相關文章 Related Stories
           

           

           

           
           

          本頻道最新推薦

               
            Nicknames: America's 50 states(second)
            Israel, US agree on security issues during Bush visit
            《美麗心靈的永恒陽光》精講之三
            The queen
            The princess diaries

          論壇熱貼

               
            pee park
            狗不理的英文招牌很可能成為新的國際笑話
            to my 2007
            《康定情歌》有誰可以譯出韻味來?
            被宰了
            破罐子破摔




          主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美日韩高清在线观看| 国产va免费精品观看| 日韩有码中文在线观看| 98精品全国免费观看视频| 国产第一区二区三区精品| 亚洲天堂自拍| 伊人色综合九久久天天蜜桃| 人妻有码av中文字幕久久琪| 国产成人精品亚洲精品日日 | 亚洲一区二区三区激情在线| 一区二区亚洲人妻精品| 日本成人午夜一区二区三区| 日本高清中文字幕免费一区二区| 福利一区二区在线观看| 国产高清一区二区不卡| 亚洲国产成人综合精品| 国内精品伊人久久久久影院对白| 久久精品亚洲精品国产色婷| 久久国产精品亚洲精品99| 日韩人妻无码一区二区三区综合部 | 狠狠色噜噜狠狠狠狠888奇米| 国模沟沟一区二区三区| 制服丝袜国产精品| 国产精品人成在线播放蜜臀| 一级女性全黄久久片免费| 国产精品高清中文字幕| 亚洲人成电影网站 久久影视| 亚洲国产韩国欧美在线| 国产精品青草视频免费播放| 无码av不卡免费播放| 国产无遮挡猛进猛出免费软件| 99精品国产在热久久无| 亚洲精品熟女一区二区| 久久月本道色综合久久| 香蕉在线精品一区二区| 国产精品18久久久久久| 人妻丰满熟妇无码区免费| 少妇精品亚洲一区二区成人| 亚洲香蕉网久久综合影视| 狠狠色狠狠综合久久| 天天看片视频免费观看|