<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: 国产主播精品福利午夜二区| 亚洲精品日本久久一区二区三区 | 人妻激情一区二区三区四区| 成人特黄特色毛片免费看| 亚洲精品不卡av在线播放| 边摸边吃奶边做爽动态| 日本高清视频网站www| 亚洲尤码不卡av麻豆| 91国语精品3p在线观看| 亚洲综合一区二区精品导航| 国产精品人成视频免费国产| 男人扒开添女人下部免费视频| 麻豆精产国品一二三产| 97久久超碰国产精品2021| 色AV专区无码影音先锋| 人妻大胸奶水2| 亚洲色欲色欱WWW在线| 两个人看的视频www| 九色综合国产一区二区三区 | 亚洲自拍另类| 日韩精品一区二区三区日韩| 91老肥熟女九色老女人| 在线亚洲午夜片av大片| 欧洲精品色在线观看| 精品人妻少妇一区二区三区在线| 真实国产老熟女无套中出| 国产做a爱免费视频在线观看| 国产精品无码a∨麻豆| 国产大屁股视频免费区| 天堂av成人网在线观看| 国产日韩一区二区在线看| 国产资源精品中文字幕| 亚洲综合天堂一区二区三区| 97久久久精品综合88久久| 亚洲国产成人无码av在线影院| 夜色福利站WWW国产在线视频| 久久婷婷五月综合色国产免费观看| 精品不卡一区二区三区| 国产一区二区三区导航| 青青青草国产熟女大香蕉| 日韩精品福利一二三专区|