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VOA慢速英语2014 花园之州,花岗岩之州,帝国之州和迷人之地

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The Garden State, the Granite1 State, the Empire State and The Land of Enchantment2 花园之州,花岗岩之州,帝国之州和迷人之地

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories.

Nebraska is the only state to have a nickname that honors sports teams. The state university's athletic3 teams are nicknamed "Cornhuskers" in recognition of one of the area's chief crops. The state borrowed the Cornhusker nickname from the university.

The western desert state of Nevada is called the "Silver State." It was once home to many silver mines and towns that grew up around them. Today, most of them are empty ghost towns.

New Hampshire -- in the northeast area called New England -- is the "Granite State" because of that colorful rock.

New Jersey4 is between the big cities of New York, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It got its nickname -- the "Garden State" -- because New Jersey truck farms once provided vegetables to those big cities.

New York -- which always thinks big -- was called the "Empire State" because of its natural wealth. The most famous Manhattan skyscraper5 got its name from the state. It is, of course, the Empire State Building.

If you get a chance to see a red sunset over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico, you will know why that southwestern state is called the "Land of Enchantment."

North and South Carolina were one colony until 1729. South Carolina's nickname is the easier of the two: It is the "Palmetto State" because of a fan-leafed palm tree that grows there. North Carolina is the "Tar6 Heel State." That is because many of the men who worked to gather substances from trees wore no shoes. They would make turpentine from tar and get the black, sticky tar on the heels of their feet.


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1 granite Kyqyu     
adj.花岗岩,花岗石
参考例句:
  • They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
  • The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。
2 enchantment dmryQ     
n.迷惑,妖术,魅力
参考例句:
  • The beauty of the scene filled us with enchantment.风景的秀丽令我们陶醉。
  • The countryside lay as under some dread enchantment.乡村好像躺在某种可怖的魔法之下。
3 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
4 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句:
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致,都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
5 skyscraper vxzwd     
n.摩天大楼
参考例句:
  • The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
  • The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。
6 tar 1qOwD     
n.柏油,焦油;vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句:
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
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