Nebraska is the only state to have a nickname that honors sports teams! The state universitys athletic teams are nicknamed Cornhuskers in recognition of one of the areas chief crops. The state borrowed the Cornhusker nickname from the university.
内布拉斯加州拥有唯一一个纪念运动队的别名。该州州立大学的运动队别名叫做“剥玉米壳的人,这是为了对该地区的一种主要作物玉米的肯定。内布拉斯州借用了这个别名。
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."
位于西部沙漠的内华达州被称为“白银之州。这里曾有很多银矿,围绕银矿周围诞生了很多小城镇。如今,这些小城镇都成了空空的“鬼城。
New Hampshire, in the northeast area called New England, is the Granite State because of that colorful rock.
位于东北部新英格兰地区的新罕布什尔州由于五颜六色的岩石被称为“花冈岩州。
New Jersey 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.
新泽西州位于纽约州的纽约市和宾夕法尼亚州的费城市之间。新泽西州得名“花园之州,因为新泽西州的菜圃曾经向这些大城市运送蔬菜。(译者注:如果是因为运蔬菜的原因,就应该译为菜园之州。
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