广播电视英语短句 第 305 课：有趣的别名-1

Today, we finish telling about the interesting nicknames that have been given to the fifty American states. 今天我们将结束对美国50个州有趣的别名的讲述。

The state of Ohio is in the midwest. 俄亥俄州位于美国中西部。

It is named the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts. 它以七叶树命名，别名叫做“七叶树之州”(Buckeye State)。七叶树的果实与栗子比较类似。

The Great Plains state of Oklahoma is called the Sooner State. 位于大平原上的俄克拉荷马州叫做“抢先之州”(Sooner State)。

That is because of a sale of land in eighteen eighty-nine. 这个名字来源于1889年的土地的出售活动。