广播电视英语短句 第 317 课：有趣的昵称-4

You would think Colorado would be known as the Rocky Mountain State. 你可能会认为科罗拉多州的别名是“落基山之州”(Rocky Mountain State)。

But its nickname is the Centennial State. 但是它的别名是“百年之州”(Centennial State)。

That is because it became a state in eighteen seventy-six, exactly one hundred years after the nation declared its independence. 因为1876年，科罗拉多成为州的时候刚好是美国宣布独立一百周年。

Connecticut is called the Nutmeg State after a spice. 康乃狄格州被称为“豆蔻之州” (Nutmeg State)，以香料命名。

Connecticut Yankees, as people in this northeast state are called, are known to be smart in business. 东北部各州称他们为“康乃狄格Yankees”，他们在生意方面的精明广为人知。