广播电视英语短句 第 312 课：美国各州别名-1

As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. ere are some more of them. 像上周我们讲述的那样，美国的每个州都有一个别名，这里是更多的（别名介绍）。

Idaho is known as "The Gem State." 爱达荷州以宝石之州著称。

This is not because it has diamonds but because it believes it is the jewel of the western Rocky Mountains. 这不是因为它有钻石，而是它认为它是西落基山之宝。

Illinois is "The Land of Lincoln." 伊利诺亚州是林肯之乡。

It is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president who led the nation through the Civil War in the eighteen sixties. 他以 20 世纪 60 年代内战期间领导国家的第 16 位总统亚伯拉罕 . 林肯命名。