Today, we finish telling about the interesting nicknames that have been given to the fifty American states.
今天我们将结束讲述美国50个州的有趣别名。

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

It is named the Buckeye State after a tree that produces nuts similar to chestnuts.
它因一种结着类似栗子的坚果的树而被称为“七叶树州”。

The Great Plains state of Oklahoma is called the Sooner State.
大平原的俄克拉荷马州被称为“捷足州”。

That is because of a sale of land in 1889.
起因是1889年的一次土地出售。

Some people arrived in the territory to claim their land earlier than they were supposed to.
一些到达该州的人们谎称比他们实际到得更早。

They cheated and got there "sooner."
他们蒙骗于是捷足先登。

Pennsylvania's nickname is the Keystone State.
宾夕法尼亚州的别名是“基石州”。

Just as a keystone holds together a stone arch, Pennsylvania was seen as holding together the young American republic.
正如垒成牌坊的基石，宾夕法尼亚州被视为维系了年轻的美利坚共和国。

Pennsylvania is also sometimes called the Quaker State.
宾夕法尼亚州有时也被称为“贵格会之州”。

Its founder, William Penn, and most of his followers, were members of the Protestant Quaker religion.
宾夕法尼亚州开拓者威廉·佩恩和他的多数追随者是基督新教贵格会成员。

Rhode Island's nickname is Little Rhody because of its size.
罗得岛州由于面积小被称为“小罗得”。

The state is smaller than the area around Los Angeles, California.
该州的面积比环洛杉矶地区还小。

Tennessee got its nickname -- the Volunteer State -- because of the bravery of its citizens.
田纳西州由于其市民的英勇得名“志愿者之州”。

They volunteered to join Tennessean Andrew Jackson to defend the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, against the British army in the War of Eighteen Twelve.
他们在1812年抵抗英军的战斗中，志愿加入田纳西人 Andrew Jackson 的队伍保卫新奥尔良。

Texas is called the Lone Star State.
德克萨斯州被称为“孤星之州”。

It gets its nickname from the single star on its flag.
它得名自其旗帜上的一颗单独的恒星。

This represents the short time Texas was an independent nation battling Mexico for self-rule.
这代表着德克萨斯州作为一个独立国家抵抗墨西哥争取自治的短暂历史。

The Beehive State of Utah has no more beehives than any other state.
“蜂巢州”犹他州并没有比其他州更多的蜂巢。

The nickname is from the Mormon Church's symbol for hard work.
该别名来自摩门教辛勤工作的象征。

The eastern state of Vermont is proud of its beautiful Green Mountains so it calls itself the Green Mountain State.
东部的佛蒙特州因其美丽的青山而自豪，故自称为“青山州”。

The southern state of Virginia is called the Old Dominion.
南部的弗吉尼亚州被称为“老自治州”。

Long ago, King Charles the Second of England added the colony's coat of arms to his shield.
很久以前，英格兰国王查理二世将该殖民地的盾形纹章加到他的盾牌。

It joined his other dominions of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
该州加入到他英格兰、苏格兰和爱尔兰等其他领土里。

West Virginia broke away from Virginia in the 1860s.
西弗吉尼亚州十九世纪六十年代脱离弗吉尼亚州。

It is called simply the Mountain State for the ancient Appalachian mountains.
它因古老的阿帕拉契山脉而被称为“山颠之州”。

And we have saved perhaps the most American nickname for last.
我们还保留了可能是近代最美国的别名。

The western state of Wyoming was once an area where cattle were transported east.
西部的怀俄明州曾经是往东部运牛的地区。

And where there are cattle, there are men -- and now women -- to move them.
哪里有牛，哪里就有男人，现在还包括女人来运送它们。

So Wyoming is the Cowboy State.
因此怀俄明州被称为“牛仔州”。