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Today, we tell about more interesting nicknames of American states. 今天我们将讲述更多美国各州有趣的别名。 The mid-Atlantic state of Maryland is called the Free State. A Baltimore newspaper first called it that during the nineteen twenties when the manufacture and sale of alcohol were banned for a time. Maryland said it wanted to be free from this prohibition. 位于大西洋中部的马里兰州被称为“自由之州。巴尔的摩的一份报纸在20世纪20年代酒类生产销售被禁期间第一次这样称呼它。当时马里兰州表示它想要摆脱这份禁酒令。 Mississippi is the Magnolia State. It is named for a tree with big, beautiful white flowers that grows in that hot, southern state. 密西西比州被称为“木兰之州。它以生长在密西西比这个炎热的南部州，盛开出美丽白花的木兰树命名。 The midwestern state of Missouri is called the Show Me State. The people of that frontier state were once famous for not believing everything people told them. 中西部的密苏里州被称为“索证之州。这个边境州的人们曾经因不相信别人告诉他们的任何事情而著名。 If you visit the western mountain and plain state of Montana you will know why it is known as Big Sky Country. 如果你游览一下西部的高山和草原之州蒙大拿，你就会明白它为什么被叫做“长空之州。 | 
