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2013.02.28暢游以鄉(xiāng)村音樂、藍調(diào)、烤肉和激浪汽水著稱的田納西州。
飛機、火車、汽車、游船，無論選擇哪一種旅行方式，都會讓你的田納西州之旅不虛此行。65%的美國人所處的位置距田納西州都不超過一天的車程。這里有太多的事情值得去做，令人流連忘返。
有關(guān)田納西州的詳情見探索美國網(wǎng)站DiscoverAmerica.com。
首府：納什維爾（Nashville）
人口：約650萬人居住在田納西州。
地理：田納西州與許多州接壤：北連肯塔基州（Kentucky）和弗吉尼亞州（Virginia）；東鄰北卡羅來納州（NorthCarolina）；南鄰佐治亞州（Georgia）、阿拉巴馬州（Alabama）和密西西比州（Mississippi）；西鄰阿肯色州（Arkansas）和密蘇里州（Missouri）。阿巴拉契亞山脈（AppalachianMountains）支脈大煙山（Great SmokyMountains）在田納西州東部構(gòu)成了一道秀麗的風景，密西西比河水流蜿蜒，勾繪出田納西州西部的分界線。
高等教育：范德比爾特大學（VanderbiltUniversity）是田納西州最有聲望的高等學府。這所私立學校以其捐助人，船業(yè)大亨考尼列斯·范德比爾特（CorneliusVanderbilt）的名字命名，目前下設(shè)4個本科生院和6個研究生院和專業(yè)學院，以教育、法律、醫(yī)療和商務(wù)課程排名最高。以“志愿者之州”著稱的田納西州還有兩大公立高等教育系統(tǒng)：田納西大學（Universityof Tennessee）和田納西州立大學（Tennessee StateUniversity），后者是田納西州有史以來唯一一所由州政府資助的黑人大學。
主要產(chǎn)業(yè)：田納西州是全球最大的西部鄉(xiāng)村音樂出口基地。除此之外，該州也是鋅、鋁、電能、紡織品、牲畜和棉花的主要產(chǎn)地。全美三分之一的棉花在孟菲斯棉花交易中心（MemphisCotton Exchange）進行交易。
運動隊：田納西州有很多令人歡呼雀躍的運動隊。當?shù)氐捏w育代表隊有全國籃球協(xié)會（NationalBasketball Association）的孟菲斯灰熊隊（Memphis Grizzlies）；全國冰球聯(lián)盟（NationalHockey League）的納什維爾掠奪者隊（Nashville Predators），以及全國橄欖球聯(lián)盟（NationalFootball League）的田納西州泰坦隊（Tennessee Titans）。
田納西州名人： “貓王”埃爾維斯·普雷斯利（ElvisPresley）是田納西州最有名的居民之一，但他并非出生在田納西州（這個榮譽屬于密西西比州）。然而，同樣是音樂家的桃麗·芭頓（DollyParton）、蒂娜·特納（Tina Turner）、艾瑞莎·弗蘭克林（Aretha Franklin）、麥莉·賽勒斯（MileyCyrus）和賈斯汀·汀布萊克（Justin Timberlake）都是土生土長的田納西州人！演員摩根·弗里曼（MorganFreeman）和克里斯提娜·漢卓克斯（Christina Hendricks）、全國橄欖球聯(lián)盟新英格蘭愛國者隊（NewEngland Patriots）主教練比爾·貝利奇克（Bill Belichick）、美國前副總統(tǒng)阿諾·戈爾（AlGore）以及普利策獎（Pulitzer Prize）獲獎作家詹姆斯·艾吉（James Agee）的故鄉(xiāng)也是田納西州。
大眾文化：1999年湯姆·漢克斯（Tom Hanks）主演的影片《綠里奇跡》（TheGreen Mile）和1993年上映的法律驚悚片《糖衣陷阱》（TheFirm）都在田納西州拍攝。當?shù)刈骷艺材匪埂ぐ钠绽擢劔@獎小說《家中喪事》（A Death inthe Family）也以田納西州為背景。
特色美食：田納西州最出名的一道美食是烤肉。做法非常簡單：在豬肋排上抹好香料，放在小火上慢慢烤炙?？救怙L靡田納西州全境，以至該州每年都有幸主辦杰克丹尼酒廠（JackDaniel）的世界烤肉冠軍邀請賽（World Championship InvitationalBarbecue）。田納西州除了烤肉之外，當然還有其他美食，比如酥脆餅干、黃油玉米面包、鄉(xiāng)村火腿和焦黑鯰魚。在享用這些美食的時候，別忘了配上當?shù)靥刂频能涳嬃稀だ耍∕ountainDew）。
國際聯(lián)系：納什維爾市與北愛爾蘭的貝爾法斯特市（Belfast）和法國諾曼底（Normandy）地區(qū)的卡昂市（Caen）結(jié)為友好城市。
趣聞軼事：
探險活動：大煙山是美國最受歡迎的國家公園，如果想避開那里熙熙攘攘的人群，不妨嘗試一下漂流。奧科伊河（Ocoee）、諾利查基河（Nolichucky）、小鴿河（LittlePigeon）和海沃西河（Hiwassee rivers）都能讓你體驗擊浪的樂趣。
Tennessee at a Glance
Sounds Good to Me
15 June2012Learn more about the state that gives us country music and theblues, barbecue and Mountain Dew.
Planes, trains, automobiles or boats — whichever way you travel,you’ll find something worthy of your journey in Tennessee. In fact,65 percent of the U. S. population is within a day’s drive ofTennessee. But there’s so much to do there, you’ll want tostay.
Find out more about Tennessee atDiscoverAmerica.com.
Capital: Nashville
Population: About 6.5 million people live inTennessee.
Geography: Tennessee has a lot of neighbors. TheVolunteer State is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north,North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi to thesouth, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Great SmokyMountains, a part of the Appalachian Mountains, form the state’seastern landscape while the Mississippi River flows along thestate’s western border.
Higher Education: Vanderbilt University, or Vandy forshort, is the state’s most prestigious institution. Named afterbenefactor and shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, the privateschool maintains four undergraduate and six graduate andprofessional schools with its highest rankings in education, law,medicine and business. The Volunteer State manages two publicuniversity systems: the University of Tennessee and Tennessee StateUniversity, the only state-funded historically black university inTennessee.
Major Industries: Beyond being the world’s greatestexporter of country western music, Tennessee is also a majorproducer of zinc, aluminum, electrical power, textiles, cattle andcotton. In fact, the Memphis Cotton Exchange handles aboutone-third of the entire U.S. cotton crop.
Sports: There’s plenty to cheer for in Tennessee. Localsports teams include the National Basketball Association’s MemphisGrizzlies, the National Hockey League’s Nashville Predators, andthe National Football League’s Tennessee Titans.
Famous Tennesseans: Although Elvis Presley is one ofTennessee’s most famous residents, he wasn’t born in the VolunteerState (Mississippi owns that distinction). However, musicians DollyParton, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Miley Cyrus and JustinTimberlake were! Actor Morgan Freeman, actress Christina Hendricks,New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, former U.S. VicePresident Al Gore and Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Agee alsocall Tennessee home.
Pop Culture: The 1999 drama The Green Milestarring Tom Hanks and the 1993 legal thriller The Firmwere filmed in Tennessee. Native James Agee set his PulitzerPrize–winning novel A Death in the Family in the VolunteerState as well.
Culinary Specialties: There’s one dish in Tennessee:barbecue. Cooked low and slow, it’s all about pork ribs and spicerubs. Barbecue is so popular in Tennessee, the state has the honorof hosting the Jack Daniel’s World Championship InvitationalBarbecue every year. Of course there are other things to eat inTennessee besides barbecue, like crumbly biscuits and butterycornbread, country ham and blackened catfish. And don’t forget towash it all down with Mountain Dew, a soft drink created inTennessee.
International connection: Nashville has a sister-cityrelationship with Belfast in Northern Ireland and Caen in theNormandy region of France.
Fun facts:
• The first woman to become a U.S. senator was Hattie Caraway.She was born in Bakersville, Tennessee, in 1878.
• Tennessee’s Andrew Johnson held many elective offices at thelocal, state and federal level, including president of the UnitedStates.
• Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union duringthe Civil War and the first state to be readmitted after thewar.
Adventure idea: If you want to avoid the crowd at themost popular national park in the United States, skip the SmokyMountains and hit the whitewaters. Try whitewater rafting on theOcoee, Nolichucky, Little Pigeon and Hiwassee rivers.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/inbrief/2012/06/201206147449.html#ixzz2aVpSV3Q4
