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2013.02.28畅游以乡村音乐、蓝调、烤肉和激浪汽水著称的田纳西州。
飞机、火车、汽车、游船，无论选择哪一种旅行方式，都会让你的田纳西州之旅不虚此行。65%的美国人所处的位置距田纳西州都不超过一天的车程。这里有太多的事情值得去做，令人流连忘返。
有关田纳西州的详情见探索美国网站DiscoverAmerica.com。
首府：纳什维尔（Nashville）
人口：约650万人居住在田纳西州。
地理：田纳西州与许多州接壤：北连肯塔基州（Kentucky）和弗吉尼亚州（Virginia）；东邻北卡罗来纳州（NorthCarolina）；南邻佐治亚州（Georgia）、阿拉巴马州（Alabama）和密西西比州（Mississippi）；西邻阿肯色州（Arkansas）和密苏里州（Missouri）。阿巴拉契亚山脉（AppalachianMountains）支脉大烟山（Great SmokyMountains）在田纳西州东部构成了一道秀丽的风景，密西西比河水流蜿蜒，勾绘出田纳西州西部的分界线。
高等教育：范德比尔特大学（VanderbiltUniversity）是田纳西州最有声望的高等学府。这所私立学校以其捐助人，船业大亨考尼列斯·范德比尔特（CorneliusVanderbilt）的名字命名，目前下设4个本科生院和6个研究生院和专业学院，以教育、法律、医疗和商务课程排名最高。以“志愿者之州”著称的田纳西州还有两大公立高等教育系统：田纳西大学（Universityof Tennessee）和田纳西州立大学（Tennessee StateUniversity），后者是田纳西州有史以来唯一一所由州政府资助的黑人大学。
主要产业：田纳西州是全球最大的西部乡村音乐出口基地。除此之外，该州也是锌、铝、电能、纺织品、牲畜和棉花的主要产地。全美三分之一的棉花在孟菲斯棉花交易中心（MemphisCotton Exchange）进行交易。
运动队：田纳西州有很多令人欢呼雀跃的运动队。当地的体育代表队有全国篮球协会（NationalBasketball Association）的孟菲斯灰熊队（Memphis Grizzlies）；全国冰球联盟（NationalHockey League）的纳什维尔掠夺者队（Nashville Predators），以及全国橄榄球联盟（NationalFootball League）的田纳西州泰坦队（Tennessee Titans）。
田纳西州名人： “猫王”埃尔维斯·普雷斯利（ElvisPresley）是田纳西州最有名的居民之一，但他并非出生在田纳西州（这个荣誉属于密西西比州）。然而，同样是音乐家的桃丽·芭顿（DollyParton）、蒂娜·特纳（Tina Turner）、艾瑞莎·弗兰克林（Aretha Franklin）、麦莉·赛勒斯（MileyCyrus）和贾斯汀·汀布莱克（Justin Timberlake）都是土生土长的田纳西州人！演员摩根·弗里曼（MorganFreeman）和克里斯提娜·汉卓克斯（Christina Hendricks）、全国橄榄球联盟新英格兰爱国者队（NewEngland Patriots）主教练比尔·贝利奇克（Bill Belichick）、美国前副总统阿诺·戈尔（AlGore）以及普利策奖（Pulitzer Prize）获奖作家詹姆斯·艾吉（James Agee）的故乡也是田纳西州。
大众文化：1999年汤姆·汉克斯（Tom Hanks）主演的影片《绿里奇迹》（TheGreen Mile）和1993年上映的法律惊悚片《糖衣陷阱》（TheFirm）都在田纳西州拍摄。当地作家詹姆斯·艾吉的普利策奖获奖小说《家中丧事》（A Death inthe Family）也以田纳西州为背景。
特色美食：田纳西州最出名的一道美食是烤肉。做法非常简单：在猪肋排上抹好香料，放在小火上慢慢烤炙。烤肉风靡田纳西州全境，以至该州每年都有幸主办杰克丹尼酒厂（JackDaniel）的世界烤肉冠军邀请赛（World Championship InvitationalBarbecue）。田纳西州除了烤肉之外，当然还有其他美食，比如酥脆饼干、黄油玉米面包、乡村火腿和焦黑鯰魚。在享用这些美食的时候，别忘了配上当地特制的软饮料——激浪（MountainDew）。
国际联系：纳什维尔市与北爱尔兰的贝尔法斯特市（Belfast）和法国诺曼底（Normandy）地区的卡昂市（Caen）结为友好城市。
趣闻轶事：
探险活动：大烟山是美国最受欢迎的国家公园，如果想避开那里熙熙攘攘的人群，不妨尝试一下漂流。奥科伊河（Ocoee）、诺利查基河（Nolichucky）、小鸽河（LittlePigeon）和海沃西河（Hiwassee rivers）都能让你体验击浪的乐趣。
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
