Can you name all the American states?
你能说出美国所有的州名吗？
Write down the names of all the American states you can remember.
写下你能记住的所有美国州的名字。
Among the candidates are Russian dandelion and guayule, a desert shrub found in the south-western American states and in Mexico.
俄罗斯的蒲公英和一种生长在美国西南部各州和墨西哥的沙漠灌木的银胶菊是候选品种之一。
The permanent council of the Organization of American States meets today here in Washington.
美洲国家组织常务委员会今天在华盛顿召开会议。
Which American states still support the Republicans?
美国有哪些州依然支持共和党？
Other American states also have problems, thanks to the struggling economy.
由于拯救经济，其他的州也面临着一些问题。
Iowa and Vermont became the latest American states to legalise gay marriage.
爱荷华州及佛蒙特州正为美国最新两个同性婚姻合法化的州。
Voucher programmes in several American states have been run along similar lines.
补助方案在美国几个州也以类似方式运作。
In most American states any person 16 or older can apply for a driver's license.
在美国大多数的州，年满16岁就可以申请驾照。
The Organisation of American States convened in Lima for its annual meeting.
美洲国家组织在利马召开了年会。
A majority of American states have cut funding to their libraries during the year.
在这一年里大多数美国的州削减了向图书馆的拨款。
Vouchers programmes in several American states have been run along similar lines.
美国也有几个州在类似方式实施学券计划。
In some American states, prices have risen; in most other countries they have dropped.
在美国的一些州，宽带价格已经上涨；在其它大多数国家它已经下降。
To this day, American states regard each other with suspicion where water is concerned.
直到今天，当涉及水资源问题时，美国各州彼此间仍心存猜疑。
Three Latin American states (Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela) joined the non-smackers last year.
去年，三个拉丁美洲国家（智利、乌拉圭、委内瑞拉）加入了禁止体罚的行列。
And some American states insist on costly licences for florists, interior designers and barbers.
美国一些州坚持对花匠，室内设计师和理发店的许可证收取高昂的费用。
The Organisation of American States (OAS) criticised Colombia but did not formally condemn it.
美洲国家组织(OAS)对哥伦比亚表示批评，但并未正式谴责。
Most American states offer more generous terms for wives, but also en for ce prenuptial agreements.
美国的多数州提供了对妇女更为慷慨的条款，但同样强行实施婚前协议。
But the Mediterranean countries, southern American states and California don't look comfortable at all.
而地中海国家、美国南部各州和加利福尼亚看来就一点也不轻松了。
Nor are smoking bans new: some German, Italian and American states had them in the mid-19th century.
禁止吸烟一点也不新鲜：一些德国，意大利和美国国家曾在19世纪中叶做过。
"The Organization of American States came here for 10 days and said: 'We have a model,'" says Solano.
“美洲国家组织曾在这里考察十天，然后他们说：我们是个榜样”，索拉诺讲道。
SOME American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less.
美国的一些州的上缴税收少于联邦财政拨款，另一些州则相反。
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。
Controlling crime is even harder in weak Central American states such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
对瓜地马拉、洪都拉斯和圣萨尔瓦多等脆弱的中美洲国家来说，犯罪管理要更艰难。
Several American states have passed or are pondering laws protecting their citizens from English libel judgments.
美国的几个州已经通过或者正在讨论法律以保护国民免于英国诽谤法的审判。
Admittedly, as an online outfit Amazon does not pay sales taxin American states where it has no physical presence.
诚然，作为一个在线商业组织，亚马逊没有向美国的各州缴纳消费税，它并没有实体店。
In 48 American states and seven European countries, including Britain, prisoners are forbidden from voting in elections.
在美国的48个洲和7个欧洲国家中，其中包括英国，犯人们被禁止在选举中投票。
A number of American states have passed “common-sense consumption laws” aimed at deterring obesity cases in local courts.
美国一些州还通过了《消费常识法》，旨在让地方法庭拒绝受理肥胖诉讼案例。
Some foreign leaders said it was, as did José Miguel Insulza, the secretary-general of the Organisation of American States.
有些国外领导者说答案是肯定的，美国组织秘书长José MiguelInsulza也持相同看法。
This limits electricity trading and allows prices to vary a lot, even between neighbouring European countries or American states.
这限制了电能的交易，导致了在欧洲邻国之间或美国各州之间，电价都会差距很大。
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