請用英文來介紹美國肯塔基州

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請用“英文”來介紹美國肯塔基州(Kentucky)。

介紹當地的地理、風情、特色，以及著名的歷史人物。

大概50~80字即可，謝謝！

Answer 1

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It is bordered by West Virginia and Virginia (East side); Tennessee (South side); the Mississippi River., across which lies Missouri (SouthWest); and Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, all across the Ohio River.

Kentucky prides itself on producing some of the nation's best tobacco, horses, and whiskey. Corn, soybeans, wheat, fruit, hogs, cattle, and dairy products are among the agricultural items produced.

Among the manufactured items produced in the state are motor vehicles, furniture, aluminum ware, brooms, apparel, lumber products, machinery, textiles, and iron and steel products. Kentucky also produces significant amounts of petroleum, natural gas, fluorspar, clay, and stone. However, coal accounts for 85% of the total mineral income.

Louisville is famous for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, and the Bluegrass country around Lexington is the home of some of the world's finest race horses. Other attractions are Mammoth Cave, the George S. Patton, Jr., Military Museum at Fort Knox, and Old Fort Harrod State Park.

Source(s): http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108217.html

Answer 2

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern states), but it is sometimes included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest.[4][5] Kentucky is one of four U.S. states to be officially known as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of land area, and ranks 26th in population.

Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is present in many of the lawns and pastures throughout the state. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the Lower 48 states, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River.

It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for thoroughbred horses, horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, college basketball and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

這裡還有一些額外可以參考的資料ㄛ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky

Source(s): wikipedia.org