Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Cleveland and Detroit

词汇掌故：摇滚之都克里夫兰和汽车城底特律

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[...]11Another popular nickname for Detroit is Motown. Berry Gordy, Junior started the Motown Record Corporation in Detroit in nineteen fifty-nine. African-American singers recording for the company were extremely popular in the nineteen sixties and nineteen seventies. Their records were so successful that Detroit was also called Hitsville, USA.

[...]11底特律的另一个众所周知的别名是“摩城(Motown)”。1959年，贝瑞·戈顿（Berry Gordy, Junior）在底特律创建了摩城唱片公司。二十世纪六十年代到九十年代，该公司旗下美国黑人歌手极为走红。他们的唱片如此成功以致于底特律还被称为“金曲乌托邦（Hitsville U.S.A.）”

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Another city in the Midwest is Detroit , Michigan. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company in Detroit in nineteen hundred three. Five years later, he made the first "Model T" automobile. Within ten years, Detroit was being called The Motor City. It is still the center of the automobile industry in America.

密歇根州底特律市是另一座位于中西部地区的城市。1903年，亨利·福特（Henry Ford）在底特律创办了福特汽车公司。5年后生产出首款T型车。在不到10年，底特律被开始被称为“汽车城（The Motor City）”。直到如今它仍是美国的汽车产业中心。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：摇滚之都克里夫兰和汽车城底特律