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经典英语美文:NBA各球队名字的由来经典英语美文:NBA各球队名字的由来Twoweeksago,IdiscussedthemeaningoftheteamnamesintheNationalBasketballAssociation"sEasternConference.ThisweekwemoveontotheWesternConference.TheMemphisGrizzlies:Giant"grizzlybears"rangetheRockyMountainsintheUSandCanada.TheydonotliveanywherenearthecityofMemphis,whichisontheMississippi.Thenwhythename"Grizzlies"?ThereasonisthattheGrizzlieswereoriginallybasedinVancouver,BritishColumbia,onCanada"sPacificcoast,wheregrizzlybearsdolive.TheMinnesotaTimberwolves:Minnesota,likeMemphis,takesitsteamnamefromwildlife,buttheTimberwolves"nameactuallymakessense.Minnesota,whichislocatedontheborderwithCanada,containslargeexpansesofforestedwildernesswheretimberwolvesmaketheirhome.TheSanAntonioSpurs:Themythologyofthe"cowboy",solitary,toughandself-reliant,haslongbeenanimportantpartoftheAmericannationalidentity,particularlyinTexas,whereSanAntonioislocated.WhiletheaverageTexantodayisfarmorelikelytoworkinanofficethanonahorse,thecowboyremainsanimportantculturalsymbolinTexas.Spursaresharpmetaldevicesattachedtoacowboy"sboots.Byjabbingahorse"sflankswiththespurs,thecowboycanencouragehismounttorunfaster.TheSpurs"teamlogoincludesapictureofaspur.TheDallasMavericks:ThenameoftheDallasteamalsoreflectsTexas"cowboypast.A"maverick"isarebelliouspersonwhorefusestoobeysocialnorms.ThewordisderivedfromthenameofSamuelMaverick(1803-1870),aTexasrancherwhorefusedtobrandhiscattle.TheHoustonRockets:TheNASAMissionControlCenterislocatedinHouston;hencethename"Rockets".Ironically,noactualrocketsareeverlaunchedintospacefromHouston--launchestakeplaceataseparatefacilityinFlorida.TheUtahJazz:JazzisauniquelyAmericanmusicalstyleinventedbyAfrican-AmericansintheSouth.UtahisadeeplyconservativeRockyMountainstatewithfewAfrican-Americansandnoconnectiontojazzmusic.Thereasonforthename?TheteamstartedinNewOrleans,oneofthebirthplacesofjazz,andsubsequentlymovedtoUtah.TheDenverNuggets:ThecityofDenver,Colorado,arosedurin
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