The State of Arizona

What do you know about Arizona? Arizona was settled by Spanish speakers long before many English speakers arrived. Hispanics make up about 65% of the population, and Phoenix is the largest city in Arizona. Tucson is home to the largest cactus[cb] saguaro [/cb]in North America. There are more than 1.5 million saguaros grow in [cb]the Saguaro National Park.[/cb] These plants can grow up to be over 50 feet tall, and when spring comes, the saguaros also produce blossoms, making it the Arizona's state flower. With such a desert landscape, it's easy to think of Arizona as a wild and uninhabited place. However the dry scorching desert is perfect for airplanes, with over 4,400 retired aircraft lining the desert. This desert is also called the airplane graveyard. The planes came to bask in the Arizona sun, and some were disassembled for parts. In recent years, coal-fired powerplants in the United States have been gradually shutting down. The Navajo coal-fired powerplant has been labeled the most polluting in the country. The pollution almost blocks out the sun and threatens the health of local residents. That's why officials are looking at alternative energy sources to clean the air, including wind farms. [cb]I saw the video of the Navajo Powerplant being blown down.[/cb] It was a shocking scene when huge smokestacks collapsed due to the explosion. In fact, the coal-fired powerplant was already closed in 2019 and dismantled in December 2020. [cb]As we all know, Arizona shares a border with Mexico.[/cb] For over a hundred years little attention was paid to the border, with locals coming and going to do business, but in the late 20th century tensions over illegal immigration and drug trafficking began to emerge. Today, millions of legal goods cross the border every year, but the biggest threat is the underground tunnels that are invisible to the cameras.

你对亚利桑那了解多少？ 说英语的人到来之前，说西语的就在亚利桑那定居了。 西班牙裔大约占65%，菲尼克斯是亚利桑那州的最大城市。 图桑是北美最大树形仙人掌的家园。 有超过150万株仙人掌树生长在仙人掌国家公园。 这些植物可以长到50多英尺高，每当春天来时，仙人掌树也会开花，使它成为亚利桑那州花。 这样的沙漠地貌很容易被认为亚利桑那是个荒凉无法居住的地方。 但干燥灼热的沙漠对飞机相当合适，超过4400多架退役飞机排列在沙漠上。 这沙漠也叫飞机坟场。这些飞机是来沐浴亚利桑那的阳光，有些被拆卸用于零部件。 近年来，美国的燃煤电厂逐步关停。 纳瓦霍燃煤发电站被标记为全国污染最严重的。 污染几乎挡住了阳光，也威胁了居民的健康。 这也是为什么官员们正在寻找替代能源来清洁空气包括风电场。 我看到关于纳瓦霍发电站被爆破拆除的视频。 巨大烟囱因爆炸应声倒下，场面令人震撼。 事实上，纳瓦霍燃煤电厂已经在2019年关闭，2020年12月被拆除。 众所周知，亚利桑那州与墨西哥是接壤的。 一百多年来很少注意到边界，当地人来来去去做生意，但在20世纪末期，非法移民和毒品走私紧张形势开始出现。 今天每年数以百万的合法货物通过边界，其实最大的威胁是摄像机看不到的地下隧道。