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每样东西都数得克萨斯的大 　　中国有“桂林山水甲天下”，美国有Everything is big in Texas(每样东西都数得克萨斯的大) 。怎么回事呢？看了下面来自Voice of America 的一文你会明白一些。 　　 　　We do not know where that saying came from. But it fits the southwestern state well. Texas is the biggest state by area in the continental United States. It is almost seven hundred thousand square kilometers. Only Alaska is bigger. Texas is also the second biggest state in population, after California. More than twenty-three million people live in the state. 　　Texas got even bigger in two thousand five after Hurricane Katrina hit several southeastern states. It received and sheltered almost two hundred thousand people from the affected states, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. 　　Texas is the home of the big oil companies. It is also a leader in other industries, including biomedical research and information technology. The city of Houston is especially famous for its big aerospace industry and the NASA space center there. 　　And, Texas has grown big with powerful and profitable companies. Last year, Texas had the largest number of Fortune Five Hundred companies headquartered in the state―fifty-six. 　　Texas is also home to big cattle ranches. Cattle is a major state industry. Texas also leads the states in inter-national trade exports. 　　With all this, the Texas economy is very big. The value of its total goods and services has grown to almost one trillion dollars a year. 　　Visitors find that even normally small things are often big in Texas. Like hats, for example. Texans describe their big cowboy hats as “ten gallon.” And, Texan women are said to like “big hair.” These hairstyles are often layered high on the head and very full around the face. 　　Texans are often thought of as Americans with big personalities, big voices and big opinions. And, most Texans are proud of those descriptions. 　　As you probably know, the current American President, George Bush, is a Texan. He was not born in the state but moved here with his parents when he wa