1·"It seems to me that we in the middle class bear most of the burden," says Jone Nell Norman, 61, a nurse in Dyersburg, Tenn., who often wonders about the government's judgement in spending her money.
田纳西州 Dyersburg 61岁的护士 Jone Nell Norman 经常怀疑她花钱时的判断力，她说：“在我看来，我们这些中产阶级承担了大部分的负担。”
2·Roxanne Baird, 49, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is one American buffeted by labor trends.
49岁的罗克珊.贝尔德女士就是一名受到上述就业趋势影响而遭受失业打击的美国田纳西州查塔努加市人。
3·On Thursday the Memphis, Tenn., shipping company reported its first year-over-year profit increase in five quarters.
在本周四，这家位于田纳西州孟菲斯的货运公司宣布其利润在过去五个季度中第一次取得年度性的增长。
4·But he knew something about Middle Eastern food from his hometown of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
但他还是在家乡田纳西州的Murf reesboro那里对中东食品有了一定的了解。
5·On Inauguration day, Michael Powers of Pikeville, Tenn., wrote to Mr. Obama, telling him he had lost his father, a three-pack-a-day smoker, to lung cancer in 1979.
在就职日那天，田纳西州皮科威尔的迈克尔·鲍尔斯写信给奥巴马先生，告诉他说自己已经失去了父亲，父亲每天要抽3包烟，1979年死于肺癌。