Topeka is the capital city of Kansas, a state in the middle of the United States. It is not one of America's big famous cities — it is a middle-sized city of maybe a couple of hundred thousand people, sitting on the Kansas River.

Topeka Topeka（托彼卡） is the capital city of Kansas是Kansas（堪薩斯州）的首府，a state in the middle of the United States堪薩斯州是位在美國中部的一個州。It它 is not one of America's big famous cities不是美國那種赫赫有名的大城市——it它 is a middle-sized city是一座中型城市 of maybe a couple of hundred thousand people大概有幾十萬人，sitting on the Kansas River座落在Kansas River（堪薩斯河）畔。

Because it is the capital, the state government works there.

Because it is the capital因為它是首府，the state government works there州政府就設在那裡辦公。

The name is best known outside Kansas from history class: the court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, when the US Supreme Court decided that separating Black and white children into different schools was against the law. That one case put the city's name into textbooks all over the world.

The name這個地名 is best known outside Kansas from history class在Kansas州以外，最有名的來源是歷史課：the court case Brown v.也就是那個訴訟案，Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954Board of Education of Topeka，1954年，when當時 the US Supreme Court美國最高法院 decided判定 that separating Black and white children into different schools把黑人和白人小孩分開送去不同的學校 was against the law是違法的。That one case就是這一個案子，put the city's name into textbooks all over the world讓這座城市的名字出現在全世界的教科書裡。

Americans also sometimes use Topeka in a joking way to stand for 'an ordinary place far from the coast, nothing exciting happening' — the same way people here might name a small town to mean 'the middle of nowhere'. Note that the biggest city in Kansas is Wichita, not Topeka; the capital is often not the biggest city, in the US or anywhere.

Americans美國人 also sometimes use Topeka in a joking way有時候也會開玩笑地用Topeka to stand for來代表 'an ordinary place far from the coast, nothing exciting happening'「一個離海岸很遠、什麼有趣的事都不會發生的普通地方」——the same way就像 people here我們這裡 might name a small town有時候會用某個小鎮的名字 to mean來表示 'the middle of nowhere'「鳥不生蛋的地方」一樣。Note要注意，that the biggest city in Kansas is Wichita, not TopekaKansas州最大的城市是Wichita（維奇塔），不是Topeka；the capital is often not the biggest city不管在美國還是其他地方，首府常常不是那個州最大的城市 in the US or anywhere。