A city in southern Arizona, in the American Southwest, sitting in a desert valley with mountains all around it.

A cityTucson 是一座城市 in southern Arizona在美國西南部亞利桑那州南部的 in the American Southwest sitting in a desert valley坐落在沙漠山谷裡 with mountains all around it四周都是山。

It is Arizona's second-biggest city after Phoenix, home to the University of Arizona, and famous for very dry, very hot summers and mild sunny winters — which is why so many older Americans move there when they retire, and why it has long had hospitals and clinics for people with breathing problems.

It它 is Arizona's second-biggest city是亞利桑那州第二大城市 after Phoenix僅次於 Phoenix home to the University of Arizona亞利桑那大學就在這裡 and famous for也以...聞名 very dry, very hot summers and mild sunny winters非常乾燥、非常炎熱的夏天和溫和晴朗的冬天 — which is why這也是為什麼 so many older Americans move there when they retire那麼多年長的美國人退休後會搬到這裡 and and 也是為什麼 why it has long had這裡長久以來一直有 hospitals and clinics for people with breathing problems專門照顧呼吸道問題病人的醫院和診所。

The land around it is Sonoran Desert, the place of the tall saguaro cactus you see in cowboy films. It is also an old city by American standards: people have farmed that valley for thousands of years, and it was a Spanish and then a Mexican town before it became part of the United States in 1854.

The land around it周圍的土地 is是 Sonoran DesertSonoran Desert（索諾拉沙漠） the place of the tall saguaro cactus就是那種高大仙人掌 saguaro 生長的地方 you see in cowboy films你在牛仔電影裡看到的。 It它 is also an old city也算是一座老城市 by American standards以美國的標準來說 : people人們 have farmed that valley已經在那個山谷裡耕種了 for thousands of years幾千年 and it and 它先後是 was a Spanish and then a Mexican town西班牙和墨西哥的城鎮 before it became part of the United States in 1854在 1854 年成為美國的一部分之前。