1. "I want to be a conductor, and I've already chosen the best American music school," specifies Sandro Rodrigo de Barros.
    桑德罗·罗德里戈·德·巴洛斯明确表示: "我想做一名音乐指挥家，而且我已经选择好了美国最好的音乐学院。"

2. "For me," says seventeen - year - old Gloria Marcato, "it's more important to learn to speak English and to live through this experience than it is to receive a certificate from the American government."
    "对我来说，" 17岁的格洛里亚·马卡托说: "学会讲英语及体验这种经历比从美国政府那里拿到一张证书更为重要。"

3. At the end of each semester, as long as the students pass final exams, American authorities grant a certificate, which is recognized in Brazil.
    在每个学期结束时，只要这些学生能通过期末考试，美国当局就会向他们颁发证书，巴西是承认这种证书的。

4. All of them go for the same reasons -- to become fluent in English, complete high school, and understand everything they can about the American way of life.
    他们都是因为同样的原因赴美的——学会流利的英语、完成中学学业以及尽可能了解有关美国生活方式的方方面面。

5. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men.
    最新调查表明：美国男人认为苏珊是最有吸引力的女性名字，而女人则认为里查德和戴维是男人中最有吸引力的名字。

6. At the Nagpur book show, for example, the latest American social publications were conspicuous by their absence and India's politically conscious leadership has been replaced by a new generation, riding on the wave of the Internet, making fortunes wi
    例如，正因为那格浦尔书展上有关美国最新社会学出版物的缺乏，这些书籍反而变得引人注目起来。此外，印度有政治意识的领导层已被那些在因特网上冲浪、在短短几年内发了财的新一代人所取代。

7. Another American, James Murray Spangler, designed a much lighter machine in 1907 with an electric engine.
    另一位美国人詹姆斯·默里·斯潘格勒于1907年设计了一台带电动机的更为轻便的机器。

8. Albert was, for one thing, fat. Very fat. And then there was his accent. Though he spoke French and German fairly well, he had never altogether lost the American accent he had brought to Paris twenty years ago.
    一来艾伯特很胖，非常胖；二来他带有口音。他的法语和德语都说得很好，但从来没有完全改掉他20年前初到巴黎时的美国口音。

9. American Gothic
    《美国哥特式》

10. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character called Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution.
    战后，政治漫画里开始出现了一个名叫"山姆大叔"的人物。他的原型是一个早期漫画人物，名叫乔纳森大哥，此人在美国独立战争时期非常出名。