1. Japanese workers labor about 200 more hours per year than the average of their American counterparts, according to figures from Japan's Labor Ministry.
    据日本劳动省的数据，日本工人每年要比一般的美国工人多干200小时的活。

2. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.
    盖尔有时不明白为何我和其他黑人如此热衷于种族问题，她好像忘记了美国社会中种族仇恨更加微妙的表现形式，这一点令我感到惊讶。

3. Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic, an often-copied interpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers.
    1930年，格兰特·伍德因其画作《美国哥特式》一举成名。此画体现了美国农民庄严的自豪，常常被人临摹。

4. Uncle Sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as American's most popular symbol.
    很快，山姆大叔就取代了乔纳森大哥，成了最受美国人欢迎的象征。

5. Of course the trees and grass are not bad, but I never liked that old Negro woman looking at our American flag.
    当然，树和草还不坏，但是我从来不喜欢那个望着我们美国国旗的黑人老太婆。

6. Our institutes of technology, built with European and American aid, offered students free room and board, even salary.
    我们的技术学院是用欧洲和美国的援助建造的，向学生们提供免费膳宿，甚至还给发薪水。

7. One of the two living rooms was American, with easy chairs instead of mats or tatami and so were the kitchen and bathroom.
    两个起居室里有一间是美式摆设，摆放着沙发，而不是席子, 或者叫榻榻米。厨房和浴室也是美国风格。

8. On the other hand, to be alone on purpose, having rejected company rather than been cast out by it, is one characteristic of an American hero.
    而另一方面，故意选择独处，拒绝别人的陪伴而非为同伴所抛弃，这正美国式英雄的一个特点。

9. Only 1 percent of visitors have been American.
    只有百分之一的游客是美国人。

10. Lincoln liberated American slaves.
    林肯解放了美国奴隶。