"But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller."

"但,国的生活中当工业比农业更为重要时,家庭开始变小了。"

In their pages Americans were often portrayed as crass, loud, bumptious.

他们的记录中，国经常被描绘成粗鲁、大声喧哗、自以为的形象。

Americans speak with derision of those who are lazy.

国总带着嘲笑的口气谈论那些懒惰的。

Americans are free to pick and choose from a promiscuous array of values and behaviour.

国可以随意选择形形色色的价值观和行为方式。

Americans now masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

国现每天要吃掉千六百万磅的肉。

Today, Americans masticate 86 million pounds of meat every day.

今天, 国每天要吃掉千六百万磅肉。

The Americans and Russians have launched many rockets into space.

国和俄罗斯已把火箭发射到太空。

That Northerners should feel superior on the racial issue was understandable.

国北部对待种族问题上感到骄傲可以理解的。

But except for a shopping binge on the day after Thanksgiving, Americans remained tightfisted.

但除了感恩节后的那天出现购物高潮以外，国仍舍不得花钱。

In this way, Americans 'send their climates' to people in other states.

这样国把'本地的气候'传送给其它州的。

The Americans cut back the word “catalogue” and it became “catalog”.

国把catalogue这个词加以缩短, 成了catalog。

He's emigrated to the USA and gone completely native.

他已移居国且完全成了国。

Many Americans viewed the war in Vietnam with unaffected revulsion.

国对越战有一种出自内心的厌恶。

Usually Americans go Dutch when they go outeat, unless itunderstood aheadtime that one person will payeveryone.

国外出吃饭通常各自付帐，除非之前说请客。

America's idolatrous worship of the auto.

国对汽车偶像式的崇拜。

A book which is still being discussed by many Americans today is 'Future Shock' by Alvin Toffler.

"阿尔文.托夫勒的著作'未来的冲击'这本书,有国至今还议论着。"

9 see joke: An American, a southron and a Canadian die in a traffic accident.

一位国，一位英格兰和一位加拿大一场车祸中丧生。

It wasn’t that long ago that Americans bestrode the globe with the world’s strongest currency in their pockets.

就不久前，国还口袋里装着世界上最强大的元高踞于地球之上。

The biases latent in every character, black or white, drive home the improbability of racial reconciliation in America.

无论正邪，每个角色中都潜藏着偏见，让明白国的种族和解希望甚微。

If Americans didn't get a new car every year thousands of our workpeople would be out of work .

假如国不每年买一辆新车，那么千千万万的工们就会失业。