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Americans still see their country as a land of opportunity, and many believe that if they work hard and make the right decisions, they can end up rich.
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美国人仍然认为在自己的国家机会良多，很多人相信只要努力工作，而且选择正确，他们最终会富起来的。 |
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Americans stopped taking prosperity for granted.
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美国不再视繁荣为理所当然之事。 |
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Americans take great pride in their military, the strongest one in the world, having spent a colossal $370.7 billion on it in 2003 alone.
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美国人一直对自己的军队深感自豪，认为他们是全世界最强大的，仅在2003年的军费开支就高达3707亿美元。 |
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Americans take shorter and fewer vacations than people in most other industrialized countries.
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与大部分工业化国家相比，美国人休假时间短，休假次数少。 |
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Americans tend to put their own special brand on any foreign import and 1)equestrian sports are no exception.
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美国人喜欢在任何舶来品上打上自己特有的印记，即使是马术比赛也毫不例外。 |
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Americans then thought men should be 25, according to a new Gallup Poll reporting the change in attitudes.
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根据一项新的盖洛普的民意调查，态度上的改变，当时的美国人认为男性应该是25岁。 |
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Americans traditionally say they dislike negative ads.
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传统的美国人不喜欢这些负面广告。 |
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Americans try to make the most of their space, too.
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美国人也试着将空间做最佳的利用。 |
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Americans usually need a mortgage loan to buy a house.
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美国人通常需要抵押贷款来买一所房子。 |
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Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said Sunday.
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美国司法部星期天说，虽然总的暴力犯罪和财产犯罪降到32年以来的新低，去年美国人被持枪抢劫和侵犯的比例比前年大幅度增加。 |
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Americans will spend all the money they earn in the whole year on that day.
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美国人总会在那天花光他们一年赚的钱。 |
