Such questions are thought to be friendly, whereas they might be considered offensive in the United States.

这样的问题被认为是友好的，而在美国它们可能被认为是无礼的。

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Yet whereas the United States has still not officially declared its recession over, Canada is nine months into recovery from its mildest and shortest downturn in recent history.

然而，美国仍未官方宣布结束经济衰退，加拿大却已经从近期历史中轻微的短期经济下降、进入了复苏的第九个月份。

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In Israel, job hunters have the option of including a headshot with their resumes, whereas that is customary in many European countries but taboo in the United States, Ruffle said.

在以色列，求职者可以选择是否将照片贴到简历上，然而在很多欧洲国家这已经是惯例了，但是在美国这仍然是禁忌，莱夫说。

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Whereas in the States banks provide only 20% of the finance required by businesses and households.

BBC: The numbers of the year 2012

Kono, who gave a kidney to his father, said a total of 81 organ transplants have been conducted in Japan since the transplant law was enacted in 1997, whereas nearly thousands of transplants occur in the United States each year.

CNN: Boy not allowed to get life-saving transplant in Japan

They noted that the deal would leave only one European integrator, DHL, competing in Europe against the American duo, whereas there is no substantial European presence in the United States market.

ECONOMIST: Global express-package companies