阿米什人(Amish)是美国和加拿大安大略省的一群基督新教再洗礼派门诺会信徒(又称亚米胥派),通常被认为拒绝使用现代科技,但事实上许多阿米什人村都使用电力,并且还拥有发电机和蓄电池。
大多数人并不反对阿米什人用传统的方式做事。
Most people have no quarrel with the Amish for doing things the old-fashioned way.
其他美国人常常认为阿米什人是历史遗迹,他们过着简单、呆板的生活,且坚持着麻烦而过时的习俗。
The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live a simple, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient out-dated customs.
许多美国人在火车站或公共汽车终点站见过阿米什人的家庭:男人们戴着黑宽边帽,女人们穿着长裙。
Many American people have seen Amish families, with the men wearing broad-brimmed black hats and the women in long dresses, in railway or bus terminals.
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