最近，已故的肯尼迪总统因为不戴帽子而导致了美国帽子行业大萧条，因为有很多美国人效仿他不戴帽子。
In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example.
但是美国人却说，斯旺爵士的灯泡只是一个模型，而不能用作商业生产。美国人一定会这样说的，是不？
The Americans say it was just a working model and not a commercial reality... but then they would say that, wouldn't they?
美国人已不再期待公众人物在演讲或写作中能运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语，而公众人物自己也不渴望这样。
American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves.
只要美国人不削减其石油消耗，那么拒绝国内石油开发就意味着需要像海外进口更多的石油，而通常这些进口国的环境保护标准更低。
So long as Americans do not reduce their consumption of oil, refusing to drill at home means importing more of the stuff, often from places with looser environmental standards.
美国人(包括英国人，只是程度稍轻)不再期待公众人物能娴熟地运用技巧和文采在演讲或写作中驾驭英语，而公众人物也不这么要求自己。
Americans (and, to a lesser extent, Britons) no longer expect public figures, whether in oratory or in writing, to command the English language with skill and flair.
再后来，美国人觉得纳闷了：为什么英国人拼单词那么奇怪，而英国人呢，也对美国人不恰切的美式拼法嗤之以鼻。
Afterwards Americans wondered why the British spelled things so strangely, and the British looked down their noses at the improper American spellings.
再后来，美国人觉得纳闷了：为什么英国人拼单词那么奇怪，而英国人呢，也对美国人不恰切的美式拼法嗤之以鼻。
Afterwards Americans wondered why the British spelled things so strangely, and the British looked down their noses at the improper American spellings.
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