The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country.
那个事件令我难以忘怀，因为那是我看到的那个国家的第一例种族歧视事件。
Traveling through the country a couple of weeks ago on business, I was listening to the talk of the late UK writer Douglas Adams' masterwork "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on the radio.
出差几周前到这个国家旅游时，我在收音机上收听关于已故的英国作家道格拉斯·亚当斯的杰作《银河系漫游指南》的相关评论。
Seven years ago, when I was visiting Germany, I met with an official who explained to me that the country had a perfect solution to its economic problems.
我在七年前到访德国时，遇到了一位官员，他向我解释说，德国有一个完美的办法来解决经济问题。
I was born in the country of Wisconsin.
我在威斯康辛州出生。
When I was young, my family led a hard life in the country.
在我小时候，我们家在乡下过着艰苦的生活。
It would be much harder if I was a housewife in the country.
在这个国家，如果我是家庭主妇，那日子就更艰难了。
Many years ago I was a graduate student conducting research in one of the top biopsychology laboratories in the country.
许多年前，当我还是一个研究生时，我正在国家一个顶尖的生物心理学实验室从事着研究。
The officer in charge of the program, Colonel Eugene Holmes, told me he was taking me because I would be of greater service to the country as an officer than as a draftee.
负责这个项目的军官尤金·霍尔姆斯上校对我说，他之所以录取我是因为，作为军官，我能够为国家做出的贡献要比当个新兵更多。
I was raised in the heartland of my own country.
我在我们国家的中心区域长大。
I had come to know this country when I was very young and could hum the tune of such famous Indonesian folk songs as "Buteh" and "Ayo Mama".
我很小的时候就知道印尼这个国家，而且会吟唱印尼著名的歌曲《宝贝》和《哎哟妈妈》。
When I was growing up this felt like the perfect country; but then the fanatics drove us apart.
在我长大的时候，感觉自己是在一个完美的国家里。
I was just glad the ordeal was over for my family and my country.
不过让我高兴的是，我的家庭和国家经受的磨难终于结束了。
I suppose Confucius did what, to him, was right -or, rather, what was best for the country.
我想，孔子的决定，对自己是个正确的选择——或者，是对整个国家最好的决定。
The country I knew was one of revival and hope and "paradise lost" was a sentiment once reserved for the generation of my mother and father.
我眼中的那个国家曾经是一个复苏的，充满希望的，“失乐园”似的，感情上它曾经哺育过我母亲和父亲那一代人。
I was thinking, you weird American, what do you think you can help the country by not going to the work!
我原来还纳闷呢：你们这些奇怪的美国人，为什么只知道为了国家好、想帮助国家，却不去上班呢！
For the first few months I was fascinated with the culture and with everything that this country had to offer.
在美国的最初几个月，我沉迷于异国的文化，感受着这个陌生国度带给我的一切新鲜感。
I was in track, cross country and basketball in high school, but once I started college, the running and basketball began to slowly fade away.
在高中的时候我出现在小道上田野间篮球场上，可是一旦开始大学生活，漫跑和篮球开始慢慢的退出。
"I don't understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time."
“我不明白，”女人结结巴巴地说，“昨天我在这的时候，还是一片高尔夫球场，还有乡村俱乐部，我们还吃了龙虾，唱歌跳舞，非常快乐。”
I knew it was my duty to my country, and I was determined to serve to the best of my ability.
我当时认为那是我的职责，为了国家，我决心尽我最大的努力去表现。
I was only a year old at the time, but I remember the pain of leaving my country and my grandmother - whom I loved dearly - so abruptly.
那时我仅仅一岁大，但却铭记那种突然离开祖国以及我的奶奶—那个我如此深爱的人—的痛苦。
The Algerian independence war was spreading and soon reached our village, and I fled to Algiers but remained in the country, fascinated by its world.
阿尔及利亚独立战争爆发后，战火很快烧到村里，我逃到首都阿尔及尔，对这个国家深深的迷恋让我没有选择继续逃亡。
Joining my schools cross-country team was perhaps one of the greatest decisions I have ever made.
参加学校的越野队可能是我曾经做过的最伟大的决定之一。
My ignorance at the time of which I speak seems to me now very shameful; but I was merely in the case of ordinary people, whether living in town or country.
当时自己的无知现在看来好不羞愧；不过我只是和普通人的情况一样，不论他们住在城里还是乡下。
When I came to the U.S.A., I was inspired: a new country, new life, new people, new language and new food.
当我来美国时，我被鼓舞了：新的国家、新的生活、新的人、新的语言和新的食物。
And indeed, during our trip, I was struck by how reminiscent the country was of the Thailand of my childhood, before it was overrun with resorts, shopping malls and tour buses.
确实，在柬埔寨旅行使我想起童年时代的泰国，那时还没有建起度假村，购物中心，也没有无处不在的旅游大巴。
He reveals: "This one time I had a girlfriend that was out of the country a lot." So I gave her a watch and set it to 'my time' so wherever we were, we'd always be on the same time.
他坦言：“有一次我那时的女朋友要经常出国，我就给了她一块表设定到‘我的时间’，这样我们就一直保持在同一个时区了。”
He reveals: "This one time I had a girlfriend that was out of the country a lot." So I gave her a watch and set it to 'my time' so wherever we were, we'd always be on the same time.
他坦言：“有一次我那时的女朋友要经常出国，我就给了她一块表设定到‘我的时间’，这样我们就一直保持在同一个时区了。”
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