The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

We now know, if we know anything about the Old South, the average American planter, the average American slaveholder, small ones and big ones, were raging capitalists.

如果我们对内战前的南方有所了解,就知道几乎每个种植园主,每个奴隶主,无论资产多少,都是精明的资本家

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One chief said the suicide rate for young Native American men in his state was twelve times the national average.

VOA: special.2009.11.13

It shows a dog jumping up high in the living room of an average American home.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

"And that includes nearly 7 million American Muslims in our country today who,by the way,enjoy incomes and educational levels that are higher than the American average."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The study also says American children eat an average of three snacks a day on top of three regular meals, and the snacks account for almost one third of their daily calories.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09