厄普代克这个典型的美国人,他是一个伟大的白人新教徒作家,当时的文学时代由犹太人统治:索尔·贝娄、诺曼·梅勒和菲利普·罗斯。
Very much a Yankee, Mr. Updike was the great white Protestant writer in a literary era that was dominated by Jews: Saul Bellow, Norman Mailer, and Philip Roth.
他是威廉,一个在中国生活了33年的美国人,他的中文名叫潘威廉。
He is William, an American who has lived in China for 33 years, his Chinese name is Pan Weilian.
我们与我在牛津的朋友萨拉.梅特兰以及她的丈夫唐纳德.李共度圣诞节。 唐纳德.李是一个美国人,他成了一位英国国教会神父。
We spent Christmas Day with my friend from Oxford, Sara Maitland, and her husband, Donald Lee, an American who had become a priest in the Church of England.
杰迪戴亚·史密斯是商人和探险家,他是第一个从东部进入加州并沿陆路返回的美国人。
A trader and explorer, Jedediah Smith was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route.
哈姆笑着说:“据我目前所知,他是骑兵团唯一的美国人,也是皇室婚礼上唯一的美国人,在我们看来这是一个“美国梦”。
"He is the only American in the Household Cvalry, and as far as we know, the only American in the Royal Wedding," Hulme says with a grin. "It's our version of the 'American Dream.
对他的西班牙语课来说,一个大项目是写一本手册- - -用西班牙语- - -为有孩子在这所学校学习的西班牙裔美国人的家庭。
The big project for his Spanish class is writing a handbook - in Spanish - for Hispanic families with children in the school.
一个美国人会说“我是波兰人”或“我是意大利人”,因为他的曾祖父母是在波兰或意大利出生的。
An American will say "I'm Polish" or "I'm Italian" because his great-grandparents were born in Poland or Italy.
布莱尔的使命是为一个可行的巴勒斯坦国创造条件,并将于9月,在美国人发起国际会议之前呈递他的建议。
Mr Blair's mandate is to create the conditions for a viable Palestinian state, and he is due to present his proposals in September, ahead of an American-inspired international conference.
赫尔曼·霍尔瑞斯(Herman Hollerith)是一个统计学家,他曾帮助美国人口统计局编排数据。
Herman Hollerith was a statistician who helped the U.S. Census tabulate data.
这句话的意思是:"乔伊老是喜欢吹嘘他有好多朋友。但是,说实话,他和这些朋友的友情都很肤浅。他心目里真正关心的一个人就是他自己。" 像这种只关心自己,不真心关心朋友的人不仅在美国有,在哪儿都能碰到。一般来说,美国人是很热情,以助人为乐的。
Joe likes to brag about all the friends he has. But to tell the truth, his friendships are only skin-deep -- the only person he really cares about deep down in his heart is himself.
这个签名很有价值,因为他是一个在棒球史和非裔美国人历史上值得纪念的人物。
This autographv is worth a lot because he's such a memorable figure in baseball and African-American history.
他说,星条旗周围的东西是保证长期保护计划的一份子,也是帮助将来后来们感受作为一个美国人意味着什么。
He said its new surroundings are part of a plan to guarantee the long-term protection of the flag and help future generations experience what it means to be an American.
这周的问题由一位来自波斯尼亚听众提出的,他想知道第一个获得诺贝尔文学奖的美国人是谁。
Our listener question this week comes from Bosnia. Danijel Djordjic wants to know who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
本是第一个非洲裔美国人生活在布鲁斯特的地方,他是最一致的数字社区。
Ben is the first African-American to live in Brewster Place, and he is the most consistent figure in the community.
这些化石有多长的历史?游客问一个上了年纪的当地美国人。他是作向导的。
How old are these bones? the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide.
他是一个11岁的非洲裔美国人,满月似的圆脸上嵌着一双水汪汪的眼睛,厚厚的嘴唇,鼻孔很大,并向上翘着,身着一件黑白相间的带条纹的T恤衫。
He is an aged 11 of Africa - America, with full moon face placed on two bubble eye, thick lip and widen turned up nose in black and white strap T-sir.
他听说工人没有健康保险是由于他们负担不起,因此他提出一个提议,鼓励更多的美国人购买基本健康保险计划。
He heard from workers say they can't get health insurance at work and can't afford it themselves. The President is pushing a proposal for more Americans to purchase basic health insurance plans.
他在音乐会上的作品,几乎每一个都进入全部曲目的库存,同样重要的是,也都走进了美国人的心里。
Almost every one of his concert works has entered the repertory, and, just as important, the American psyche.
人们都记得《花生》的创作者查尔斯·舒尔茨是一个天才。他触动了千千万万美国人的生活。
"Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz was remembered as a genius who touched the lives of millions of Americans.
多林·考特伯爵是一个易怒、自私、坏脾气的老头儿,而且他讨厌美国和美国人。
The Earl of Dorincourt is an angry, selfish, bad-tempered old man, and he hates America and Americans.
' '米切尔博士是一个伟大的美国人,但我们不同意他的意见,在这个问题上。
Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue.
' '米切尔博士是一个伟大的美国人,但我们不同意他的意见,在这个问题上。
Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue.
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