While Americans failed to reach their aim, they seem to be happy to laugh at themselves.
美国人在无法达到自己心中的目标时,他们似乎更乐于嘲笑自己。
Mexicans generally eat chillies several times per day, while Americans only eat chillies a few times a week.
墨西哥人通常在一天之内吃好几次辣椒,而美国人在一周以内才会品尝几次。
Chinese prefer the indirect way of communicating style while Americans prefer the direct way of communicating style.
中国人喜欢间接的交流方式;美国人喜欢直接的交流方式。
When using face-to-face warning, Chinese people prefer to use Suggestion and Hint while Americans use Request more often.
而在采取当面警告这种方式时,中国人倾向于使用“建议”,“委婉暗示”策略,而美国人更多使用“请求”策略。
Pong isn't just kid stuff, that while Americans and Australians still rule swimming, the Dutch and Italians are bearing down.
乒乓球也不只是小孩子的玩意儿;泳坛上,美国和澳大利亚仍独霸一方,但荷兰和意大利正在全力追赶。
A behavioural economist says data suggests Britons in that era were more inclined to be "gentlemanly" while Americans were more "individualist".
一个行为经济学家声称,资料显示那个时候的英国人更倾向于绅士风度,而美国人则自我得多。
University of Maryland scientists say while Americans' intake of calcium has stopped declining, teenage girls are still not getting enough of the mineral.
美国马里兰大学的科学家日前表示,尽管美国人的钙摄入量较之以前已经不再下降了,但十几岁的少女仍然存在钙摄入量不足的情况。
But they also tell us that while Americans knew some thing of China and the wonders of its civilization, there was not yet much contact between China and America.
这些物品还告诉我们,在美国人民对中国和中国文明奇迹有所了解的同时,两国之间并没有太多的接触。
While Americans might casually flip out a card from their wallet, for example, Japanese executives will carefully present their CARDS with both hands as a sign of respect.
美国人可能会很随便的从钱包里面甩出一张名片,相反,日本的高管们会郑重的双手呈上名片以示尊敬。
While Americans attempt to set records for all sorts of things, from wearing the most number of T-shirts at one time to assembling the largest collection of toy dragons, Mr.
美国人试图在所有事情上都创下 世界纪录,从一次穿下最多数量的T恤衫,到召集最大规模的玩具龙收藏品等等;
While Americans earn a higher standard of pay than workers in other countries, bringing jobs back to the United States would not necessarily mean higher prices for consumers.
当美国人的收入档次比其他国家的工人更高时,在美国创造出更多的就业机会并不一定意味着让消费者面临更高的物价。
However, while Spaniards did put sugar, which was unknown to indigenous Americans, into chocolate beverages, this additive was not completely innovative.
然而,尽管西班牙人确实在巧克力饮料中加入了美国土著居民所不知道的糖,但这种添加剂并不是完全创新的。
Texting while driving was listed as a major cause of road deaths among young Americans back in 2013.
早在2013年,开车时发短信就已上榜成为导致美国年轻人因交通事故死亡的主要原因。
The most popular outdoor activity for Americans was gardening while in Japan it only came ninth.
美国人最喜欢的户外活动是园艺,而园艺在日本人最喜欢的户外活动中排第九位。
While cheek-kissing for Latin Americans is also a universal greeting form, it does not require such a high degree of relational closeness.
虽然亲吻脸颊对拉丁美洲人来说也是一种普遍的问候方式,但它并不需要如此高的关系亲密度。
While the simple presence of these chemicals does not necessarily indicate a health risk, the fact that typical Americans carry these chemicals at all shocked June and his fellow participants.
虽然这些化学物质的简单存在并不一定表明存在健康风险,但典型的美国人身上携带这些化学物质的事实让琼和他的同事感到震惊。
And while we agreed that Americans with pre-existing conditions should be able to get coverage, we disagreed on how to do that.
另外当我们都同意那些有先决条件的美国人也应该纳入保险范围时,在解决方法上却又不能达成一致。
I'm not the only one who's ambivalent: while most Americans are curious to learn what's in their genes, fewer than 100, 000 have actually bought the scans available to them.
我并不是唯一一个感到矛盾的人:虽然大多数美国人都想知道自己的基因背后隐藏着什么信息,但只有不到100 000人最终购买了这项产品。
Americans have known all this for a while, but Europeans are learning it fast.
美国人谙熟此道已有一段时间,而欧洲人学得也很快。
It's often claimed that limits on trade benefit only a small number of Americans, while hurting the vast majority.
人们往往主张说对国际贸易进行限制只会让少量美国人受益,而损害了大多数人的利益。
The Asians showed more activity in areas that process figure-ground relations—holistic context—while the Americans showed more activity in regions that recognize objects.
亚洲人显示出处理图形场地联系——全盘上下文关系——大脑区域的更多活动,而美国人表现出识别对象大脑区域的更多活动。
What has developed is a situation where the people at the top are doing quite well, while most Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to make it.
现在情况是,精英阶层正在获得越来越大的成功,而大多数美国人却发现生活变的越来越艰难。
Continued economic weakness has led to another round of interest rate cuts in Europe, while the number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits has reached a 26-year high.
经济持续疲软引发欧洲新一轮利率削减,与此同时,美国申请失业救济的人数达到了26年的新高。
That flu was blamed for the deaths of about 70, 000 Americans, while a typical flu season is believed to kill about 36, 000.
那次流感夺去了70 000美国人的生命而倍受指责,而典型季节流感认为应该死亡36 000人。
One survey last year showed that while 24 million Americans had taken leaves since 1999, 2.7 million more wanted to, but couldn't afford it.
去年的一项调查显示,虽然从1999年以来有4000万美国人请假,但还有270万想要请假,却承受不起请假带来的损失。
One survey last year showed that while 24 million Americans had taken leaves since 1999, 2.7 million more wanted to, but couldn't afford it.
去年的一项调查显示,虽然从1999年以来有4000万美国人请假,但还有270万想要请假,却承受不起请假带来的损失。
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