At a more basic level, Americans are afraid not just of dying, but of talking and thinking about death.

在一个更为基础的水平上，美国人所害怕的不仅是死亡，还有谈论和思考死亡。

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Americans seem very afraid of cancer, with good reason. Unlike other things that kill us, it often seems to come out of nowhere.

美国人似乎非常惧怕癌症，而且有着充分的理由。跟其他那些杀死我们的东西不一样，癌症仿佛总是从天而降。

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The United States of America in Libya "drones" new tactics, has proved that "the United States is the world's most powerful", once again proves "Americans are most afraid of".

美国在利比亚的“无人战机”新战法，既证明了“美国是世界上最强大的”，也再次反证了“美国人也是最怕死的”。

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"We were trembling all the time, so afraid of the Americans, " she says.

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Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Americans are less afraid of failing as entrepreneurs than people in other nations, the United States was tied with Italy for the sixth highest share of the population reporting that going bankrupt was one of the top two fears people had about starting a business.

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"Without the Americans, we were afraid of each other, " Hanaa Abdul Hassan, a Baghdad resident, told CNN.

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