He's also found surprising advantages just being American.

他还发现他身为美国人而具有的一些令人惊讶的优势。

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How has being American affected my thinking, my work as a writer? Better, maybe, to ask how being Latvian has affected my sense of what it means to be American.

如果问我，身为美国人对我作为一名作家进行思考和创作产生了什么作用，倒不如问我，身为拉脱维亚裔对我理解作为美国人意味着什么有哪些影响。

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The data that's being used to fault American education is highly politicized.

用来批评美国教育的数据被高度政治化了。

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Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax family helped keep American folk music from being lost.

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That they exist is a proof that American ideals are not the tawdry pretenses they are so often accused of being.

或许这类人的存在,正证明了美国式理想并非无可挑剔,或者说它也在经受着现实的折磨，“

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This idea of being minority is a definition that was put on me by my American community.

属于少数群体“这个想法,是我在美国时,的标签。

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McDonald's is blamed for making people fat, exploiting workers, treating animals cruelly, polluting the environment and simply for being American.

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But he maintains being American-made is what gives his brand its allure and allows him to ensure the quality of his product every step of the way.

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And because of the many ties that bind America and Israel, and because of the rising sense of direct clash between the United States and the Middle East, I decided that understanding Arabs was also an important part of my being American.

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