美国不仅不应该存在社会阶级，而且那几乎是一个肮脏的词——用一位社会学家的话来说就是“美国所禁忌的思想”。
Not only is social class supposed not to exist in America, it is almost a dirty word—“America's forbidden thought”, in the words of one sociologist.
当范斯沃斯说他很早以前就有这样的想法时，美国广播公司说，对于一个十四岁的小孩来说，产生研制电视机的想法几乎是不可能的。
When Mister Farnsworth said he had developed the idea much earlier, RCA said it was impossible for a fourteen-year-old boy to produce the idea for a television device.
比如，两个美国商人第一次见面时保持一个手臂长度的距离，而两个阿拉伯人几乎是脸贴着脸。
S. businessmen meeting for the first time will stand about an arm's length apart while two Arab men may stand almost fact-to-face.
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