美国授予了二战期间的英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔爵士荣誉公民的称号。

The United States bestowed honorary citizenship upon England's World War II prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

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本次评奖周期间，意见相左的评委们最终把2006年布克奖授予了基兰•德赛的《遗失之继承》。奇怪的是，埃米斯的出版商甚至都未将他的著作送审。

In the week that a divided jury awarded the 2006 prize to Kiran Desai's "the Inheritance of Loss", what is astonishing is that Mr Amis's publishers did not even submit his book for consideration.

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