To most Americans, Scottish life would have seemed Spartan.

对大多数美国人来说，苏格兰人的生活似乎很清贫。

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Who could have predicted, for example, that Americans would spend some $70m in just three days last week to see "300", a poorly reviewed film featuring a Scottish-accented Spartan warrior?

比如，谁能预测到上周美国人会在三天内花费七千万美元看《300》呢?这部影片是关于一位操苏格兰口音的斯巴达克战士的故事，影评反映很差。

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John King Bellassai, former president of the DC St Andrews Society, says Scottish Americans tend to let romance cloud their judgement when it comes to an independent Scotland.

BBC: Scottish independence: The American perspective

With many millions of Americans claiming Scottish roots and ancestory, ministers are keen to strengthen business and tourism links between the two countries.

BBC: Liddell pays tribute in New York

Even on Burns Night, getting Americans to eat the most Scottish of meals is no easy task, explains Paisley-born Jim Short, 76, who attends a Burns Supper in LaGrange, Georgia, organised by The Order of the Tartan, a local Scottish heritage society.

BBC: The offal truth about American haggis