“Now the American Dream is broken,” Shen tells me one evening at the career center, his fingers drumming restlessly on the table; he speaks mostly in Mandarin, and Yu helps me translate.

一天晚上，沈在就业中心告诉我说：“现在，美国梦已经破碎”，他的手指一边不安地叩击着桌子；他大都分都是讲国语，于女士帮助我翻译。

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You dream that you're sitting at round table in a dimly lit room. There is a man sitting across the table from you.

你梦见自己在一个光线昏暗的房间里，坐在一张圆桌旁，桌子对面坐着一个人。

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These shows will start to look tired in 2010: they were premised on the idea of the business dream and on the glamour of a shiny boardroom table.

到2010年这些节目也会开始疲软：因为节目的根基就在于商业梦想和坐在董事椅上的荣耀。

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Ours is a Nation where men and women can take a chance on a dream -- where they can take an idea that starts around a kitchen table or in a garage and turn it into a new business or a new industry.

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