To date, 14 U.S. states, and more than 2,000 cities and towns, have passed no-smoking ordinances affecting public places—especially restaurants and bars.

目前美国有14州，超过2000个城镇，已经通过有关公共场所的禁烟法令——特别是餐厅及酒吧。

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The stripes represent the 13 original American colonies. The 50 stars stand for the 50 U.S. states.

横条代表美国的13个殖民地，50颗星星代表美国的50个州。

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Those serving the North American market should consider Mexico and low-cost U.S. states.

那些主打北美市场的企业应当考虑墨西哥和低成本的美国各州。

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Puerto Rico,Guam,American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S.Minor Outlying Islands and the United States Virgin Islands are territories.

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Other countries have it centralized but in the U.S. it's split up over fifty states.

其他国家均实行国家统一监管,但美国却把监管权分给了各个州

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The meat came in containers with "U.S." written on them, which was short for the United States.

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The combined company will have about 3 million electric and gas customers in ten western U.S. states.

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Enterprise recently expanded their offerings to a further 13 locations across six U.S. states.

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