Second, Dialect Blog takes the question of when American accents became American.

另外，方言博客（Dialect Blog）回答了“美式发音何时形成”这一问题。

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When American kids get into their teens, they begin to find out that Santa Claus doesn't really exist.

当美国小孩子进入十几岁以后，他们开始得知圣诞老人并不是真正地存在。

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That was when American soldiers demanded pizza they had eaten in Italy.

当时，美国士兵要求吃他们曾在意大利吃过的比萨饼。

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But when American warships arrived in Samoa, so did a big storm.

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So when I get back, I associate the flag with a very negative, that was the yonder side of American democracy.

之后，我就总会把国旗和负面的东西联系在一起，那也是美国民主的另一面。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

This was a time when Hopkins led all American universities in the importing of important European scholars, and it was a place of remarkable intellectual ferment.

当时霍普金斯先于美国的其他大学,邀请重要的欧洲学者来讲学，那里也是有影响的思想动乱的源地。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The results were the same as a competition thirty years ago, when American wine also won.

NPR: American Wine Wins Again

This was probably true, but why not take the chance when American lives are at stake?

WSJ: Noonan: The Inconvenient Truth About Benghazi

When American concerns were ignored or simply voted down, he refused to sign the accord.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Freedom at sea, too