事实的确如此，就象美国有些地方有的人也会用同样的理由说每个人都有持枪的权利一样。

That's true, although it's also true that in many parts of the U.S., the same can be said about the right to own a gun.

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当时的硅谷是美国有史以来最接近真正的精英社会的地方。

At that time Silicon Valley was the closest thing this country has ever had to a true meritrocracy.

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美国有线电视和广播网络、地方广播电台、有线电视和卫星电视运营商每年有超过600亿美元的收入来自广告。

U.S. cable and broadcast networks, local broadcast affiliate stations, and cable and satellite operators take in more than $60 billion a year from advertising.

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You could argue that both Southerners and Northerners shared a certain degree of old-fashioned American localism, attachment to place.

你可以争辩说南方人和北方人,都有一点,旧式的美国地方主义,依恋着所处的地方

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