Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.

  • -- Eric Liu 刘耀威

今天关于公民身份的讨论常常是空洞无物的。这个词在日常会话中有一种略微过时的感觉。当它在国家政治中被唤起时,通常伴随着文化战争迫击炮轰鸣而来。

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The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market.

全国洪水保险计划是一个宝贵的工具,以解决全国各地由于洪水造成的损失。它确保企业和家庭能够获得在公开市场上无法获得的负担得起的洪水保险。

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

每一个好公民都把自己国家的荣誉作为自己的荣誉,不仅珍惜,而且神圣。他愿意冒着生命的危险去保护它,并且意识到他在给予保护的同时也得到了保护。

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially to be done.

这就是支持国家艺术捐赠基金如此重要的原因。它使那些在商业上不可行的投资成为可能。

Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.

我不知道,我可能已经失去了公民身份,但我不认为你会失去公民身份。