A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
爱国
Patriotic
I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
我很爱国,在一个有球迷的房子里长大。
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.
只有当你的祖父是一名劳动者并为此感到高兴时,你才是真正的爱国主义者。
Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.
我们的国家并不是我们唯一应该效忠的国家。这也归功于正义和人类。
I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
我不想让新闻带有爱国主义色彩。我不想在锚的翻领上看到旗子。我什么都不想要。
I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?
我认为爱国的做法是批评我的国家。除了指出一个国家的缺点,你还能如何让这个国家变得更好?