A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
美国
America
I just love dancing.
我就是喜欢跳舞。
I'm proud to be from Philadelphia.
我很自豪来自费城。
I was raised in New Jersey - Long Branch.
我在纽泽西隆布兰奇长大。
A Boston man is the east wind made flesh.
一个波士顿人是东风造就的血肉。
But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
但是当我去芝加哥的时候，我知道我到家了。
I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life.
我觉得我这辈子都像个北方佬。
Isn't allowing people a choice what America is all about?
难道不给人们一个选择的机会吗?
I was fired by 'America's Next Top Model' on my birthday.
我生日那天被“全美超模大赛”解雇了。
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
被一个国家认可是不可思议的。这是巨大的。
You get confused by crying women, I get confused by walks with princes.
你对哭泣的女人感到困惑，我对与王子散步感到困惑。
Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
然而，波多黎各的个人和公司不缴纳联邦所得税。
The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.
我一生中最大的激动是代表美利坚合众国。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.
我从来没有想到过伦敦会有可能成为英雄——当然，伦敦有成千上万的英雄。这是一个非常有才华的城市。
And this is good old Boston, The home of the bean and the cod, Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots And the Cabots talk only to God.
这是古老的波士顿，豆子和鳕鱼的故乡，洛厄尔人与卡波特人交谈，卡波特人只与上帝交谈。
There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.
没有任何地方、任何国家比美利坚合众国更富有同情心、更慷慨大方、更能接受和更受欢迎。
I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachussets; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves.
我将不赞美马萨诸塞集;她需要一个也没有。她就在那儿。看哪，你们自己审察吧。
Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.
每一天，我遇到的人都激励着我……每一天，他们都让我感到骄傲……每一天，他们都在提醒我，生活在地球上最伟大的国家是多么幸运。
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
如果有一个国家在世界上犯下了无法形容的暴行，那就是美利坚合众国。