时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

 从东北、到南方、到内陆、到西岸,美国不同的州和人都有什么特色?今天的节目告诉你。


关键词:
美国人心目中50个州的特色
The different states and their distinguishing characteristics: 美国各大州和它们的特点
There is a lot of regional stereotypes 1 and lables in the US when it comes to characterizing each state: 说到不同的州,美国也有很多地域偏见、标签
There are 50 states in the United States of America: 美国一共有50个州
Alaska and Hawaii were the last two states to join the union: 阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最晚进入的州
The lower 48 states exclude Alaska and Hawaii since they're not connected to the rest of America: 美国人常叫其它的48个州“The lower 48 states", 指的就是除去阿拉斯加和夏威夷
东北部州:历史、高贵、龙虾
The East Coast: 东岸
Some of the bigger states include New York, Pennsylvannia, Maine, Massachusetts: 比较大的州包括纽约、宾夕法尼亚州、缅因州、马萨诸塞州
Philadelphia is Pennsylvannia's biggest city: 费城是宾夕法尼亚州最大的城市
Maine is known for their lobsters 2: 缅因州最出名的就是龙虾
They played a huge role in America's founding history as some of the first few colonies: 这些州都是美国历史中最早的几个殖民州
Colonies: 殖民地
They later also became some of the 13 founding states: 他们后来也成为了13个建国州的一份子
南方:爱上帝、枪多、礼貌
Southern states: 南部州
Southern state Americans are stereotyped 3 as God-fearing, gun-loving people: 在美国,对南方人的偏见是敬畏上帝、爱枪
Bible Belt states: 圣经地带
Southern states tend to be very religious: 南方人很多都非常虔诚
Conservative: 保守
There's a lot of dichotomy in the South: 南方也很矛盾
They're God-fearing, but a lot of them support gun ownership and capital punishment: 虽然他们爱上帝、不是应该爱和平吗?但很多人都有枪、支持死刑
People from more liberal states such as California and New York make fun of southern states and imply that they're stupid: 比较激进自由的州,比如加州、纽约人常看不起南方人,觉得他们傻
They've been the butt 4 of many jokes for a long time: 南方人在美国一直被开玩笑
Butt of a joke: 笑柄
Despite these stereotypes, they are famous for their southern hospitality: 虽然有这么多对南方的歧视,但南方人的礼仪在美国是出名的
美国的南北差异
美国人也很陌生的一串州
The lesser 5 known states are basically the Midwest states: 中西部的很多州不太知名,比如:
Wyoming: 怀俄明
Nebraska: 内布拉斯加州
North Dakota: 北达科他州
South Dakota: 南达科他州
No one knows what they are because there's not much out there: 他们不太出名,因为没有什么特色
Illinois is known for Chicago and fields of corn: 伊利诺伊州最有名的是芝加哥、还有玉米地
Arkansas is known for Walmart: 阿肯色州最有名的是沃尔玛
The "s" at the end of Arkansas is not pronounced: 注意发音,Arkansas是"Arkansal"
These states are also called "flyover 6 states" since most people just fly over them: 美国人把这些州叫“flyover states", 就是飞机飞过去就够了,不用专门停留
德州:狂野、彪悍、自成一格
Texas is a really big state, and Texans like to think they should be a separate country: 德州非常大,很多德州人常觉得自己就应该是一个国家
There's famous saying "Don't mess with Texas": 美国有句话,“不要惹德州人”
Valiant 7: 彪悍
Cowboy: 牛仔
They have a lot of pride in their history: 他们对自己州的历史特别自豪
Texans tend to be very patriotic 8 and have a strong sense of identity: 德州人的自豪感和对自己州的身份认同感都很强
More liberal states see Texans as moronic 9: 比较自由左派的州可能看不起德州
But many conservative states think people from liberal states like California and New York are full of themselves: 但是保守州的人觉得激进州,如加州、纽约的人都很自大、自我感觉太好
加州:自由激进、自我感觉好
The West Coast: 西岸
California: 加州
Hippie revolution: 嬉皮革命
Gay rights: 同性恋权益
程序猿的天堂
Silicon 10 Valley: 硅谷
Tech nerds: 技术男、程序猿
You see many programmers love to wear hoodies, jeans and sneakers: 程序员的标配是连帽衣、牛仔裤、球鞋
还有很多美女
You see a lot of women with cosmetic 11 surgery, breast implants 12 in California wanting to bcome a celebrity 13: 加州有很多女生整容、隆胸,想做明星
People from states like California and New York aren't viewed positively 14 by other Americans because they have a high sense of self-importance: 美国其它州的人觉得加州、纽约的人自大、矫情
They feel superior and look down on everyone else: 他们老觉得自己很优越,看不起别人
俄勒冈:年轻人去退休的州
Oregon: 俄勒冈州
The comedy show "Portlandia" has a lot of truth to it: 有个喜剧"Portlandia", 里面对波特兰人的刻画很到位
Portland is also referred to as the unemployment capital of America: 波特兰也被叫做美国的失业首都
Treehuggers: 环保、热爱大自然的人
Americans say Oregon is where the young go to retire: 美国人说俄勒冈州是年轻人去退休的地方
Portland is also famous for grunge: 波特兰也是grunge音乐的发源地
Nirvana was probably one of the biggest grunge bands: 涅槃是最有名的grunge乐队
We've covered a lot of states today, but there're 50 states. One show isn't nearly enough for this topic: 我们今天说了好多州,但是一集节目根本没法讲50个州

n.老套,模式化的见解,有老一套固定想法的人( stereotype的名词复数 )v.把…模式化,使成陈规( stereotype的第三人称单数 )
  • Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes. 这样的笑话容易渲染种族偏见。
  • It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content. 这种空洞无物的八股调,我看了就讨厌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
龙虾( lobster的名词复数 ); 龙虾肉
  • I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
  • She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她卖了几只活龙虾给我。
adj.(指形象、思想、人物等)模式化的
  • There is a sameness about all these tales. They're so stereotyped -- all about talented scholars and lovely ladies. 这些书就是一套子,左不过是些才子佳人,最没趣儿。
  • He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past. 它们是恐怖电影和惊险小说中的老一套的怪物,并且与我们的祖先有着明显的(虽然可能没有科学的)联系。
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及,但程度较轻。
n.立交桥,天桥
  • It took workers more than one year to build this flyover.建造这座立交桥破费工人一年多时间。
  • All that came to his bakery should go over a flyover first.所有来他店的人都必须先经过一座立交桥。
adj.勇敢的,英勇的;n.勇士,勇敢的人
  • He had the fame of being very valiant.他的勇敢是出名的。
  • Despite valiant efforts by the finance minister,inflation rose to 36%.尽管财政部部长采取了一系列果决措施,通货膨胀率还是涨到了36%。
adj.爱国的,有爱国心的
  • His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
  • The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。
a.低能的
  • He came down here to find investors for that moronic club of his. 他来这里给他那个白痴俱乐部找投资人。
  • My best friend is so moronic sometimes. Yesterday he ran my foot over with his car! 有时候我最好的朋友可真是个二百五(十三点)。昨天他居然用他的车来压我的脚!
n.硅(旧名矽)
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
n.(植入身体中的)移植物( implant的名词复数 )
  • Hormone implants are used as growth boosters. 激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Perhaps the most far-reaching project is an initiative called Living Implants From Engineering (LIFE). 也许最具深远意义的项目,是刚刚启动的建造活体移植工程 (LIFE)。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
adv.明确地,断然,坚决地;实在,确实
  • She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
  • The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
学英语单词
acetone extract
Aconitum contortum
adolesce
Algerine
as sukhnah (es sukhne)
Asosan
assignment half-word
aubisque
axial inductively coupled plasma
Ballsh
bill coincides with cargo
bulau
capillary surface
cercla
claim to immunity
cold preliming
consultant engineer
contemporary thoughts
coriaceous strepitus
cprw
cuproxoline
current activity stack
demyse girdle
depressor septi
eblio
emergency intake structure
end slope of groyne
epidemic myalgias
epilogizing
fnum
function preselection capability
glue sticks
grey-wedge pulse-height analyzer
hardware reliability
hardware selection criteria
heat-resisting aluminium alloy
herpes iris of bateman
hexanitro-mannite
holiday repair outage hours
inborrow
interpretation of predicate calculus
jeremijenko
JNACC
junction gate fet
junction pipe
keypads
laniger
latching
lattice circuit
lavatorium
marine indicator species
maximum-to-average-power ratio
melanotheca rubromaculata
Metoro
mo(u)ld protease
Montemurlo
movin'
object oriented multi-user dungeon
oleh
one-way layout
Onekotan, Ostrov
pacific blockade
parisa
Pertya bodinieri
post-mission zero calibration
poster board
power applications in other industries
praeposituses
pre-render
pustular lupus
rad hard
resonator-tron
right-of-way post
sal aeratus
scalding water additive
serial bonds
set one's foot on the neck of someone
short range battle practice
side chapel
sinsyne
slide prevention
smombies
smoothing chisel
SNAP (simulated network analysis program)
solid-on
sorr
spadoes
spotted asparagus beetle
statelike
surface-field-effect transistor
sympathesis
tank level control
tertial
timmins
tomoechography
traditionalise
udhr
unappropriates
Valsalva method
variola maligna
wide band discriminator
with an easy grace