摘要：Dear friends,Hello,everyone,I am the righteous path.

各位朋友，大家好，我是正道。

Dear friends,Hello,everyone,I am the righteous path.

我们学习艾娜·科琳娜·布朗的作品，

Today we are studying Brown's works,

艾娜·科琳娜·布朗生于1896年，于1984年去世。终年88岁。

Ina Corinee Brown was born in 1896,Died in 1984.At the ago of 88.

美国多个协会的会员，

Members of multiple assciations in the United States,

Brown

To Americans,

对美国而言，

industriousness,thrift,and ambition are positive values.

刻苦努力、勤俭节约、胸怀大志都是积极向上的美德。

We cncourage our children to be competitive,

我们鼓励孩子们有竞争力，

to get ahead,to make money,to acquire possession.

力争上游，自谋营生，积累财富。

In games and in business alike the aim is to win the game,

在比赛中，在商务往来终，目标就是要赢得比赛，

the trophy,the contract.

获得奖品，签订合约。

We go in for labor-saving devices,

我们追求节省劳动力的设备，

gadgets,speed,and shortcuts.

省力的工具，提高速度，寻求捷径。

We think every young couple should set up a home of theirown,

我们认为每一对年轻夫妇都应该建立自己的家，

and we pity the couple who must share their home with a parent,

我们同情那些必须和父亲或者母亲住在一起的年轻夫妇，

let alone with other relatives,

更不用说与其他亲戚住在同一屋檐下的人了，

Actually,of course,

事实上，当然，

not all Americans hold all these values,

并非所有美国人都持有所有这些价值观，

and those who do may hold other,

的确有人抱有不同有时甚至相反的准则，

and at times contradictory valuesc that affect their ways of bchaving.

有时，他们的行为方式受这些准则左右。

In the main ,however,

然而，总的来说，

the collective expectation of our socicty is that these are desirable goals,

我们的社会普遍期望这些品德是我们的既定目标，

and the individual,

以及个人，

whatever his personal inclination,

无论他的个人倾向如何，

is under considerable pressure to conform。

承受着相当大的压力。

Excerpt From Understarnding Other Cultures

摘自《了解异域文化》

By Ina Corinne Brown

作者：艾娜·科琳娜·布朗

美国梦就是每个人都可以致富，实现自己的梦想。

The American Dream is that everyone can become rich,Realize dereams.

机会均等是美国人的灵魂，

Equal opportunity is the soul of Americans,

聪明、勤奋、坚韧不拔是条件。

Intelligence,diligence,perseverance are the conditions.

来源：正道旅游