American dream
美國(guó)夢(mèng)
California is full for foreign immigrants who came to the US to share the American dream,a popular belief that hard work will bring forth America's bounty in the form of material well-being.
加州有許多外國(guó)移民,他們來美國(guó)是為了分享美國(guó)夢(mèng),即一種廣為接受的信仰,認(rèn)為在美國(guó)只要奮斗就能成為富翁.
counterculture
反正統(tǒng)文化
In every generation,there seems to be a counterculture that rejects traditional thinking while promoting their own causes.
每一代人似乎都有反傳統(tǒng)文化,他們擯棄傳統(tǒng)思維,促進(jìn)自己的利益.
information explosion
信息爆炸
The information explosion has left many people more confused than ever before as they attempt to keep up with the constant bombardment of facts,statistics,news clips,etc.
信息爆炸讓很多人感到前所未有的困惑,因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)噲D接受鋪天蓋地的各種事實(shí)、統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)、新聞消息等.
reverse discrimination
逆向歧視
Many white American men feel they have become victims of reverse discrimination--bias against the majority as a result of efforts to improve the position of the minority--in the workplace because so many employers are hiring women and minorities.
眾多業(yè)主雇用婦女和少數(shù)民族,因而很多美國(guó)白種男人感到在工作地點(diǎn)自己成為逆向歧視--即由于采取措施提高少數(shù)民族的地位而對(duì)主體民族產(chǎn)生的一種偏見--的受害者.