早安英文 第96期:美国文化

 variation n. 变化

assembly¹ line 流水生产线

overcome v. 克服

imagery n. 意象，比喻

There are a lot of American businesses in china. Why are these businesses so popular?

在中国遍布着许多美国的企业，这是为什么呢？

They’re good ideas. That’s what makes these places so successful.

他们有很多不错的点子，这是使得他们成功的重要原因。

So they’re coming up with ideas no one else has had?

那么，他们提出来的想法都是别人没有的吗？

Or variations² of one idea.Sure, take McDonald for example. They were the first to use the assembly line idea in the restaurant business. Now it’s used by most fast food restaurants.

或者是一个想法的其他方面。以麦当劳为例，它们是第一家运用生产线的餐饮企业。现在，许多快餐店纷纷效仿。

They made the entire industry more efficient.

它们使得的整个快餐行业变的更加高效了。

Why is it that American ideas tend to spread all over the world?

那为什么美国的想法在世界广为流传？

We’ve spoken about a melting pot before, that’s got a lot to do with it. These are American ideas but ideas that come form all over the place.

这和我们之前说过的美国是一个大熔炉有关。这些美国的理念其实来自全世界。

Do you know about Yahoo ? That was started by Jerry Yang from Taiwan.Sergey Mikhaylovich, one of the co-founders of Google was born in Russia and immigrated³ to America. In fact, according to Forbes 40% of fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants⁴ or the children of immigrants. 

你听说过雅虎吗？它最初是由来自中国台湾的杨致远创办的。而且，它的共同创始人米哈伊洛维奇出生于俄罗斯，然后移民去了美国。根据福布斯提供的信息，在500强中有40%的财富是属于移民或者移民的子孙们的。

1 assembly   

n.集会(不可数)；会议(可数)，装配(不可数)

参考例句：

• He took his seat in an unobserved corner of the assembly room.他在会议室一个不为人注意的犄角坐下来。
• It was very quiet in the assembly hall.会场里静悄悄的。

2 variations   

变化( variation的名词复数 )； 变异； 变奏（曲）； 变量

参考例句：

• regional variations in pronunciation 发音的地区差异
• The dial records very slight variations in pressure. 该刻度盘能显示很微小的压力变化。

3 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

4 immigrants   

n.移民( immigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Illegal immigrants were given the opportunity to regularize their position. 非法移民得到了使其身份合法化的机会。
• Immigrants from all over the world populate this city. 这个城市里生活着来自世界各地的移民。 来自《简明英汉词典》