Only in America…<br>只有在美国。。。<br><br>1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.<br>只有在美国。。。比萨饼能比救护车更快到达你的门口<br>2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.<br>只有在美国。。。在滑冰场的门口有残疾人的专用停车位<br>3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.<br>只有在美国。。。药店让病人走到最后面去取药，但是健康人却可以在最前面买到烟<br>4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.<br>只有在美国。。。人们吃双层汉堡，大薯条，却喝减肥可乐<br>5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.<br>只有在美国。。。银行让大门敞开，却把笔用链子固定在柜台上<br>6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.<br>只有在美国。。。人们把价值成千上万的汽车停放在车道上，却把一钱不值的"垃圾"放在车库里<br>7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.<br>只有在美国。。。人们用电话答录机来屏蔽不想接到的电话，却又有"来电等候"功能，生怕错过一个其实并不想接到的电话<br>8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.<br>只有在美国。。。做热狗的香肠是10个一包，做热狗的面包却是8个一包<br>9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'oli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.<br>只有在美国。。。政治"olitics"这个词真是贴切到了家："oli"在拉丁语中是"很多" 的意思，而"tics"是"吸血生物" 的意思<br>10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.<br>只有在美国。。。开着车取钱的自动柜员机刻有盲文<br><br>EVER WONDER<br>有没有想过<br><br>Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?<br>为什么太阳能把头发晒浅，却能把皮肤晒黑？<br>Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?<br>为什么女人闭着嘴就不能上睫毛膏？<br>Why don't you ever see the headline ! "sychic Wins Lottery"?<br>为什么你从来没见过头版头条写！"算命师中大奖"<br>Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?<br>为什么"缩写"是这么长的一个单词？<br>Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?<br>为什么医生们管他们所做的事情叫做"实习, 实践"？<br>Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?<br>为什么在要关掉视窗时，你必须先点击"开始"键？<br>Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?<br>为什么柠檬汁是用人造香味调料做的，而洗碗液是用真正的柠檬做的？<br>Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?<br>为什么帮你管理你的所有投资的人叫做"不名一文的人"？("broke"在英文中有"不名一文"，"穷到家了"的意思)<br>Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?<br>为什么一天中交通最慢的时刻叫"速行"时刻？<br>Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?<br>为什么没有老鼠味儿的猫食？<br>When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?<br>当狗食被宣扬是新的和改进了的口味的时候，是谁作的口味鉴定？<br>Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?<br>为什么诺亚没有把那两支蚊子打死？(诺亚方舟上带有每种动物的雌雄各一只)<br>Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?<br>在用注射毒剂的方式执行死刑时，为什么还要消毒针头？<br>You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that<br>stuff?<br>你知道那个用在飞机上的"不会被摧毁"的黑匣子吧？为什么他们不把整架飞机都造成那种材料的？<br>Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?<br>为什么下雨时绵羊不缩水？<br>Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?<br>为什么公寓都紧紧靠在一起？(apart是分开的意思)<br>If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?<br>如果"坏处" 是"好处"的对立面，那么"众议院"是不是"进展"的对立面？<br>If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?<br>如果飞行是这么的安全，为什么他们管飞机场叫"终端"？<br>
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oli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.<br>只有在美国。。。政治"
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