美國(guó)文化脫口秀 第360期:考考你的美國(guó)常識(shí)!

7月4日是美國(guó)國(guó)慶。Spencer, Jenny教你美國(guó)國(guó)慶的正確打開方式，順便幫你補(bǔ)腦可能不知道的美國(guó)基本信息。

關(guān)鍵詞：

美國(guó)國(guó)慶有好幾個(gè)名字

中國(guó)的國(guó)慶節(jié)是十月一號(hào)，美國(guó)的國(guó)慶節(jié)是七月四號(hào)，也被稱為獨(dú)立日。和我們七天長(zhǎng)假不同，美國(guó)人一般國(guó)慶節(jié)只有當(dāng)天放假。

Happy Fourth of July to you all: 祝大家國(guó)慶快樂

National Day: 國(guó)慶節(jié)，中國(guó)的國(guó)慶節(jié)在英文里可以這么叫

Independence Day: 獨(dú)立日，美國(guó)的國(guó)慶節(jié)

Fourth of July: 美國(guó)國(guó)慶節(jié)的另一個(gè)叫法，就好比我國(guó)的"十一"

How many days do you have off?: 美國(guó)國(guó)慶你們放幾天假?

You just get that one day off: 只有7月4日當(dāng)天放假

In China, we get a one-week-long holiday for the National Day: 在中國(guó)，國(guó)慶放假有整整一周

If it falls on a Sunday, maybe you get the Monday off: 如果剛好是周日的話，那可能就周一放假

If you work for the government, there's a good chance you might get the day before or after off: 如果你在政府上班，那很有可能國(guó)慶前面或者后面一天也可以放假

Public servants: 公務(wù)員

For all of us regular Joes out there, we probably just get that one day off: 一般人基本上就只能放一天假

This year, Fourth of July happens to be on a Monday, so you have a long weekend: 今年的美國(guó)國(guó)慶正好在周一，湊成了個(gè)小長(zhǎng)假

美國(guó)國(guó)父

美國(guó)開國(guó)元?jiǎng)淄ǔＶ傅氖菂⑴c簽署《獨(dú)立宣言》或參與起草《美國(guó)憲法》的政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，他們同時(shí)也是來自最初的13個(gè)建國(guó)州的代表。

Founding fathers: 開國(guó)元?jiǎng)?/p>

Founding states: 建國(guó)州

To found: 建立、開創(chuàng)

America's Founding Fathers include George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and, of course, Benjamin Franklin：美國(guó)定義的建國(guó)元?jiǎng)子?位，George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe and, of course, Benjamin Franklin

There're 7 of them, some of whom you might be familiar with: 建國(guó)元?jiǎng)子胁簧?，其中幾位你可能也不陌?/p>

George Washington: 喬治·華盛頓，美國(guó)第一任總統(tǒng)

Thomas Jefferson: 托馬斯·杰斐遜，美國(guó)第三任總統(tǒng)

James Madison: 詹姆斯·麥迪遜，美國(guó)第四任總統(tǒng)

Benjamin Franklin: 100美金紙幣上印著本杰明.佛蘭克林的頭像，所以美國(guó)人也把錢戲稱為"Benjamins".

考考你的美國(guó)常識(shí)!

美金叫做"Benjamins"

You can find these founding fathers on American money: 這些建國(guó)元?jiǎng)锥急挥≡诿棱n上

A little fun fact: Benjamin Franklin is the only one on dollar bills who was never a president: 小趣聞一則：本杰明·弗蘭克里是唯一一位沒當(dāng)過總統(tǒng)卻被印在美鈔上的人

星條旗的含義

Stars and Stripes: 星條旗

There're 13 stripes on the American flag: 美國(guó)國(guó)旗上有13個(gè)橫條

It's because when the country was founded,13 states went on board: 因?yàn)槊绹?guó)剛建國(guó)時(shí)有13個(gè)殖民地

The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states: 星條旗上50顆星，代表美國(guó)的50個(gè)州

Obviously, there weren't 50 states at first, so over the years, more and more stars have been added to the flag: 當(dāng)然，一開始并沒有50個(gè)州，建國(guó)后國(guó)旗上的星星才一顆一顆多起來

But we've always had 13 stripes on the flag, which represent the original colonies and states: 國(guó)旗上的橫條一直是13條，它們代表最初的那13個(gè)州

最先加入聯(lián)邦的州是?

美國(guó)的建國(guó)州共13個(gè)，你知道是哪個(gè)州最先加入聯(lián)邦的嗎?

Most of the founding states are in the Northeast: 大多數(shù)的建國(guó)州都位于美國(guó)的東北部

Do you know what the first state was?: 你知道是哪個(gè)州最先加入美聯(lián)邦的嗎?

Delaware was the first state: 特拉華州是第一個(gè)加入美聯(lián)邦的州

There's no corporate tax in Delaware: 特拉華州沒有企業(yè)稅

美國(guó)人心中神圣的獨(dú)立宣言

美國(guó)的國(guó)慶之所以定在7月4日，是因?yàn)楠?dú)立宣言簽署與1776年7月4日，標(biāo)志著美國(guó)美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)正式成立。

Declaration of Independence: 獨(dú)立宣言

Officially, the United States was founded in 1776: 美國(guó)正式建國(guó)是1776年

After the Revolutionary War, the founding fathers signed onto the Declaration of Independence: 革命戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)過后，開國(guó)元?jiǎng)缀炇鹆霜?dú)立宣言

美國(guó)國(guó)慶干什么?烤肉!

美國(guó)人的國(guó)慶是一個(gè)親朋好友相聚的日子。人多又熱鬧，最適合的美食當(dāng)然就是燒烤咯!國(guó)慶節(jié)到戶外燒烤已經(jīng)成了美國(guó)文化的一部分。而且這一頓一般都會(huì)由男主人掌勺，因?yàn)闊驹诿绹?guó)人看來是一件很man的事情!

celebration: 慶祝、慶典

Americans celebrate 4th of July with barbecue: 美國(guó)人過國(guó)慶的時(shí)候會(huì)燒烤

picnic: 野餐

It's nice to just be outside, bask in the nice weather, watch the fireworks, eat some grilled delicacies and have a beer or two: 在戶外享受好天氣，看煙火，吃燒烤，喝上一兩杯啤酒，多么美好啊

The weather is perfect for outdoor activities: 天氣很適合戶外活動(dòng)

It could be a little too hot for some people and sometimes it gets rained out: 對(duì)有些人來說天氣可能太熱了，有時(shí)候不得不因下雨取消活動(dòng)

Barbecue symbolizes American culture in many ways: 燒烤反應(yīng)了美國(guó)文化的許多方面

carnage: 屠宰

Fourth of July celebration is a communal event: 美國(guó)國(guó)慶親朋好友會(huì)相聚一堂

A typical celebration will be a gathering of family, friends and sometimes even neighbors in someone's backyard: 通常，家人、朋友，甚至鄰居會(huì)相聚在某家的后院，共同歡度國(guó)慶節(jié)

美國(guó)男人都是烤肉能手

Barbecue is also symbolic of manhood: 燒烤還象征著男子氣概

"My wife takes care of the baking, but I hold down the grill": 我老婆負(fù)責(zé)烤甜品，燒烤是我的天下

secret recipe/marinade/sauce: 秘密配方/腌汁/醬料

"What's in the sauce?": 這醬里有什么?

"It's my daddy's secret. I'll never tell you": 這是我爸的秘密，我才不會(huì)告訴你呢

It's been passed down through generations: 都傳了好幾代了

在首都慶祝國(guó)慶節(jié)

美國(guó)國(guó)慶另一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)慶祝活動(dòng)就是放煙花。在美國(guó)首都華盛頓，有很多人會(huì)選擇去市中心位于華盛頓紀(jì)念碑和國(guó)會(huì)大樓中間的國(guó)家廣場(chǎng)進(jìn)行野餐并欣賞煙花。

You can go down to the National Mall: 你可以去國(guó)家廣場(chǎng)走走

It's a big place that's grass: 國(guó)家廣場(chǎng)就是一片大草地

It's in between the National Monument and the Capitol building: 它坐落于華盛頓紀(jì)念碑和國(guó)會(huì)大樓之間

The National Mall is at the center of DC: 國(guó)家廣場(chǎng)位于華盛頓的中央

You lay out on the grass with your loved ones and watch the fireworks: 你可以躺在那里的草坪上跟親朋好友一起看煙花

The most spectacular fireworks display on the 4th of July is in D.C.: 國(guó)慶煙花秀最絢麗的就要數(shù)華盛頓了

I grew up in Maryland, in a neighborhood that was only 15 minutes outside of D.C.: 我在馬里蘭州長(zhǎng)大，但其實(shí)住的地方離華盛頓也就15分鐘車程

D.C. stands for District of Columbia: DC指的是哥倫比亞特區(qū) (口語中美國(guó)人說華盛頓就直接講DC)

It could be to avoid confusion because there's also a state called Washington: 這么叫可能是為了防止引起誤會(huì)，因?yàn)橛幸粋€(gè)州也叫華盛頓