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Jane和Will初次約會，聊到彼此的家庭背景。我知道Jane的父母來自中國，所以我很想聽聽，作為一個亞裔美國人，Jane的成長經(jīng)歷是什么樣的。

Professor: That's right, Winnie, let's listen to what they have to say.

Will: So Jane, you said that both your parents are from China. How do they like living in America?

Jane: They really like it, but of course they miss their friends and family back home sometimes.

Will: Yeah, I can imagine. So do you consider yourself Chinese or American?

Jane: Well, that's a complicated question. Of course I'm American, but I'm ethnically Chinese as well.

Will: I see. So you consider yourself both?

Jane: That's right.

Will總是問一些嚴(yán)肅的問題! 他問Jane，覺得自己是中國人還是美國人。Jane回答說，自己既是中國人，也是美國人。

Professor: Right. Jane is an American citizen, but she is also ethnically Chinese.

Ethnically？我明白了，ethnic是民族的意思.

Professor: Exactly. For example, I could say that Hispanics are one of the largest ethnic groups in America.

所以，從民族上講，Jane認(rèn)為自己是華人。

Professor, 拉美裔人，是美國人口最多的少數(shù)族裔之一？那么，亞裔人口又怎么樣呢？

Professor: Asians make up about 4.5 percent of the American population.

Will: Did you face a lot of stereotypes growing up?

Jane: Of course, all minorities face some stereotypes. For me, lots of people assume that because I'm Asian, I'm smart and good at math.

Will: That doesn't sound like a bad stereotype to have!

Jane: No, it's not a very offensive stereotype. But it's still wrong for people to assume things about me because of how I look. I hate math!

Will: Me too! I guess that's one thing we have in common.

Stereotype, s-t-e-r-e-o-t-y-p-e, stereotype，是“刻板印象”、“先入為主的看法”。Jane說，因?yàn)樗莵喴?，所以很多美國人對她持有stereotype，一看她的亞洲臉，就認(rèn)定她的數(shù)學(xué)一定很好!

Professor: But Jane thinks that stereotypes are wrong, doesn't she?

當(dāng)然啦！Jane說，以貌取人是不對的。她其實(shí)很討厭學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)。

Professor: That's right. She and Will both hate math, so that's one thing they have in common.

Will: Did people tease you when you were growing up because you're Asian?

Jane: My school was very politically correct, so people tried really hard not to say things that would offend me.

Will: Right. Race can be a sensitive subject in America. People like to talk about it, but only in a polite way.

Jane: That's true. People these days try hard to be tolerant, and are careful not to say things that other people may think are racist.

看來Jane是在比較tolerant -“寬容”的環(huán)境下長大的。人們沒有因?yàn)樗莵喴岫芭２贿^，Professor, 什么叫"politically correct"?

Professor: Being politically correct is making sure that the things that you say won't offend people in minority groups and disadvantaged groups.

哦，politically correct，在政治上保持正確，也就是言行上避免有歧視少數(shù)族裔或弱勢群體之嫌。

Professor: Right. People don't want to say anything racist, so they make sure all their words are very polite.

沒錯，racist -“種族歧視性”言行，肯定不能讓你做到politically correct.

Jane: It's pretty easy for me living in the US because it is such a diverse country. There are many other minorities, so I don't feel different.

Will: That's true. The US is a country of immigrants, so it is very diverse.

Jane: Yup. My university is especially diverse. It tries to find students from all over the world.

Will: Oh yeah, my university has lots of minority students too. I've really enjoyed learning about lots of different cultures from them.

Professor: Winnie, do you know what "diverse" means?

Diverse就是“多樣化”。Jane和Will的大學(xué)都很diverse, 不僅有來自各族裔的學(xué)生，還有來自世界各地的留學(xué)生! Professor, Jane和Will初次約會就談了宗教、種族這些嚴(yán)肅話題，而且聊得挺高興。我看他們真是天生一對兒!

這次的美語三級跳就播送到這里。