Only in America…(zt)

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Only in America…
只有在美国。。。

1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
只有在美国。。。比萨饼能比救护车更快到达你的门口
2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
只有在美国。。。在滑冰场的门口有残疾人的专用停车位
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.
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
4. Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
只有在美国。。。人们吃双层汉堡，大薯条，却喝减肥可乐
5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
只有在美国。。。银行让大门敞开，却把笔用链子固定在柜台上
6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
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
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.
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
8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
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
9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
只有在美国。。。政治"Politics"这个词真是贴切到了家："Poli"在拉丁语中是"很多" 的意思，而"tics"是"吸血生物" 的意思
10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
只有在美国。。。开着车取钱的自动柜员机刻有盲文

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Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?
为什么太阳能把头发晒浅，却能把皮肤晒黑？
Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?
为什么女人闭着嘴就不能上睫毛膏？
Why don't you ever see the headline ! "Psychic Wins Lottery"?
为什么你从来没见过头版头条写！"算命师中大奖"
Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
为什么"缩写"是这么长的一个单词？
Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?
为什么医生们管他们所做的事情叫做"实习, 实践"？
Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?
为什么在要关掉视窗时，你必须先点击"开始"键？
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
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？
Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
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)
Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
为什么一天中交通最慢的时刻叫"速行"时刻？
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
为什么没有老鼠味儿的猫食？
When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?
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？
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?
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)
Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
在用注射毒剂的方式执行死刑时，为什么还要消毒针头？
You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that
stuff?
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？
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
为什么下雨时绵羊不缩水？
Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
为什么公寓都紧紧靠在一起？(apart是分开的意思)
If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
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？
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
如果飞行是这么的安全，为什么他们管飞机场叫"终端"？