American dream
美国梦
California is full for foreign immigrants who came to the US to share the American dream,a popular belief that hard work will bring forth America's bounty in the form of material well-being.
加州有许多外国移民,他们来美国是为了分享美国梦,即一种广为接受的信仰,认为在美国只要奋斗就能成为富翁.
counterculture
反正统文化
In every generation,there seems to be a counterculture that rejects traditional thinking while promoting their own causes.
每一代人似乎都有反传统文化,他们摈弃传统思维,促进自己的利益.
information explosion
信息爆炸
The information explosion has left many people more confused than ever before as they attempt to keep up with the constant bombardment of facts,statistics,news clips,etc.
信息爆炸让很多人感到前所未有的困惑,因为他们试图接受铺天盖地的各种事实、统计数据、新闻消息等.
reverse discrimination
逆向歧视
Many white American men feel they have become victims of reverse discrimination--bias against the majority as a result of efforts to improve the position of the minority--in the workplace because so many employers are hiring women and minorities.
众多业主雇用妇女和少数民族,因而很多美国白种男人感到在工作地点自己成为逆向歧视--即由于采取措施提高少数民族的地位而对主体民族产生的一种偏见--的受害者.
