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　　1. stereotype 模式化的印象

　　2. The American South 美国南方:

　　slow, friendly, enjoy life, "Southern hospitality", Southern twang

　　缓慢，友好，生活至上，热情好客，南方口音

　　3. They talk slowly, they move slowly, some people think slowly. But they're friendly. 他们讲话慢，行动慢，有些人思维也很慢。但是他们对人很友好。

　　4. "I'm from the South. We talk like this." 我是南方人，我们说话就是这样的。

　　5. But Florida has a special reputation. Florida has a reputation that it's full of crazy people.

　　佛罗里达有自己独特的名声，就是疯子比较多。

　　6. New England (Northeast) 纽英格兰地区(Massachusetts, New York, Boston, etc.):

　　quite serious, hard-working, sophisticated, snobbish

　　有点严肃，工作认真，成熟世故，高傲势力

　　7. They're very busy all the time; they don't have time to slow down like Southern people. 他们总是很忙，没时间像南方人一样慢生活。

　　8. You can't take it easy. 你不能放松自己。

　　9. West Coast 西海岸:

　　rich, relaxed, innovative

　　有钱，放松，有创新意识的

　　10. So in Califonia, people have a lot of money, but they're not as busy as in New York. They're much more relaxed. 加州的人很有钱，但是不像纽约人那么忙。

　　11. They are doing things, like they are making money, so I think they're busier than the Southerners, you know, by reputation. But they are not uptight like East Coast people.

　　他们还是干活儿的，比如他们会赚钱啊，所以我觉得他们比南方人要忙，你知道他们有这样的名声在外。但是他们不像东海岸的人那样神经紧绷。

　　12. Yeah, because Silicon Valley is in California too. 是啊，而且硅谷也在加州啊。

　　13. Right, so they also feel that they're the center of America culture. 对，对已他们也觉得自己是美国文化的中心。

　　14. They both think that way. 他们两边都这么觉得。

　　15. The Mid-West 中西部地区:

　　simple, traditional, nice

　　简单，传统的，人很好

　　16. Some of that is close, but the Mid-West is more towards the north. (西部和中西部)有些地区很近，但是中西部地区更靠北。

　　17. Like people in New York don't care about the Mid-West. 比如纽约人就不在中西部地区的人啊。

　　18. And the north part of the Mid-West, they're very much like the Canadians, like Minnesota, that kind of the place.

　　中西部地区靠北的人和加拿大人很像，像明尼苏达州之类的地方。

　　19. You guys make fun of them ALL THE TIME. 你们一直拿(加拿大人)开玩笑啊！

　　20. They're easy-going, so they're easy to make fun of. 他们很随和，所以拿来开玩笑也不会生气。

　　21. That's what we think of the Canadians. They are too nice. 这就是我们对加拿大人的印象，他们人太好了。

　　22. And their police ride horses. I think that's pretty funny. 而且他们的警察还骑马，这个太搞笑了。