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Today, because of shrewd advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.

如今，由于精明的广告和公共卫生运动，许多美国人习惯于每天两次用牙膏（如佳洁士、高露洁或其他品牌）清洁牙齿，以预防龋齿。

Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law.

许多美国人将陪审团制度视为关键民主价值观的具体体现，包括以下原则：所有符合年龄和读写能力最低要求的公民在担任陪审员方面都是同样胜任的；陪审员应从社区中具有代表性的各个群体中随机选出；不应因种族、宗教、性别或民族出身而剥夺任何公民担任陪审员的权利；被告有权接受同辈的审判；以及陪审团的裁决应体现社区的良知，而不仅仅是法律条文。

During the Depression and the war, Americans had learned to live with less, and that restraint, in combination with the postwar confidence in the future, made small, efficient housing positively stylish.

在经济大萧条和战争时期，美国人学会了用更少的东西生活，而这种克制与战后对未来的信心相结合，使得小型而高效的住房变得非常时尚。

Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I.

数百万美国人和外国人看到GI

Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year - about 64 items per person - and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

她发现，美国人每年购买大约200亿件服装——每人约64件——无论他们捐赠多少，这种过度消费都会导致浪费。