American dream
美國夢
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.
加州有許多外國移民，他們來美國是為了分享美國夢，即壹種廣為接受的信仰，認為在美國只要奮鬥就能成為富翁。
counterculture
反正統文化
In every generation, there seems to be a counterculture that rejects traditional thinking while promoting their own causes.
每壹代人似乎都有反傳統文化，他們擯棄傳統思維，促進自己的利益。
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.
信息爆炸讓很多人感到前所未有的困惑，因為他們試圖接受鋪天蓋地的各種事實、統計數據、新聞消息等。
reverse discrimination
逆向歧視
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.
眾多業主雇用婦女和少數民族，因而很多美國白種男人感到在工作地點自己成為逆向歧視--即由於采取措施提高少數民族的地位而對主體民族產生的壹種偏見--的受害者。