Question

谁能帮我翻译一下这两篇，谢谢大家了

In the United States, a person can take credit only for what he has accomplished by himself. Americans get no credit whatsoever for having been born into a rich or privileged family. (In the United States, that would be considered “an accident of birth.”) Americans pride themselves in having been born poor and, through their own hard work, having climbed the difficult ladder of success to whatever level they have achieved---- all by themselves. The American social system has, of course, made it possible for Americans to move, relatively easily, up the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to do in many other countries. The “self-made man or woman” is still very much the ideal in present-day America.
Americans believe that competition brings out the best in any individual. They claim that it challenges or forces each person to produce the very best that is humanly possible. Consequently, the foreign visitor will see competition being fostered in the American home and in the American classroom, even at the youngest age levels. You may find the value placed on competition disagreeable, especially if you come from a society that promotes cooperation rather than competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in Third World countries find the lack of competitiveness in a classroom situation equally distressing. They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human characteristics represented only a peculiarly American (or Western) value.
Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to go with it----free enterprise. Americans feel very strongly that a highly competitive economy will bring out the best in its people and ultimately, that the society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. If you look for it, you will see evidence in all areas---- in all fields as diverse as medicine, the arts, education, and sports---- that free enterprise is the approach most often preferred in America.

Answer 1

在美国，人们要想得到承认，必须通过个人努力，不管你是什么出身和背景。
美国人以“出身贫贱”为荣。他们觉得，通过自己的努力，达到了人生的一个难以攀登的高度，很有成就感。美国社会很自由，但也没有成见，这根其它国家不太一样。在美国,“自我打造”的理念深入人心.美国人相信,竞争能使人最大限度的发挥潜能,能激发出很多的"超"能力.因此,很多外国人就发现,无论在家里,课堂上,甚至学前班,竞争都随处可见,要是你是来自一个在文化上崇尚合作理念的国家的人,你就更会觉得美国人残酷.然而,那些在第三世界国家教书的美国人,就很看不惯课堂上,大家一点儿也不积极踊跃,懒懒散散的那种状态.这些美国人以前都认为,竞争,是人骨子里的东西,应该与生俱来,人人皆有,然而却慢慢发现,这种意识其实只是他们美国人(或者说西方人)所特有的.
美国人崇尚竞争理念,他们在经济制度上也相应的很自由.美国人都认为,竞争最终能造福子民,推动发展.他们的这种理念随处可见,医学事业,艺术事业,体育事业,比比皆是,但美国人还是对他们经济上的自由竞争制度情有独钟.