Question

谁能帮我翻译下~一段英文，关于美国的文化特点？

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man - the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward; furthermore, the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education

Answer 1

美国文化的一个特点，几乎已经成为一个传统，就是尊重白手起家的男人 - 通过自己的努力上升到顶部，通常是用双手白手起家的人。而在企业或行业或领袖和大学教授中占有较高的社会地位要比普通劳动者，甚至是熟练的工厂工人有更多的尊重，他会自豪地指出，他的父亲开始在美国作为一个农民或某种形式的劳动者。
这对体力劳动的态度（体力的）劳动力现在仍然在美国生活的许多方面可以看到。一个人被邀请去一个家吃饭，不仅舒适豪华，但即使（豪华地）的布置，并在其中有每一个事实的证据，家庭已经买不起国外旅行，奢侈的爱好和大专以上学历儿童，然而，女主人可能会自己做饭，将服务于它自己，然后洗刷餐具;此外，晚餐不会仅仅包括一些方便快捷地从各罐头内容和蛋糕或馅饼组装买一附近的面包店。相反，女主人通常需要骄傲的精心准备特别的菜肴。一个专业的清洗可以谈论他的花圃车，刨，粉刷房子。他的妻子甚至可能帮助这些事情，就像他经常帮她洗碗。是谁的儿子在大学里可能会等待离开桌子，洗碗就为他的生活，还是在夏天，他可能与建筑团伙在高速公路上，以支付他的教育