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来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/15 12:55:57
They had planned on marrying as soon as they graduated from high school but "Uncle Sam" had other ideas.
他们计划高中一毕业就结婚,但“山姆大叔”却另有主意。

Most of us know the "Uncle Sam" means the government of United States. But suppose we don't know it, we will got misunderstanded.

Here the "Uncle Sam" comes from:

"Uncle Sam"是美国人的绰号。它源自1812-1814年间美英战争时期的一个历史传说。相传在纽约州的特洛伊城(Troy)有位年长的肉类加工商,名叫山缪尔·威尔逊(Samuel Wilson)。他勤劳、诚实、能干,很有威信,人们亲切地叫他"山姆大叔(Uncle Sam)"(注:Sam为Samuel的昵称)。这位山姆大叔也是一位爱国者,他与父兄曾参加过美国独立战争。在1812年的美英战争中,他的工厂与政府签了一份为军队生产桶装牛肉的合同,美国政府每当收到他交来的经其亲自检验合格的牛肉,就将肉装入特制的木桶,并在桶上盖上US的记号。由于Uncle Sam的首字母是US,而美国(The United States)的缩写也是U.S.,于是人们便把这两个名称合二为一了,意即那些经"山姆大叔"之手的牛肉,成了"美国"的财产。于是当地的人们就把"山姆大叔"当成美国的绰号,并逐渐流传开来。

19世纪30年代,美国漫画家根据历史传说,赋予"山姆大叔"形象,于是出现了一个蓄着胡子的高瘦老头形象。他头戴饰星高顶帽,身穿红、白、蓝三色燕尾服和条纹裤(美国星条旗的图案)。虽白发苍髯,却精神矍铄,一派威仪。从此,这一形象就成了美国的象征。"山姆大叔"勤劳开朗的性格和爱国热忱,体现了美国人民的天性和精神。

"The Uncle Sam" is the American's nickname.It derives from for 1812-1814 years, is a history legend of the beautiful English war period.It is rumored there is an old meat to process a company in the Troy city of New York, named the mountain Samuel Wilson.His diligence,honesty,able, have a prestige very much, people call benignly he"Uncle Sam"(note:The Sam is a Samuel pet name).The this Uncle Sam is also a patriot, he attended American independent war with head of family once.In the beautiful English war of 1812, his factory and the government label a produces a contract for packing beef for the troops, American government whenever receive him to hand over to come of examine qualified beef in person by it, pack the meat into the wooden pail of the specially made, and cover US mark on the bucket.Because the head letter of alphabet of the Uncle Sam is an US, and the abbreviation of the United States are also an U.S., hence people matched two of these two names t