The Philippines shares a long history with the United States. The islands became a U.S. colony at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the Spanish American War.
菲律宾和美国有很深的渊源,19世纪末随着美西战争的爆发成为了美国的殖民地。
This Spanish term was named by a South American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern.
这个西班牙术语是由一个南美渔夫命名的,他注意到了全球气候的模式。
Moreover, another critic notes that the Spanish and English traditions of Cuban-American writing have different but equally viable functions.
此外,另一位评论家指出,西班牙和英国的古巴裔美国人写作传统有不同但同样可行的功能。
Her mother is Mexican and her father is American, so she can speak both Spanish and English.
她的母亲是墨西哥人,父亲是美国人,因此她既会说西班牙语,又会说英语。
It was invented by Richard J. Gatling during the American Civil War, and later used in the Spanish-American War, but was supplanted by advanced weaponry soon after.
美国独立战争期间,理查德J .盖特发明了这款武器,之后在美西战争中得到使用,但是,后来被更先进的武器所取代。
The Spanish-American War raised the curtain on the American century.
美西之战,在那个属于美国的世纪中,拉开了战幕。
It is the largest city in America with a Hispanic majority. Some 60% of its residents are Latino, mostly Mexican-American, and more than 40% speak Spanish at home.
它是西班牙语裔人占大多数的最大的一个美国城市,其居民约有60%是拉美人,大多是墨西哥裔,且有40%以上的人在家都说西班牙语。
Look, I’m a fervent believer in more American kids learning Chinese. But the language that will be essential for Americans and has far more day-to-day applications is Spanish.
当然,我近乎狂热地支持着让更多的美国孩子学习中文,但是,对于美国人来说,最为重要的,遍及生活方方面面的语言是西班牙语。
To sell power tools to construction workers these days, you need Spanish-speakers, he says; to market black hair products, you want African-American staff.
在卖电动工具给建筑工人的那些日子,就需要会西班牙语的雇员;在卖黑发产品时,就需要非裔美国人。
On the one hand, Lafitte avoided American ships throughout much of his career as a pirate, instead preying on English and Spanish vessels that ventured into the Gulf of Mexico.
一方面,拉菲特在他海盗生涯中始终都是规避美国船只的,却对进入墨西哥湾的英国和西班牙舰船横加掠夺。
The home of jazz music, New Orleans is a blend of the Spanish and French culture with influences from Afro-American and the Carribbean.
新奥尔良作为爵士乐的发源地,在非裔美国人和加勒比地区的影响下融合了西班牙和法国文化。
We saw the original South American motorcycle poster boy's Norton "La Poderosa II". Or maybe it was a replica - my Spanish is poor.
我们看见了原版的南美洲摩托车男孩诺顿拉波特若沙的招贴画,也许是复制品,反正我的西班牙语不行。
Most are Mexican-American, born in the United States, and Spanish is the common language.
他们大多数是在美国出生的墨西哥裔,并且西班牙语是最普遍的语言。
As an example, imagine that you have to dub an American film for a Spanish audience.
比方说,假设需要为西班牙观众对一部美国电影配音。
The university used to award a yearly scholarship to a Mexican-American student; now it goes to a student who speaks Spanish really well.
这所大学以前每年都会给一位墨西哥裔美国学生授予年度奖学金;现在的要求则是能够说一口流利的西班牙语。
American regional Banks and Spanish savings Banks, or cajas, are among those coming under increasing pressure as commercial-property portfolios suffer.
美国地区银行和西班牙储蓄银行,或者信用合作社,面临着商业资产组合受损更大的压力。
I declare he is that strange acquisition my late neighbour made, in his journey to Liverpool — a little Lascar, or an American or Spanish castaway.
我断定他——定是我那已故的邻人去利物浦旅行时带回来的那个奇怪的收获——一个东印度小水手,或是一个美洲人或西班牙人的弃儿。
That suggests that even though American silver arrived in Spain in 1550, the Spanish waited well over 100 years before using it for their own currency.
这说明虽然美洲银在1550年抵达西班牙,西班牙人等了100年才用这些银来锻造银币。
When the United States took control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in 1898, one of the first things the U.S. did was send in American teachers.
当美国控制了1898年美西战争后的菲律宾时,美国人要做的重要的一件事就是:送美国的教师来。
Yet this land is not empty--Native American Indians are spread across the land mass, as are Spanish colonists and French explorers.
然而这片土地并不是杳无人烟的,印第安人在这片土地上散居着。
Both seminars are taught in Spanish, to classes that include many native speakers who hail from Latin American countries like El Salvador and Mexico.
这两个研讨课程都是以西班牙语教学,教室中有很多母语为西班牙语的学生,他们来自像萨尔瓦多和墨西哥这样的拉丁美洲国家。
That remoteness also allowed them to remain relatively independent while trading with Spanish and American settlers, Arthur and Diamond argue.
由于地处偏僻,纳瓦霍人还得以在同西班牙以及美国定居者做交易的同时保留自己相对的独立性,亚瑟和戴蒙德写道。
Spanish banks, utilities and telecoms companies now challenge American firms right across Latin America.
现在在拉丁美洲,无论是银行业、公用事业还是电信行业,它都与美国势均力敌。
The imperial powers certainly generated a lot of institutional variety, sprinkling Spanish vassalage, British indirect rule and American paternalism across the globe.
毫无疑问,帝国主义列强会孕育出各种不同的体制,如松散的西班牙附庸制,大英帝国联邦制以及旨在控制全球的美国霸权制。
The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1, 000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic researchers suggests.
根据一项关于西班牙和冰岛的调查研究,最早到达欧洲的美洲原住民可能是一名女性并且她很可能是在早于1000年前被维京人带到欧洲的。
It can also designate a language variant; for example, "en-US" for American English, "en-GB" for British English, or "es-MX" for Mexican Spanish.
它也可以指派语言变体;例如,“en - US”代表美式英语、“en - GB”代表英式英语或“es - MX”代表墨西哥西班牙语。
It can also designate a language variant; for example, "en-US" for American English, "en-GB" for British English, or "es-MX" for Mexican Spanish.
它也可以指派语言变体;例如,“en - US”代表美式英语、“en - GB”代表英式英语或“es - MX”代表墨西哥西班牙语。
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