波多黎各

AN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The US announced Wednesday that it has sent 15 prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison back to their home nations.

an Juan ，波多黎各-美国宣布周三，它已派出1 5名囚犯从关塔那摩监狱返回自己的国家。

On Saturday, the Puerto Rican knockout artist will headline a pay-per-view card in Atlantic City, N.J., when he defends his World Boxing Organization super bantamweight title at Boardwalk Hall against Olivier Lontchi.

周六，新泽西大西洋城宝德沃克厅，波多黎各KO艺术家洛佩兹将卫冕他的WBO超雏量级头衔，对手是奥利维尔。朗切。

But how could I, a Negro and Puerto Rican, approach this white lady who very likely might be prejudiced against Negroes and anybody with a foreign accent, in a deserted subway station very late at night.

但是我，一个波多黎各人，又是个黑人，怎麼能够走近这个白人妇女呢？她很可能对黑人，或是任何带外国口音的人持有偏见，而且是在午夜后这个空旷无人的地铁车站。

But how could I, a Negro and Puerto Rican, approach this white lady who very likely might be prejudiced against Negroes and anybody with a foreign accent, in a deserted subway station very late at night?

但是我，一个波多黎各人，又是个黑人，怎么能走近这个白人妇女呢？她很可能对黑人，或是任何带外国口音的人持有偏见，而且是在午夜后这个空旷无人的地铁车站？

He's the biggest sports bettor in the world.

那家伙住波多黎各，是世界上最成功的体育投机家

Never, in general terms, does a Puerto Rican say, nor does he know how to say "no":"We'll see,""I'll study the matter,""I'll decide later"; when a Puerto Rican uses these expressions, it must be understood that he does not want to; at most, he joins the si with the no and with the affirmative and negative adverbs makes a conditional conjunction, ambiguous, nebulous, in which the will fluctuates in the air, like a little bird aimless and shelterless on the flatness of a desert....

总的来说，波多黎各人不说"不"字，也不知道该怎麼启口。"我们再看看吧。""这件事我再想想。""我过后再决定吧。"当波多黎各人这样说时，这意味著他不愿意这麼做。最多也只能理解为他把"不"和"是的"这两个词放在一块，作为条件句的连词，使意思模稜两可，含糊不清。他拿不定主意，他的意愿像无处藏身的小鸟在沙漠上无目标地飞著。

In the mid-1950's Puerto Rico was one of the most densely populated countries in the world and it was important for researchers who wanted to promote the pill to be able to say, look, it worked in Puerto Rico with a population that was undereducated and poor.

50年代中期，波多黎各是世界上人口密度最大的国家之一，人口教育程度和生活水平都不高，这样研究药品的人将来就可以说，你们看，这种药在波多黎各已经奏效了。

This allows Puerto Ricans to chat endlessly with their friends in New York, but may also have arbitrageurs routing cheap international phone calls through the island.

这样，波多黎各人可以没完没了地和纽约的朋友们交谈，还有一些人利用这一点想到发财之路，通过波多黎各转接国际长途电话，资费便宜很多。

This allows Puerto Ricans to chat endlessly with their friends in New York, but may also have arbitrageurs routing cheap international phone calls through the island.

这样，波多黎各人可以没完没了地域纽约的朋友们交谈，还有一些人利用这一点想到发财之路，通过波多黎各转接国际长途电话，资费便宜很多。

Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in Washington, Pedro Pierlusi, is already meeting key figures in the federal government to communicate the urgent need of fiscal relief on the island.

波多黎各驻华盛顿属地居民代表佩德罗·皮尔鲁西〔Pedro Pierlusi〕已经开始与联邦政府要人进行会面，商谈缓解波多黎各财政的急迫需要。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。