爱荷华州

Marilyn George described the drastic change in her life -- going from a corn-fed Midwestern upbringing to the rough challenges of frontier living on a boat. Imagine how different the wide-open spaces of Iowa are from the confining space of a boat.

玛莉琳乔治在书中描述，发生在她生活中的重大改变，从一个原本生长於中西部，以玉米为主食的农村女孩，到后来成为住在船上的人，面对海上生活的艰钜挑战；想想看两种生活的差异，一个是拥有开阔空间的爱荷华州，一个是空间狭窄的船上生活。

Iowa is 90 percent farmland and famous for mile after mile of rustling cornfields.

爱荷华州百分之九十的土地是农田，并以绵延数哩沙沙作响的玉米田闻名。

Like most people in Iowa in the 1950s, we were more cautious eaters in our house.

和上世纪五十年代的爱荷华州多数居民一样，在我们家里，我们在吃食上更为谨慎小心。

But Mike Huckabee, an ex-governor of Arkansas and Baptist preacher, surged from nowhere to beat him by nine points in Iowa on January 3rd.

但就在1月3日，原本泛泛无名的阿肯色州前州长、浸信会的牧师麦克·赫卡比，却以9个点的优势一鸣惊人地拿下了爱荷华州。

But Mike Huckabee, an ex-governor of Arkansas and Baptist preacher, surged from nowhere to beat him by nine points in Iowa on January 3rd.

但是麦克哈克比，一位前阿堪萨斯州州长和浸礼派牧师，从无名之辈突然冲了上来，1月3日在爱荷华州以9个点击败了他。

On the one hand, his campaign is running television commercials in Iowa featuring his late mother, who was white.

一方面，他的竞选团队在爱荷华州的商业电视节目上大肆宣传他的已故白人母亲。

On the one hand, his campaign is running television commercials in Iowa featuring his late mother, who was white.

一方面，他在爱荷华州以他已故的母亲，一位白人为主题做商业媒体宣传。

For suggesting in a fit of pique last March that AIG executives who demanded their contractual bonuses should have the dignity to 'resign or commit suicide.'The Meanies for Wall Street and U.S. Business

获奖原因：3月份，爱荷华州参议员格雷斯尔在气头上说，那些要求按合同获得奖金的美国国际集团高管们应该&辞职或自行了断&，不要再丢人现眼了。

He called one Pzazz, a name he stole from another establishment in Burlington because he found it so unique.

当中有家名叫「Pzazz」，这是抄袭老家爱荷华州伯灵顿一家餐厅的名字，因为这太独特了。

Minnesota and Iowa, which sit at the centre of America's wind belt, have been among the most aggressive at using such mandates.

明尼苏达和爱荷华州在贯彻此类法规要求方面特别突出。

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。