In a move that has intellectual-property lawyers abuzz the U. S. court of Appeals for the federal circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents.

在一项使得知识产权律师们议论纷纷提议中，美国联邦巡回上诉法院声称它将利用某个具体案件来对商业方法专利进行广泛复审。

Not long ago, with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak, the U. S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U. S. economic performance.

不久前，随着美国经济陷入衰退，日本正处于泡沫破灭前高峰期，美国人被嘲讽没有受过良好教育。这被认为这是美国经济不景气主要原因之一。

Hagel says we have designed jobs in the U. S. that tend to be " tightly scripted" and " highly standardized" ones that leave no room for " individual initiative or creativity" .

Hagel 说，我们在美国往往是" 严格按照脚本编写" 和" 高度标准化" ，没有给" 个人主动性或创造力" 下空间。

Now 82 tribes across the U. S. have more than 20,000 bison in 65 herds.

目前全美 82 个部落 65 个牧群总共有 2 万多头野牛。

In extreme cases this can cause pits in the teeth and some studies outside the U. S. have suggested that pregnant women with higher amount of fluoride in their bodies can have children with lower IQ scores.

在极端情况下，这会导致牙齿凹陷，美国以外一些研究表明，体内氟化物含量较高孕妇可能会生出智商较低孩子。

Nancy was recognized for her bravery, and was awarded the U. S. Medal of Freedom, the George Medal from the UK, the Badge of Gold from New Zealand, and The Order of Australia.

南希因其勇敢而受到认可，并被授予美国自由勋章、英国乔治勋章、新西兰黄金徽章和澳大利亚勋章。

However, the convention is still a hindrance to U. S. military buildup in the Black Sea.

然而，该公约仍然是美国在黑海结军事力量障碍。

I say it's dangerous because we know that in places like the U. S. or Japan or many other developed countries, by far, the most impactful human activity on climate is the use of fossil fuel: Oil, Coal and Gas.

我说这很危险，因为我们知道在美国、日本或许多其他发达国家，到目前为止，对气候影响最大人类活动是使用化石燃料：石油、煤炭和天然气。

Really? I think San Francisco is probably the most exciting city in the U-S.

真吗？我认为旧金山可能是美国最令人兴奋地方了。

After the war, the U. S. government honored them for what they had accomplished.

战后，美国政府对其密码表示自豪。

An economic survey of 700 U. S. taxpayers found that people would be willing to pay a significant amount of money to make sure the parks and their programs are kept intact.

一项针对 700 名美国纳税人经济调查发现，人们愿意支付相当数量资金来确保国家公园及其项目能够得到维护。

But with 80% of adults in the U. S. reporting daily stress, what's this chronic stress doing to all of us?

美国80%成年人都说自己每天都有压力，这种慢性压力对我们所有人有什么影响？

Doctor Peter D'Adamo is from the U S A.

彼得·达莫博士来自美国。

Alcohol couldn't be legally consumed in the U. S. between 1920 and 1933.

1920 年至 1933 年间，美国法律禁售酒类。

U. S. Plastic production increased 300 percent during the war.

战争期间，美国塑料产量增加了 300%。

And so, we're looking deeply at that, but we're looking globally, not just in the U. S, we'll probably I think the foundation will focus both outside about 50% outside the U. S and 50% inside the U. S.

因此，我们正在深入研究这个问题，但我们放眼全球，而不仅仅是美国，我认为基金一半会可用于关注美国之外，一般则用于国内。

23. The text suggests that immigrants now in the U. S.

23. 本文暗示现在美国移民。

But they've said that this is helping get more consumers in the U. S., and I think they're happy that it's brought some new buzz.

但他们说，这有助于在美国吸引更多消费者，我认为他们很高兴这带来了一些新声誉。

Standard 2D movie tickets average about $9. 00 in the U. S.

美国 2D 电影票价约为九美元。

We've seen a doubling of the amount of U. S forests that have burned since the 1980s and we know that's directly linked to how much warmer it is today than it was in the 1980s.

可以看到，自20世纪80年代以来，美国被烧毁森林数量翻了一番，我们知道这与今天比20世纪80年代暖和多少直接相关。