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Well, a new study has found that most young Americans have no sense of direction.  
一份新的研究發現大多數年輕的美國人沒有方向感。  

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Done for the "National Geographic Magazine," it paints a dismal picture of what recent graduates in the U.S. know about geography.  
這份為《國家地理雜誌》所做的研究，顯示近年來美國畢業生的地理程度一塌糊塗。  

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Jeanne Moos hit the streets of New York to find out just how bad the situation is.
記者吉妮‧莫斯要直擊紐約街頭，看看情況究竟有多壞。

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You know that country where the U.S. fought a war, the one you've heard about oh, say just about every day for the past three years or so?
你知道那個剛跟美國打過仗，那個過去三年來你幾乎每天都會聽到的那個國家嗎？

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Tell me where Iraq is on this map.
告訴我伊拉克在這張地圖上的位置。

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I have no idea.
我不知道。

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Well, you can, you know, kind of guess. Sort of, Iraq. Wrong. That's Africa.
你可以大概猜猜看伊拉克在哪。錯，那是非洲。

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The only risk in this game is of embarrassment.  
這場遊戲的唯一風險就是丟臉。  

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Many young Americans might as well toss the dice to pinpoint countries on the map.
以許多美國年輕人的程度，他們乾脆在地圖上擲骰子來指出各國位置算了。

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Show me Iraq.
告訴我伊拉克在哪裡。

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Oh, god, don't ask me.
天啊，別問我。

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We've hidden her face to protect her from mortification.  
我們將她的臉打上馬賽克，免得害她丟人。  

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The study for "National Geographic" showed that six out of 10 Americans ages 18 to 24 can't find Iraq.
這份為《國家地理雜誌》做的研究顯示，在十八到二十四歲的美國人中，每十個人中就有六個不知道伊拉克在哪裡。

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I guess it's around here.
我猜大概在這裡吧。

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I wouldn't know, because I don't really believe in one-dimensional surfaces.
這樣我不知道，因為我不相信一維的平面。

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All I want is Iraq.
我只要你找出伊拉克。

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It wouldn't be on this map. According to its actual topography, it would be somewhere just around there.
不在這張地圖上。根據實際地形，伊拉克應該在那附近才對。

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If you don't like that map, why not try another?
如果你不喜歡那張地圖，何不試試看另一張？

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Oooh, Ohio.
是俄亥俄喔。

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Fewer than 50 percent of people know where Ohio is.
知道俄亥俄州在哪裡的人不到一半。

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Yes, I know where it is. That's where my sister, Eileen, came from.
我知道在哪裡，我妹妹艾琳就是俄亥俄州人。

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Can you point at it?
能指出來在哪裡嗎？

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Why oh, why oh, why oh, did I ever leave Ohio?
為何當年哦……我要離開俄亥俄喲……

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But what really took us aback was that 50 percent of young Americans couldn't locate...  
但真正嚇了我們一大跳的是，有半數美國年輕人不知道……  

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New York state.
紐約州在哪裡。

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OK, it's got to be between here and here.
一定是在這裡和這裡之間。

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This is New York, right?
這裡是紐約，對吧？

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That's Pennsylvania.
那是賓州。

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Here's New York right here.
這裡才是紐約州。

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No, that's New Jersey.
錯，那是紐澤西。

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I mean, here's New York here -- here's New York.
我是說，這裡是紐約……這是紐約。

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No. Yes. Let me put it this way, where is New York?
錯，這樣好了，紐約在哪裡？

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Well, you're standing in it right now.
你現在就站在紐約啊。