1.It looked like a war zone, and that's not something we're used to encountering on American soil.
当时那里看起来像战场，而不是我们在美国土地上习惯看到的景象；
2."Have weighed possible" says the president, "Terrorism cases will from now on be tried in a civilian court on American soil" . So Mr.
“这是完全有可能的，”奥巴马说，“从今往后，恐怖主义案件在美国国土上的民事法庭接受审判。”
3.Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
年，维吉尼亚.戴尔成为第一个出生在美国的英国女孩，其出生地现在位于美国北卡罗来纳州的Roanoke岛
4.It would be the deadliest terror attack on American soil until the Oklahoma City bombing 75 years later.
在75年前哦克拉荷马市的爆炸案之前它一直是美国本土最严重的恐怖袭击。
5.In literature it was America's first great creative period, a full flowering of the romantic impulse on American soil.
在文学上，这个时期是美国第一次伟大的创作时期，浪漫主义的种子在北美的土壤里生根发芽。
6.Americans broadly agree that their government must at all costs prevent major attacks on American soil by Al Qaeda.
美国人广泛地同意他们的政府必须不惜一切代价来阻止基地组织对美国本土的攻击。
7.The whistle of the locomotive, more powerful than Amphion's lyre, was about to bid them rise from American soil.
火车头的汽笛比神话中昂斐勇的七弦琴还要强，它使许多城市很快地在美洲大陆上冒出来了。
8.The minute we landed on American soil we became "spics" who spoke our English with heavy accents, immigrants with no money or prospects.
我们一踏上美国土地就成了“spics”，即说英文带有浓重口音的新移民，个个身无分文，前途渺茫。
9.The principle of free governments adhere to the American soil. It is bedded in it, immovable as its mountains.
自由政府的原则深植于美国的土壤。就象扎根其中，巍然如山而不可动摇。
10.Hurdles remain; Congress must vote to allow detainees to be held on American soil.
障碍依然存在。国会必须投票决议同意关押犯能却保留在美国领土。