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As a foreigner setting foot on American soil, I was very pleased to meet with such a friendly and cordial reception. The procedures were simple and easy and with no fee charged; the whole matter was handled neatly and orderly, which made me feel quite at home. Before I came to the U. S. , I had heard gossips that negroes tended to become a hidden trouble in U. S., but the several young negro men and women I met appeared to me to have a bright and cheerful disposition. They were warm-hearted and hospitable and often laughed our loud. Their optimistic nature seemed infectious, having a strong appeal which deeply impressed me. The estrangement among men was actually the work of people themselves; discrimination and prejudice were perhaps also barriers artificially imposed!

解析：这段文章来自一篇描写出国见闻的文字，原文以汉语写成，风格比较随意，类似日记，所以有时句子不免比较长，补充意思比较多，177个字一共才三个句号，可见一斑。这段文字中有两个句式上的难点，都是长句。第一句话非常地长，表达的是一种极尽赞扬的口吻，基本框架是“接待……让人……”，省略号里包含的东西非常多，感觉作者总是说不完一句话。译文处理得比较成功，“令人心里暖洋洋的”被化作两部分，从而组成了两个句子，第二句中的连续几个and并列成分以及句末的which非限定性从句，与原文的口吻非常相似。第一、二个句号之间的句子是第二个难点，这么长一句话读下来，发现讲述的就是一个东西。译文将之处理成了三个句子，第一个句子把核心意思全部包含，然后再用两个句子补充描述几个黑人的“disposition”，结构很清晰，颇有原文娓娓道来的感觉。最后两句译文尤其值得同学们学习。这两句话很多同学都译成被动语态，无法很有效地传达原文的重心所在，而参考译文却用be动词把主语和宾语都突出来了，再利用句末的“themselves”和“artificially imposed”来修饰，行文非常地道。