From Sweden With Love

摘要

When frida elmbro, now a 19-year-old from Nybro, Sweden (pop. 12,322), moved into our suburban Chicago home last summer, just about everything she knew about America came from Hollywood and TV. To her, the U.S. was a lawless place where people were either too rich or too poor. Americans, she thought, were overweight, materialistic―and too loud. A flag-waving bunch, they were led by a president who was "evil" and trigger-happy. Worse, Frida couldn't believe we would eat pizza or hamburgers with our bare hands. Nevertheless, she was intrigued by this powerful culture that has touched the whole world.