European immigrants then brought Halloween to the United States, and the celebration became popular in the 1800s, when Irish American immigration exploded.

随后，欧洲移民将万圣节带到了美国，这一庆祝活动在19世纪流行起来，当时爱尔兰裔美国人的移民激增。

Boston has a very large Irish American population.

波士顿有大量爱尔兰裔美国人。

Even today, the Irish American population is very important in Boston and in the State of Massachusetts.

即使在今天，爱尔兰裔美国人在波士顿和马萨诸塞州也非常重要。

Her characters are almost always Irish American, Catholic, working class - in short, dependably meek and self-deprecating.

她的角色几乎都是爱尔兰裔美国人、天主教徒、工人阶级——简而言之，是可靠的温顺和自嘲。

" So it was you, was it, you black beggar" ? belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.

" 啊，原来是你呀，哼，你这个黑叫花子。" 凯利气冲冲地追究起来。 凯利是个美国籍的爱尔兰人，码头工人，寇伏特的桨手，第一次航海。

And the same is true for English, there's you know different accents as you guys know, UK, Irish, American, southern American, there's so many different accents in English.

英语也是一样的，有很多种口音，你们都知道的，英国、爱尔兰、美国、美国南部等等，口音多种多样。

In my family, we talk about being Irish American because my relatives, my ancestors, came originally from, for the most part, the country of Ireland.

在我的家人中， 我们谈论成为爱尔兰裔美国人， 因为我的亲戚，我的祖先，大部分来自爱尔兰。

When I say Irish and Italian, I of course mean Irish American and Italian American, since these were sons of immigrants for the most part.

当我说爱尔兰人和意大利人时， 我当然指的是爱尔兰裔美国人和意大利裔美国人，因为他们大部分都是移民的后代。

So, I mean, I've met people here who've said 'I'm Irish American' and I've said 'Oh, where are you from in Ireland? ' and they said 'Oh, no, no. My great grandmother was Irish.'

所以，我的意思是，我在这里遇到过一些人，他们说“我是爱尔兰裔美国人”，我就会说“哦，你来自爱尔兰哪里？”他们说“哦，不，不。我的曾祖母是爱尔兰人。”

So for example, many people like to put a hyphen in between, say, the word " Irish" and " American" in the term " Irish-American" (or " African-American" or " Asian-American" ).

例如，许多人喜欢在“爱尔兰裔美国人”（或“非裔美国人” 或“亚裔美国人” ）中的“爱尔兰人” 和“美国人” 之间加一个连字符。

So, when you see " Irish-American, " you'll often see a hyphen in between the words " Irish" and " American." Hyphenated Americans are Americans who identify themselves as being from another place as well.

所以，当你看到“爱尔兰裔美国人”时，你经常会在“爱尔兰人” 和“美国人” 这两个词之间看到一个连字符。 带连字符的美国人是指认为自己也来自另一个地方的美国人。