And, so, intellectuals also accused the Americans of ignoring

还有知识分子们也指责美国人
European culture.

蔑视欧洲文化
Remember the infamous Donald Rumsfeld

还记得臭名昭著的唐纳德·拉姆斯菲尔德
referred scathingly to "old Europe,"

尖刻地称欧洲为"老古董"
at a time when the Americans were invading Iraq,

在美国有一次侵略伊拉克时
as if old Europe with its quaint streets, and old churches,

仿佛欧洲只有古怪的街道古老的教堂
and long cultures were something not worth remembering.

和冗长的不值得铭记的历史
But, again, the critics of American culture were over the top.

但是美国文化的批判家们还是有点夸大了
L'Humanité, the Communist newspaper,

人道报共产主义的报纸
and still today, said that

现在依然存在写道
one could starve even if one owned a telephone;

一个人即使有一部电话也会挨饿
and the telephone, where you can't even find a fixed

于是在你找不到一部固定电话时电话