【参考译文】 We should cherish and take good care of our mother Earth. It is seen that the industrialization, urbanization and globalization have brought people boundless wealth, but at the same time, we have paid huge price for resources exhaustion, environmental pollution and ecological damage. We not only inherit the earth from our previous generation, but also borrow it from our descendants. Thus we have to respect nature, and lay emphasis on conserving energy resources and protecting ecological environment. 【重点词组】 珍惜:cherish 爱护:take good care of 无尽财富:boundless wealth 付出代价:pay price for 资源枯竭:resources exhaustion 继承: inherit 父辈: previous generation 后代: descendant 注重: lay emphasis on
【参考译文】 The world today is no longer the world of times of the Silk Road or Marco Polo. With the development of science and technology great distances in the past have been made unbelievably short. This is the achievement of the progress of human civilization. The historical experiences of both China and other countries have once again proved that culture needs exchanging. Only through exchange can we learn from each other and come to know each other better. Only through exchange can we jointly promote the developing of human wisdom and enjoy the common fruits of civilization. 【重点词组】 丝绸之路: the Silk Road 马可波罗: Marco Polo. 难以置信的: unbelievably 人类文明: human civilization 历史经验: historical experience 相互学习: learn from each other 相互了解: come to know each other 人类智慧: human wisdom 共同成果: common fruits 共同促进: jointly promote
【参考译文】 With the joint efforts of the international communities, the world economy is slowly recovering. But the foundation remains weak, the process is unbalanced and moreover, there exist uncertainties. Meanwhile, the region still faces some difficulties and challenges of economic growth, developed countries' employment situation remains grim, emerging-market countries faces the risk of asset-price bubbles and inflation and the least developed countries are in harsh circumstances. There is still long road for every member states to readjusting the economic structure. 【重点词组】 共同努力:joint efforts 面临:face 发达国家:developed countries 就业形势:employment situation 严峻:grim 资产价格泡沫:asset-price bubbles 通货膨胀:inflation 任重道远:There is still long road for…
【参考译文】 Joseph Lee, a famous scholar of contemporary England, after making an extensive and thorough analysis of the inventions in ancient China and their popularization, came the following conclusion: without the great contributions made by ancient China in terms of science and technology, the whole process of Western civilization would be impossible. It might well be asked, he said, without gunpowder, paper, printing and compass, how could we imagine that we would have abolished feudalism in Europe and adopted capitalism? 【重点词组】 当代英国著名学者:a famous scholar of contemporary England 对……深入研究:make an extensive and thorough analysis of… 中国古代的发明创造: the inventions in ancient China 科技: science and technology 西方文明: Western civilization 火药: gunpowder 火药、纸、印刷术、和罗盘:罗盘: gunpowder, paper, printing and compass 封建主义: feudalism 资本主义: capitalism
【参考译文】 Lao Zi makes a great contribution to China's history of traditional thought, by transforming China's traditional thought from the concrete thinking to the abstract creative thinking, by establishing the abstract conception of "Fao" and by laying stress on the universe unity. He enriches and develops dialectics, which are formed into a glorious tradition in ancient China's thought. He puts forward a mode of reverse thinking, thus making Taoism and Confucianism exist simultaneously and complementarily and grow into two main schools of China's traditional thought. 【重点词组】 中国传统思想: China's traditional thought 具体思维: concrete thinking 抽象思维: abstract thinking 辩证法思想: dialectics 光荣传统: a glorious tradition 提出: put forward 逆向思维: reverse thinking 道家思想: Taoism 儒家思想: Confucianism
【参考译文】 The long-standing existence of a unified multi-ethnic state in Chinese history greatly enhanced the economic, political and cultural exchanges among different ethnic groups, reinforced their allegiance to the Central Government and their identification with Chinese culture, and strengthened the cohesion force, vitality and creativity of the Chinese nation, giving rise to the unification and diversity of Chinese civilization. 【重点词组】 中央政权: the Central Government 认同感: identification 凝聚力: the cohesion force 生命力: vitality 统一性: unification 多样性: diversity 中华文明: Chinese civilization