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Ex. 1 E –C（口）p.141 Cheap coffee bad for the environment

The fact that we can drink cheaper and cheaper coffee actually means coffee growers are getting less and less out of the same field they plant. So they have to grow more in order to maintain the income. This however, means destruction to forests and the eco-environment. With every cup of coffee drunk, we are helping toward the destruction.

Every new round of earth exploration doesn’t bring human beings material enjoyment alone, but also ecological catastrophe. Forests and greenbelt are the lungs of the earth, which keep the air on the earth fresh and provide necessary oxygen for survival of animals. But with the development of human society, the earth’s lungs are shrinking dramatically due to destruction. Dimos O’Brien, a scientist from the World Wildlife Conservation society, said, if no appropriate protective measure is taken, every cup of coffee we drink brings damage to the environment or even accelerates the extinction of some species.

Though people are spending more and more money on coffee consumption, coffee growers are getting less and less. Partly due to the increased costs of production, storage, transportation and distribution, partly to the decreased price of coffee. To get as much profits possible. The manufactures and sellers have to go all out to lower the purchase price of coffee beans. The annual sales volume of coffee in USA is 70 billion US dollars, only 5.5 billion goes to the coffee growers.

Sumatra is the second largest island of Indonesia and is known for its typical tropical rain forest and dozens of rare animals and plants. The beautiful Sumatra is also home to cheap instant coffee. In order to maintain their income against the dropping price, coffee growers have to plant more coffee trees. Since 1996 the coffee planting area on the island has increased 28% at the price of 30% vanished forests. Ecological diversity is greatly destroyed in those coffee plantations since only coffee trees are found making it difficult for wild animals to survive.

In order to protect the rare wildlife eco-environment, experts call on international society to protect the purchasing price of coffee beans and the local governments to limit the expansion of coffee planting areas.

Ex. 2 E –C（口）p.144 It’s time to be green

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

I feel humbled to be asked to give this speech. I feel like I am bringing coals to Newcastle in the presence of this distinguished audience here.

The essence of my speech today is this: Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. If you remember nothing else I hope you will never forget that all of you, everyone one of you, can make a positive difference in this world. What's more, if you act collectively with other people, your influence will be that much greater.

We need to make a difference, because we face real and serious threats to our very survival. We know there is only one earth yet human beings refuse to respect that fact. We continually abuse the ecology of the planet to the point that it is collapsing.

At ground level the earth seems huge, indestructible, but beneath the surface of that beautiful blue ocean is devastation. Tonnes of fertilisers, pesticides, other chemicals and silt are poisoning and smothering marine creatures. In many places, the ocean floor is barren, where bottom trawling has felled ancient coral forests and unique marine communities still unknown to science. Many species of fish and marine mammals and birds are gone or rare. Ecologists worldwide are warning that we face ecological collapse in the oceans, and that means the collapse of our fishing industry too.

Climate change is a direct consequence of our massive consumption of fossil fuels: coal, gas and oil. Our oil consumption has been so extravagant that we have used up, in just one century, around half of what the planet has to offer. When that half-way point known as peak oil is reached, it becomes physically impossible to increase production no matter how hard you pump it.

When we reach that peak, demand will continue to rise, not just from Western societies that have used most of the oil so far, but also from countries such as China and India, trying to catch up with our level of motorization and industrialization. Imagine what would happen to the planet if the two billion people in those two countries squandered resources like we do? We can't expect them to contain their consumption if we don't reduce ours. Nature has its limits and we are testing them to breaking point. We are our own worst enemy. We think that technology can solve everything when in fact many of our technologies, such as genetic engineering, are part of the problem. We can't beat nature, but we can work with it to live within its income rather than depleting its capital.

Instead of driving even faster as we get closer to the edge of the cliff, it’s time to slow down. It's time to be green instead of greedy.

We need to change the way we live, to change the way we work, to change the way we do business and to change the rules that governments make. That takes both personal and political will.

to live within its income rather than depleting its capital：应该取之有度，而非使其枯竭

take both personal and political will 个人和政府的共同努

老虎伍兹道歉声明Tiger Woods' apology

Good morning and thank you for joining me. Many of you in this room are my friends. Many of you in this room know me. Many of you have cheered for me or you've worked with me or you've supported me.

早上好，感谢各位的出席。在这间房间里的都是我的朋友，都很了解我，都是曾经为我欢呼或者与我一同工作或是曾经支持我的人。

Now every one of you has good reason to be critical of me. I want to say to each of you, simply and directly, I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

如今你们每个人都有充分的理由批评我。我想要对你们每个人说，我对于我不负责任和自私的行为感到非常抱歉。

I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish. People want to know how I could have done these things to my wife Elin and to my children. And while I have always tried to be a private person, there are some things I want to say.

我知道人们都想知道为什么我可以这么自私和愚蠢，人们想知道我怎么能对我的妻子埃琳和孩子们做出这样的事，与此同时我依旧坚持我想要做一个有隐私的人，这是我想说的。

Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damage caused by my behavior. As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words; it will come from my behavior over time. We have a lot to discuss; however, what we say to each other will remain between the two of us.

埃琳和我已经开始讨论关于我的行为所造成的不良影响。埃琳已经指出了很多，我对她的歉意已经难以用言语来表达，而需要用我今后的行动来证明。我们有很多事情需要商量，尽管如此，我们之间的言语只有我们两个人知道。

I am also aware of the pain my behavior has caused to those of you in this room. I have let you down, and I have let down my fans. For many of you, especially my friends, my behavior has been a personal disappointment. To those of you who work for me, I have let you down personally and professionally. My behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners.

我也意识到我的所作所为会给今天到场的各位带来多大的伤害。我让你们失望了，让我的粉丝们失望了。对于你们，特别是我的朋友们，我的行为真的令我在你们心中的为人大打折扣。对于曾经跟我一起工作的人们，在个人行为和职业上我都令你们失望了。我的所作所为也给我的商业伙伴们造成了相当大的担忧。

To everyone involved in my foundation, including my staff, board of directors, sponsors, and most importantly, the young students we reach, our work is more important than ever. Thirteen years ago, my dad and I envisioned helping young people achieve their dreams through education. This work remains unchanged and will continue to grow. From the Learning Center students in Southern California to the Earl Woods scholars in Washington, D.C., millions of kids have changed their lives, and I am dedicated to making sure that continues.

对于每一个我飞基金会涉及到的人，包括我的团队，董事会，赞助商和最重要的是我们帮助的孩子们。13年前，我的父亲和我就希望能够通过教育帮助孩子们实现他们的梦想。这个宗旨从来没有改变过，也会继续发展下去。从南加州的学生学习中心到华盛顿的厄尔·伍兹奖学金，上百万的孩子们通过教育改写了他们的人生，我会继续致力于这项事业得以延续。

But still, I know I have bitterly disappointed all of you. I have made you question who I am and how I could have done the things I did. I am embarrassed that I have put you in this position.

与此同时，我知道我曾经的行为让他们感到深深的失望。我让你们开始质疑我是一个怎样的人和怎么能做出那样的事。我感到很惭愧将你们陷入了这样的境地。

For all that I have done, I am so sorry.

对于我曾经做错的一切，我感到很抱歉。

I have a lot to atone for, but there is one issue I really want to discuss. Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise, not blame.

我有很多事情需要补偿，但在此我有一件事需要澄清。有些人推测说感恩节那天晚上埃琳追打我，这令我很愤怒居然有人捏造这样的故事。埃琳不管在那天还是任何一天从来没有打过我。我们的婚姻中根本不存在家庭暴力。整件痛苦的事件中埃琳一直表现出巨大的宽容和镇静，她应该得到赞许而不是责备。

The issue involved here was my repeated irresponsible behavior. I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated. What I did is not acceptable, and I am the only person to blame.

事件在与我一次又一次不负责任的行为，我不忠，我有外遇，我欺骗了大家。我所做的一切是不可接受的，我是唯一一个应该受到谴责的人。

I stopped living by the core values that I was taught to believe in. I knew my actions were wrong, but I convinced myself that normal rules didn't apply. I never thought about who I was hurting. Instead, I thought only about myself. I ran straight through the boundaries that a married couple should live by. I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

我没有按照我曾经信仰的核心价值观生活。我知道我的行为是错的，但我一直给自己找借口。我从来没有想过我会伤害到谁。我只考虑了我自己。我踏出了建立在一对夫妇之间应有的底线。我一直以为我已经生活得很努力，理所应当享受周遭的诱惑，我以为我有这个权利，由于金钱和名誉，我可以轻而易举地获得这些东西。

I was wrong. I was foolish. I don't get to play by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me. I brought this shame on myself. I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation, and kids all around the world who admired me.

我错了，我太愚蠢了。我并没有什么特权。界定所有人的底线也是为我所设定。我为我自己感到羞耻。我伤害了我的妻子，我的孩子，我的母亲，我妻子的家人，我的朋友，我的团队还有全世界喜欢我的孩子们。

I've had a lot of time to think about what I've done. My failures have made me look at myself in a way I never wanted to before. It's now up to me to make amends, and that starts by never repeating the mistakes I've made. It's up to me to start living a life of integrity.

我需要很长的时间去好好反省自己所做的。我的失败让我以一种前所未有的角度认清了我自己。如今我要做的就是补偿，补偿的第一步就是再也不能重复我犯过的错误。我要开始一种诚实的人生。

I once heard, and I believe it's true, it's not what you achieve in life that matters; it's what you overcome. Achievements on the golf course are only part of setting an example. Character and decency are what really count.

曾经听过这样一句话，我也认为这是真理：重要的不是你在生活中得到了什么，而是战胜了什么。球场上的成就只是其中一小部分，人品和为人正派才是最关键的。

Parents used to point to me as a role model for their kids. I owe all those families a special apology. I want to say to them that I am truly sorry.

很多父母曾经把我作为孩子们的榜样，我对于这些家庭亏欠一句抱歉，我想对他们说真的很对不起。

It's hard to admit that I need help, but I do. For 45 days from the end of December to early February, I was in inpatient therapy receiving guidance for the issues I'm facing. I have a long way to go. But I've taken my first steps in the right direction.

要承认我需要帮助很难，但这是事实。从12月末到2月初这45天，我一直在住院接受我面临的问题的引导治疗。我有很漫长的一段路要走，但我已经向正确的方向迈出了第一步。

As I proceed, I understand people have questions. I understand the press wants to ask me for the details and the times I was unfaithful. I understand people want to know whether Elin and I will remain together. Please know that as far as I'm concerned, every one of these questions and answers is a matter between Elin and me. These are issues between a husband and a wife.

在这个过程中，我知道人们一直都充满了疑问。想知道我不忠的细节，想知道我和埃琳还会不会继续在一起。但这些是我和埃琳之间的问题，是一个丈夫和妻子之间的事。

Some people have made up things that never happened. They said I used performance-enhancing drugs. This is completely and utterly false. Some have written things about my family. Despite the damage I have done, I still believe it is right to shield my family from the public spotlight. They did not do these things; I did.

一些人捏造了根本没发生过的事，他们说我嗑药，这是绝对没有的事。他们写我的家庭，除了我个人造成的伤害，我仍然相信保护家人不受公众关注是正确的。他们没有做的事，我做了。

I have always tried to maintain a private space for my wife and children. They have been kept separate from my sponsors, my commercial endorsements. When my children were born, we only released photographs so that the paparazzi could not chase them. However, my behavior doesn't make it right for the media to follow my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter to school and report the school's location. They staked out my wife and they pursued my mom. Whatever my wrongdoings, for the sake of my family, please leave my wife and kids alone.

我一直想要为我的妻子和孩子们保有一个私人的空间。尽量让他们与我的赞助商和商务伙伴们分离开来。当我的孩子们出生时，我们会发布照片这样就可以防止狗仔队的跟踪。即使如此，还是没能防止媒体追踪我两岁半的女儿去学校和暴露学校的地址。他们跟踪我的妻子和母亲，无论我做错了什么，请离我的妻子和孩子们远一点。

I recognize I have brought this on myself, and I know above all I am the one who needs to change. I owe it to my family to become a better person. I owe it to those closest to me to become a better man. That's where my focus will be.

我知道这一切是因为我造成的，我也知道最需要改变的那个人是我。这是我亏欠家人的，和那些最亲近我

的人，我应该做个更好的人，这是我将来的重心。

I have a lot of work to do, and I intend to dedicate myself to doing it. Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don't realize it, but I was raised a Buddhist, and I actively practiced my faith from childhood until I drifted away from it in recent years. Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously I lost track of what I was taught.

我有很多事情要做，我会全身心的投入其中。其中之一包括佛教，这是我小时候母亲就教导我的。人们也许还不知道我出生在佛教家庭，从小就有的信仰竟然在最近的几年被我抛到一旁。佛祖教导我对于身外之物的渴望是痛苦和失去安全感的根源所在。这让我明白应该克制冲动，学会自制。显然过去的我忘记了这些曾经学过的东西。

As I move forward, I will continue to receive help because I've learned that's how people really do change. Starting tomorrow, I will leave for more treatment and more therapy. I would like to thank my friends at Accenture and the players in the field this week for understanding why I'm making these remarks today.

如今我要向前看，我会继续寻求帮助因为我已经学会了要怎样才能彻底改变。从明天开始，我要继续接受更多的恢复和治疗。感谢埃森哲的朋友们和理解我为什么要在今天说这些的正在比赛的球员们。

In therapy I've learned the importance of looking at my spiritual life and keeping in balance with my professional life. I need to regain my balance and be centered so I can save the things that are most important to me, my marriage and my children.

在治疗中我学到了正视自己心灵和在职业运动员生活中找到平衡的重要性。我需要重新找回自己的平衡点，挽救那些对我来说最重要的东西——我的婚姻和孩子们。

That also means relying on others for help. I've learned to seek support from my peers in therapy, and I hope someday to return that support to others who are seeking help. I do plan to return to golf one day, I just don't know when that day will be.

这也意味着需要其他人的帮助。我学会了从治疗伙伴中寻求支持，我希望有一天能够帮助那些需要帮助的人。我确实打算某一天重返高尔夫，我只是不知道那一天什么时候到来。

I don't rule out that it will be this year. When I do return, I need to make my behavior more respectful of the game. In recent weeks I have received many thousands of emails, letters and phone calls from people expressing good wishes. To everyone who has reached out to me and my family, thank you. Your encouragement means the world to Elin and me.

我不排除可能会是今年。当我真的回来，我会让我的行为更加体现出对这项运动的尊重。在最近几周我收到了成千上万的祝福邮件、信件和电话。对于每一位关心我和我家人的人们我感到深深的谢意。你们的鼓励对于埃琳和我就是全世界。

I want to thank the PGA TOUR, Commissioner Finchem, and the players for their patience and understanding while I work on my private life. I look forward to seeing my fellow players on the course.

我也要感谢美巡赛长官芬臣和球员们，为他们对我处理私生活问题给予的耐心和理解。我很期待将来能与他们在球场上重逢。

Finally, there are many people in this room, and there are many people at home who believed in me. Today I want to ask for your help. I ask you to find room in your heart to one day believe in me again.

最后，今天到场的很多人和没有到场但一直相信我的人们，我希望你们能够在心里留出一个空间给我，相信某一天我能够再次赢得你们的信任。

Thank you.

谢谢你们。

EX. 1

5-4 新的长征A new long match

pay tribute to 称赞，歌颂

congenial atmosphere 融洽的气氛

inconceivable 不可思议的，难以置信的

see eye to eye 看法一致

【原文】

Mr. President, On behalf of all my colleagues present here, I wish to thank you for the incomparable hospitality for which the Chinese people are justly famous throughout the world. I particularly want to pay tribute, not only to those who prepared the magnificent dinner, but also to those who have provided the splendid music.

主席先生，我谨代表我在座的所有同事，对你们那独有的、著称于世的款待表示感谢。我不仅要特别感谢为我们准备晚宴的人们，而且还要特别感谢为我们演奏优美音乐的人们。

These have been very pleasant days in China, and I’m happy that my visit should conclude i n such a congenial atmosphere.

我们在中国度过了十分愉快的时光，我很高兴我的访问能在如此融洽的气氛中结束。

Mr. President, I wish to thank you for your very gracious and eloquent remarks. At this very moment through the wonder of telecommunications, many people are hearing what we say today. Yet, what we say here will not be long remembered. But what we do here can change the world.

主席先生，我要感谢您那热情洋溢、慷慨陈词的演讲。此时此刻，许多人正在通过神奇的电讯设备倾听着我们的讲话。然而，我们在这里所说的话很快便会被人们遗忘。但是，我们在这里所做的事却能改变世界。So, let us start a long march together on different roads leading to the same goal, the goal of building a world structure of peace and justice in which all may stand together with equal dignity and in which each nation, large or small, has a right to determine its own form of government, its own course of development, free of outside interference or domination.

所以，让我们沿着通往共同目标的不同道路，一起开始新的长征。这个目标就是建设一个和平与正义的世界，在这个世界里所有人都可以站在一起享有同等的尊严，所有国家无论其大小，都有权决定自己的政府形式，选择自己的发展道路，而不受外来干涉或统治。

We have a social and political system which differs in many respects from your own. It is the result of different experiences and a different tradition. This system of ours does not always produce results of which we all approve. People sometimes grumble at it and criticize it. But it is a political system deeply rooted in the instincts of our people. We do not aim to impose our own ideas on other people. We believe that it is right and necessary that people with different political and social systems should live side by side. We do not asses in identical fashion all aspects of today’s world—with our distinct histories, geographies and cultures it is inconceivable that we could see eye to eye on all issues—but we do agree on the fundamental need for world peace, and the equally fundamental need for all countries to determine their own fate and design their own future.

我们的社会制度和政治制度在许多方面都与贵国的社会制度和政治制度不同。这是我们不同的经历和不同的传统造就的。我们的制度并不总是带来大家都赞同的结果。人们有时会抱怨这种制度，批评这种制度。但是这种制度根深蒂固，已成为我国人民的意识与行为的本能。我们不想把自己的思想意识强加于人。我们认为，有着不同政治制度和社会制度的人们和平相处是正确而又必要的。我们没有用同一种模式来评价当今世界的方方面面——由于我们有着截然不同的历史、地理和文化，很难想象我们会对所有问题都有一致的看法——但是我们彼此一致认为，世界和平是我们的基本需求，各国决定自己的命运、规划自己的未来也同样是我们的基本需求。

The world watches. The world listens. The world waits to see what we will do.

世界注视着我们，世界倾听着我们，世界拭目以待我们的行为。

What legacy shall we leave our children? Are they destined to die painfully for the hatreds which have plagued the old world, or are they destined to live joyfully because we had the vision to build a new world?

我们要留给下一代什么遗产呢？他们是要注定痛苦地死于曾肆虐于旧世界的仇恨之中呢，还是因为我们曾有的缔造新世界的远见而必将要愉快地生活呢？

This is the hour. This is the day foe us to rise to the heights of greatness which can build a new and better world.

时不我待，这是一个攀登崇高理想、创造更美好的新世界的时刻。

In that spirit, I ask all of present to join me in raising your glasses to the friendship and cooperation of our two people which can lead to friendship and peace for all peoples in the world.

本着这种精神，我敬请各位与我一起举杯，让我们为能够给全世界人民带来友谊与和平的我们两国人民之间的友谊与合作而干杯

Ex. 2

13-4 专利法规on patent laws

Jeff Bezos 杰夫·贝索斯

public consultation 公示咨询

issue a patent 颁发专利

one-click purchasing option 一次点击购物法

electronic shopping carts 电子购物推车

【原文】

Today, we, pioneers and leaders of electronic commerce, are meeting here to call for changes in US patent law. We believe such changes are needed to deal with new business models related to the growth of the Internet.

今天，我们这些电子商务的创始人和领导人在此集会，共同呼吁修改美国专利法。我们认为互联网的发展已形成了一些新商业模式，专利法必须经过修改才能应付这些新情况。

I share the same view with Jeff Bezos, chief executive of online bookseller https://www.360docs.net/doc/5d9098412.html,. Mr.Bezos argued in an open letter that current patent laws could end up harming all kinds of businesses if the laws were not adapted to new business methods used in e-commerce.

我同在线书店亚马逊电子商务公司的首席执行官杰夫·贝索斯有相同的观点。贝索斯先生在一封公开信中指出，现行的专利法若不加以修正以适应电子商务的新模式，最终将伤害所有的商务活动。

I think U.S. Patent laws are designed to protect the commercial rights of people who have invested in new products, systems or methods. Hereby I propose that the period of protection offered by patents should be cut from 17 years to about 4 years. I also propose a one-month period of public consultation before patents are issued. The purpose of these changes is to ensure that patented business models and software are more quickly released into the public domain.

我认为，制定美国专利法的根本出发点是为了保护那些投资开发新产品、新系列新方法者的权益。我在这里提议，专利权的保护期应该由原来的17 年缩短为 4 年。同时我也建议，专利发布前应该有一个月的公示咨询期。这些改革的目的是为了确保获得专利权的商务模式和软件能更快地进入公共领域。

Amazon was once under criticism for allegedly abusing current laws by patenting business methods that are so general in scope they should be available to everyone. Two examples include Amazon’s patent for the so-called one-click purchasing option on its World Wide Web site and its program for paying other web sites that refer customers to the Amazon site.

亚马逊公司曾遭到一些批评，有人指责亚马逊公司滥用现行法律，使一些极其普通的商务方法得到专利保护，这些商务方法没有任何特殊之处，所有人都有权使用。亚马逊公司有两个典型的专利保护例子，一是所谓的网上一次点击购物法，一是对亚马逊公司转让客户的其他网站支付费用的程序。

From my experience of working with hi-technology companies in California’s Silicon Valley, th e biggest problems arise when existing patent protections for business methods are combined with the Internet.

凭我在加州硅谷高科技公司的工作经验，当现行的商务行为专利保护与因特网联系在一起时，就会出现最严重的问题。

When you combine the ability to patent business methods with the advent of the Internet you have a very interesting coincidence. The Internet provides a new way of doing just about everything. You can have electronic shopping carts on the Internet that mimic the shopping carts in the real world. But because it is in a new environment, a new medium, that is sufficiently novel to obtain a patent on that idea.

当你把商务行为专利保护与因特网使用结合在一起时，你会发现一个十分有趣的巧合。因特网可以提供做事的新方法。你可以在网上使用电子购物推车，所谓的电子购物手推车不过是对现实生活中的手推车的模拟，但由于出现在一个新的环境中，出现在一个新的媒介中，这种模拟方法因其新颖而可以申请专利保护。If changes in the patent laws are going to have any real impact, they must be made soon, before too many more new business method patents are issued. Some of my colleagues in the industry have already begun lobbying lawmakers to make the changes. But we have to be a little bit more patient because it will take at least two years for any changes proposed now to be approved by lawmakers and established as law.

如果想让专利法的修改真正起到作用，那就必须加快修订步伐，不然的话，等越来越多的商务模式新专利颁布后再进行修改，为时也就太晚了。电子商务产业的一些同行已开始游说立法人修改法律。但是我们还得耐心等待，现在提出的修改建议至少要等上两年才能被立法部门确定为正式的法律

Ex. 3

汇丰集团主席庞约翰爵士中国发展论坛晚宴致辞

Speech by Sir John Bond at China Development Forum

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen.

女士们，先生们，晚上好。

I have to say it's great to be standing in an economy that's growing at seven per cent. Life's a lot more fun when an economy is growing. I'd certainly like to spend more of my time here than in economies growing at 1.5 per cent.

我要说，站在经济增长速度为7%的土地上，感觉非常好。经济增长的时候，生活似乎更加有趣，到处生机勃勃，人人精神振奋。与增长速度为1.5%的国家相比，我当然更愿意多来这里。

I gave a speech in the US last month when I pointed out that China had been the world's largest economy for 18 out of the last 20 centuries. And there is no doubt in my mind that China will regain that position.

上个月，我在美国作过一次演讲，我指出，在过去20个世纪里，有18个世纪，中国都是全世界最大的经济体。我深信，中国正在重新赢回这一地位。

I feel privileged to be here to listen to China's leaders explain their policies, and their thinking. I also think that the willingness to listen to other people's experiences shows a mature attitude which is in contrast, I am sorry to say, to many in the West.

我非常高兴在这次会议期间，能够亲自听到中国领导人解释他们的政策和想法, 并再次看到他们愿意听取会议代表的意见。我认为，愿意倾听他人体现出一种成熟的态度，与许多西方国家形成了鲜明对比，对后者我经常不得不感到很遗憾。

It is always a matter of amazement to me that some Western politicians and commentators - from countries that are no larger than one province of China - feel well qualified to tell China how it should be governed.

我常常感到很吃惊的是，一些西方评论家，他们国家的面积可能只有中国的一个省那么大，可他们却觉得自己有资格告诫别人应该如何治理。

It behoves （应当，理应）all of us to understand that the challenge of governing a country of 1.3 billion people is something that nobody is qualified to speak on, except China's leaders themselves, and, I guess maybe India's.

我觉得我们大家都应该知道，治理一个拥有13亿人口的国家，这样的挑战，除了中国，或许还有印度，没有其他人有这样的经验

It seems to me that every nation needs policies to suit its own history and culture. It is arrogant in the extreme to think that there is a one-size-fits-all solution that works for everyone. And even more arrogant to think that your particular solution is the only one.

我觉得每一个国家都需要适合自己历史和文化的政策。认为存在适合所有人的万能的解决方法，这样想是傲慢的。而认为自己的方法是唯一的正确之道，更是极端傲慢的。

I have nothing but admiration for the progress China has made since I first visited in 1972. The Chinese leadership has shown great skill in achieving stunning economic growth over the past 25 years while at the same time managing the change and transition that this level of growth inevitably brings.

自从1972年我第一次到中国来以后，这些年我亲眼所见的中国的巨大发展，令我钦佩不已。过去25年来，在取得了令人震惊的经济发展的同时，中国妥善处理了高速增长往往会引发的过渡问题。

The development of consumer markets is an important part of this process. Because two-thirds of most economies are driven by consumer spending. China has huge potential consumer markets which will underpin economic growth both today and, even more so, tomorrow.

消费者市场的发展是这一进程中的一个重要部分，因为在众多经济体中，有三分之二的经济体是由消费者的消费推动的。中国具有潜力巨大的消费者市场，这一市场，现在会，将来更会, 推动经济的发展。Globally, HSBC sees the consumer markets of tomorrow as China, India, Brazil, Mexico; all countries that have the potential to move very rapidly up the GDP-per-capita scale. We would put China at the top of the list.

汇丰认为，未来全球的消费者市场包括中国，印度，巴西和墨西哥；也就是那些所有有潜力实现GDP快速增长的国家。在这些国家中，中国位居首位。

Everywhere I go, I see tangible signs of China's progress: in the hotels, in the airports, the transport systems. And there is much more to come.

在中国，无论我走到哪里，都会看到中国发展的生动例证。我坚信未来还会有更多。

Getting the right products in the right people's hands at the right prices is the fundamental task of a consumer economy. Putting in place the distribution systems to facilitate the creation of consumer markets is going to be hugely important in the years ahead.

对于以消费者为主体的经济体来说，根本任务是在适当的地点将适当的产品送到适当的人手里。使销售系统各就其位，以促进消费者市场的建立，将在未来几年里变得尤为重要。

In a market, you need measures to protect consumers, but not in such a heavy-handed way as to discourage investment. Drawing the line between the interests of the consumers and the interests of the producers is a delicate task for governments and business people.

在一个市场里，需要采取措施保护消费者，但又不能手段太重以至于影响投资热情。对于政府和商业人士来说，分清消费者的利益和生产商的利益是一项非常微妙的任务。

I do not underestimate the challenges that China faces. But based on the track record over the past 25 years, I knowChina will meet the challenge and leapfrog the West in many areas - I think of technology and communications.

我从未低估中国面临的挑战。但是根据过去25年所取得的成绩来看，我知道中国会正视挑战，并在许多领域，尤其是，技术和通讯领域，超越西方。

And in the process, China has the opportunity to avoid some of the pitfalls that have snared progress elsewhere. The scale of the opportunity for China makes this the most important meeting that I attend every year. I am honored to be a participant.

Ex. 4

7-1 大学介绍university information

【原文】

For centuries, this was the place where many cultures blended under the New Mexico sun. They created new

knowledge and built innovative ways to live. They still do.

在过去的几个世纪里，沐浴在新墨西哥州阳光下的多种文化在此交织融合，创造了新的知识，也构建了前所未有的生活方式。时至今日，这种多元文化的创新活力依然如故。

Today, this is the place where the University of New Mexico, a proud world-class research university founded in 1889, blends rich history, amazing cultural diversity, unexcelled natural beauty, big life, and cutting-edge education and discovery and provides promising students with an ideal space to realize their dreams.

今天，人们在这里看到的是一所世界级的研究型大学——新墨西哥大学，无比自豪的屹立在这片土地上。这所创办于1889 年的大学将其悠久的办学历史、精彩纷呈的文化多样性、无与伦比的自然景观、包容大气的生活方式、先进的教育和前沿的研究编织在一起，是志向远大的青年才俊实现梦想的理想之地。We are waiting for you. No matter where you want to go in life, you can get there from here. UNM is so strong in academic power and research capacities, so flexible, so supportive in helping you arrive at your future.

我们在此恭候各位的到来。无论你志在何方，这里就是你的起航之地。新墨西哥大学是一所特色鲜明的高等院校。这里人杰地灵、充满活力；这里学风浓郁、科研强大；这里体制灵活、服务真诚；新墨大助莘莘学子早日成才，施展宏图。

What do you want to do? environmental sciences, business, engineering, music, film and digital media, art, physics, journalism, Latin American studies, architecture, law, medicine, nursing, economics, chemistry, education, linguistics—you get the point. Broaden your horizons and explore your passion. You can do anything. If you are willing to work hard and think big any career is possible.

你想选择什么专业？这里有众多的学科供你选择：环境科学、商学、工程学、音乐、电影及电子传媒、美术、物理学、新闻学、拉美研究、建筑学、法学、医学、护理学、经济学、化学、教育学、语音学等，专业由你说了算。在新墨大你可以拓展视野、陶冶情操，你可以尽己所能展示才华。只要志向远大、勤奋进取，你的梦想能成真，你的事业定有成。

We are waiting for you. And so are more than 250 top-quality academic degree programs in 13 acclaimed colleges and schools. There is no tomorrow you can’t reach when you begin at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Whether you come here from the other side of the town, you will discover endless surprises and limitless possibilities on your academic journey, led by talented faculty on a one-of-a-kind campus, mixing many cultures and many goals. The spirit of New Mexico itself energizes UNM-Here, you can focus more clearly, feel more deeply, and accomplish more.

我们在此恭候各位的到来，新墨大下属13个交口称誉的学院所开设的250 多个质量一流的学位计划在此恭候各位就读。你只要在这所位于阿尔伯克基市的新墨西哥大学主校区开始专业学习，你定会抵达明日的理想之地。无论来自国内还是境外，无论来自本州还是本市，你将在这个不落窠臼的校园，在才华横溢的导师的率领下，踏上学术的发现之旅，历经无尽的惊喜和无限的奇遇，分享多元的文化魅力，追随不同的奋斗目标。新墨西哥大学沐浴着新墨西哥州的地域精神，并从中获取补气健体的养料。在这里，你的目标会更明确，感受会更深切，成就会更突出。

Sure, there are beauti ful mountains and 310 days of sunshine each year, but the real reason UNM is New Mexico’s flagship university has much more to do with its nationally respected schools of engineering, business and management, arts and sciences, architecture and planning, law, medicine, nursing, education, and more. Even with all of that, dollar-for-dollar UNM is one of the best educational values in the nation.

是的，这里有美丽的山脉，全年平均日照日达310 天。但是，新墨大之所以成为新墨西哥州旗舰大学的真正原因在于，这所大学拥有闻名全美的工学院、商务及管理学院、文理学院、建筑与规划学院、法学院、医学院、护理学院、教育学院等教学科研单位。这些并非是新墨大魅力的全部，物有所值的教育更使我校跻身于全美最具教育价值大学的行列。

Not to mention one of the best-kept secrets：right here beside the University lies America’s legendary Route 66, renowned country road imbued with a rich history of local cultures. More importantly, here you will find

everything you’d expect from a world-class research university with cutting-edge facilities for learning and discovery—plus a renowned A-list-facility that includes, among others, a Nobel Laureate, two Macarthur Fellows, thirty-five Fulbright scholars, and several members of national academics. UNM professors have published in, among other world-class academic journals, Scientific American and The New England Journal of Medicine and Nature. They have been quoted in Newsweek. The Los Angeles Times, Business Week, The New Yorker, and more.

更不用提及隐匿恒久的一个奥秘：紧挨着新墨大的那条公路，就是美国传奇的66 号公路，这条闻名遐迩的乡间公路向前来求学的莘莘学子讲述着充满风土人情和地方色彩的历史故事。更重要的是，你在这里所期望得到的确实是一所世界级研究型大学所能给予的一切，这所大学有着最先进的教学条件、最前沿的研究设施、一流的师资队伍，在其德高望重的教授名单上有诺贝尔奖获得者一名、麦克阿瑟学者两名、福布赖特学者35名、国家科学院院士多名。新墨大的教授经常在《科学美国人》、《医学与自然新英格兰杂志》等国际权威刊物上发表学术论文。他们的文章也经常见诸于著名的报刊杂志，被《新闻周刊》、《洛杉矶时报》、《商业周刊》、《纽约人》等所引述。

The College of Arts and Sciences is the heart and soul of UNM. From Africana studies to the arts, biochemistry to journalism, economic to psychology, this is where th e world’s knowledge—in the hands of an exceptional teaching-comes-first faculty—runs into the earnest learners and becomes the foundation for whatever career you can imagine. There is indeed something special about learning in a place where centuries of culture enlighten forward-looking research and innovation.

新墨大的文理学院是学校的灵魂。从非洲研究到艺术学科，从生物化学到新闻学，从经济学到心理学，这些汇通各学科的世界知识，经由出类拔萃、坚守“教学第一”理念的教师们的悉心传授，涓涓不停地流向如饥似渴的学生，转化成未来事业的基础。在这片有着数百年文化底蕴的土地上，人文教育开启了面向未来的研究者和创新者的心智，这样的教育确实意义非凡。

Living at UNM is a be-who-you-want-to-be experience：Accepting, friendly, and fun. The UNM campus is enlivened by the energy of difference and respect, with what may be the nation’s most diverse student body. People are serious about learning, excellence and creativity, in a place that is somehow both low in background noise and distractions, yet high in community activities and youthful excitement —all under the very special, no-light-like-this-light glow of the New Mexico sun.

新墨大的学习生活随性、惬意，校园洋溢着宽容、友好、富有情趣的氛围。这里的学生也许是全美最具多样性的群体，他们和而不同，相互尊重，使校园充满勃勃生机。他们认真学习，追求卓越，努力创新，这里的环境安宁，远离喧嚣，却不乏社团活动和青春激情。所有这一切，都得益于新墨西哥州那无与伦比的阳光照耀。

You can hike, bike, snowboard, and ski the Sandia Mountains, or raft the Rio Caverns to the south. On campus, study at the Duck Pond surrounded by trees and distinctive pueblo-style architecture, work out at the fitness center, and in some of the more than 400 student organization, or dive into community service in town. Where else can you check out the world’s largest hot air balloon fiesta? Walk to restaurants and entertai nment —UNM is indeed the heart of Albuquerque, a city of 900,000 inhabitants, the apple of a city with a welcoming small-town vibe.

在这里，你可以徒步旅行，你可以参加自行车运动或滑雪板运动，你可以上桑迪亚山滑雪，你可以去南边的格兰德河漂流。你可以在校园内的那个被树木和鹅卵石建筑环绕的鸭子池塘旁看书学习，你可以去学校的健身房锻炼身体，你可以在四百多个学生社团中选择若干参与活动，你也可以在市内做社区公益活动，你可以参与全球最大的热气球节的活动，你可以品味这里的餐馆提供的美味佳肴，享受这里的丰富多彩的娱乐活动。新墨大确实是有着90 万居民的阿尔伯克基市的心脏，也是这座有着浓郁的小镇情调、热情好客的城市的掌上明珠。

Yes, we are waiting for you.

是的，我们在此恭候各位的到来。