中级口译题库

Passage 1
It is indeed my pleasure and privilege to have received your gracious invitation to visit your company and to tour around Shanghai and the whole country. // I had a dream that someday I would visit China and work in the beautiful city of Shanghai for a while, and I’m very grateful that you have made my dream come true. // I’m so happy to have the opportunity to work with a group of distinguished people in China’s computer software industry. // I’m looking forward, in the next few days, to meeting my Chinese colleagues and touring around your company properties.//
Passage 2
I have been thinking about something lately and I’d like to share with you my thoughts. // In the west, everybody is talking about going to the East and making an investment. // China’s rise as one of the strongest economic powers in the Asian-Pacific Region has attracted a growing number of business and financial giants in the world to invest in China. // Shanghai, as China’s biggest city and financial center, is among the best choices of their investment destinations.//
Passage 3
罗伯茨先生，我谨代表公司全体同仁，并以我个人的名义欢迎您来沪工作并成为我们公司的一员。

这是我们的荣幸和骄傲。

// 听到您对此次来沪短期工作有如此高的寄托，我们深受感动。

// 考虑到您工作、生活的方便与舒适，我们打算安排您居住在公司招待所下榻。

// 我们将尽力使您在沪期间过得舒适、愉快、有价值、有意义。

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Passage 4
海外人士在上海及其周边地区的投资继续呈明显上升趋势。

// 出现这一高涨不止的投资热有多种缘由。

// 中国是世界上经济增长最快的国家之一；中国政府和地方政府高度重视对外全面开放，尽可能吸引外资。

// 另外，许多海外团体与个人投资者认为在中国直接投资比同中国公司做生意更有利可图。

因为外国直接在华投资可以在最大程度上发挥有关双方的优势。

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Passage 5
中国幅员辽阔，自然资源丰实，廉价劳动力充裕，税收低，消费者市场不断增长，基础设施不断改善。

// 另外，中国还有稳定的社会政治环境以及诱人的投资政策。

// 所有这一切对拥有充足奖金、先进技术和管理知识的外国投资者来说都极具吸引力。

// 事实上，同与中国公司做生意相比，在华直接投资的经济回报率更高。

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Passage 6
浦东开放的十年中一直是外商投资的热点。

// 来自发达国家的企业家以多种方式投资浦东：合资、独资、合作，获得了巨大成功。

// 但也有许多在中国内地和其它沿海城市进行投资而获得成功的例子。

// 在当今的中国，很难说哪一个地方为最佳，也许应该说在某一时期的某一地点投资会比较好。

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Passage 7
I would like to discuss with you the possibilities of establishing a joint venture with your company to manufacture cordless phones and mobile phones.// The whole idea of my investment proposal is the direct result of your wonderful lecture.// Your answers were direct and honest. And your explanations were sincere an d persuasive.// I really can’t wait to get on China’s economic express train and share your economic gains.//
Passage 8
I did a lot of research in the market of telecommunication equipment lately.// There’s a potential market for cordless and mobile phones in China and the world as a whole.// Initially, I would like
to embark on this joint venture business at a moderate rate and a safe scale.// My suggestion for the amount of total capital investment is in the vicinity of eight million US dollars, a lucky number in China.//
Passage 9
My contribution, I mean my share of investment in this joint venture is 50% of the total, including the cost of all the imported equipment.// I accept your proposal and we will be responsible for our international marketing of two-thirds of our manufactured goods.// As to the term of our partnership, I suggest that we start with a 15-year term and extend the contract later if both parties wish to continue the partnership.// May I also suggest that we set up a board of directors for the management of the company and share rights and obligations as equal partners?//
Passage 10
我对你这个5：5对半开的合伙投资比例感到满意。

这就是说，我们在经营管理和利润分配上也保持一种5：5对半开的权益关系。

// 但就产品的营销而言，我们只能保证无绳电话50%的国内营销，这是因为无绳电话在中国有很大的需求量，移动电话则不断。

// 鉴于此，我能否建议贵方负责向海外推销65%以上的移动电话？// 我想这样可以增加我们的外汇储备，满足贵方对外汇的需求。

毕竟人民币目前还不能自由兑换。

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Passage 11
人们说：“美国是一个由汽车驱动的国家，美国人是一个生活在轮子上的民族”，这绝非（in no way）是一种夸张，它道出了美国人生活方式的某些方面。

// 在美国，无论你在哪里，都会看到免下车银行、多下车饭店，甚至是免下车电影。

// 这是为了迎合美国人喜欢不下车就能办事情的心态。

// 美国公路网发达，人均车辆占有率居世界首位，出现这一现象实属必然。

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Passage 12
与中国的情况一样，在美国某些道路上开车，司机必须将自己的行车速度控制在标牌规定的限速内。

// 在大多数州，高速公路上的限速是一小时55英里，折合88公里。

// 在某些路段上，比如地方高速或州际高速，还规定最低时速40英里，约合65公里。

// 因此，外州来的驾车者应特别注意了解当地的交通法规，这方面的信息可在跨越某州州界时该州所设的信息中心获得。

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Passage 13
The U.S. has the most developed car rental industry in the world.// The two largest American car rental companies, Hertz and Avis, have offices all over the U.S., with counters at most airports and in many international cities.// There are many other national car rental companies that you can find at airports, such as Thrifty, National, Badger or Dollar.// They have offices in other countries, too, so you may reserve a car through your travel agent in your own country.//
Passage 14
To rent a car in the U.S., one has to have a major credit card, such as Master Card, Visa, or American Express.// Without a credit card, he has to pay a high deposit on the car.// If he does not want to spend much money, he can rent a used car from a used car rental company, such as Rent-A-Junker and Ugly Duckling.// Their rates are often lower and they don’t always demand a credit car. Sometimes, with their special offers, as it were, the total cost of renting a car is even lower.//
Passage 15
在美国，若是没有轿车，那么去其它城市还有三种方式：// 你可以乘坐全国客运铁路系统Amtrak，或坐长途汽车，当然还可以乘飞机。

// “灰狗”汽车公司是美国最大的长途汽车
公司，有月票出售。

// 美国有数十家国内和国际航空公司。

因全国无统一票价，因此航空公司往往提供打折优惠致使机票有时基于比火车票还便宜。

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Passage 16
It is true that getting around a city on public transportation is generally not as easy as it is in most other countries.// Only a few cities have subways, but most towns with a population of 50,000 or more have some kind of city bus service.// You will also find it difficult to stop a cab on American streets.// To travel by taxi, it’s advisabl e that you call a taxi company listed in the Yellow Pages of a telephone directory and ask them to send a cab to your door.//
Passage 17
提到艾滋病传播程度的严重性，我们不妨就这样讲：这一疾病是人类在21世纪的头号大众健康之敌。

// 在非洲，它还导致大量中年人口的死亡，而这部分人恰恰是社会劳动力的中坚。

// 这一情况的进一步恶化必将严重威胁到这些国家的生计。

// 因此，我们的首要任务便是通过广泛的教育运动去影响人们以求及时改变人们的基本行为进而阻止这一瘟疫的传播。

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Passage 18
对艾滋病人进行隔离和进行强制性化验是极不现实的、无益的，因为这样只能使艾滋病患者躲起来。

// 目前我们能够想到的做法就是设法让人们真正认识到艾滋病传播的严重性，鼓励患者去进行自愿的并为他保密的化验。

// 了解到自身的情况，患者至少可以处于较为有利的境地。

一来他们可以采取措施保护自己的朋友和所爱的人，二来可以对症下药设法挽救自己。

// 艾滋病虽然严重，但其显现是通过多种感染体现的，而某些感染是可以用适当的药物予以控制的。

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Passage 19
There are at least two differences in the way of business communication between Chinese and American businessmen.// First, Chinese businessmen tend to have business negotiations in a rather indirect manner, as opposed to the more direct manner of American businessmen. // Second, the decision-making process of Chinese companies is generally slow and time-consuming while American companies usually operate with quick decisions by the top management.// This is because most Chinese companies keep to the “bottom-up, then top-down and then bottom-up” decision making principle which involves many people at different levels.//
Passage 20
美国式的经营之道在中国人看来显得咄咄咄逼人，这主要是由于不同的文化传统所致。

// 有时中国人回避直截了当地讲一个“No”字；有时说“Yes”不是表示赞同，而是表示他们在听着。

// 只有承认这些文化差异，尊重这些差异才能避免发生误解，从而在美国和中国公司之间建立起稳固的商务关系。

// 令人高兴的是（We are happy to see that）近年来中国式的经营之道的好处正在被越来越多的西方人士所认识。

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Passage 21
Most Chinese view work as essential for having membership in a community. // They believe that work allows them to have the sense of belonging in a community. In other words, work is necessary for them to gain social acceptance in the society. // That is why many Chinese managers and employees work so hard to maintain their positions in their companies. They have tried to find the meaning of life through their jobs.// While the Chinese work ethic is based on social pressure and community belonging, the American work ethic seems to be more individual oriented.// Passage 22
再回到我们一开始的话题，应该说美国式的管理模式（American-type management）注重效
率及与员工之间的竞争，而中国式的管理模式优先考虑的是细致（careful）规划。

// 美国式常常使员工无所适从(frustrate)，而中国式则给工人带来一种参与的快乐（joy of participation），成功的满足，（satisfaction of success）和对工作的一种自豪感。

(sense of pride in their work)。

// 中国人工作在相当程度上是为了获取一种社会归属，得到社会的认可。

// 而美国人工作是秉承了上帝的意志。

他们常常是看重结果而非过程。

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Passage 23
Permit me first to thank you, our Chinese hosts, for your gracious hospitality and extraordinary arrangements.// I have a special regard and personal friendship for the Chinese people and Beijing is for me an old and nostalgic home.// Ten years ago, I spent a most memorable time with the people here-working, shopping, sightseeing and touring the city on our bicycles.// During that time we never experienced anything other than the utmost courtesy and genuine friendship of the Chinese people.//
Passage 24
During the past six days, we have acquired a keen sense of the diversity, dynamism, and progress of China.// Under your policies of reform and opening to the outside world, China has now become the fastest growing economy in the word.// We are happy that we are part of this dramatic process which has brought us back together and set us on the road to a genuine friendly and cooperative relationship.// Our friendly and cooperative ties have become extensive, affecting all aspects of our national life; commerce, culture, education and scientific exchange.//
Passage 25
We should not deny the fact that problems remain in our economic, education, culture, and strategic relations.// We would never be as naïve as to believe that there are no issues of difference between us.// But we should also believe that our differences will be greatly overshadowed by issues which bind us and strengthen our relationship.// There is no doubt our relations have reached a new stage. In this context, it is important for our two societies to search for areas of cooperation, which clearly add to our mutual benefit.//
Passage 26
Respected Your Excellency, I’ve come to China with the good fa ith of seeking to build up the strength of our friendship, our cultural and commercial ties and our important strategic relationship.// When we established our friendly and cooperative relations, we did so on the understanding that we would develop our friendship on the basis of mutual respect and equality and mutual benefit.// These are the principles on which we seek friendship with all peoples of the world.// It is absolutely vital that all nations, big or small, strong or weak, should conduct their relations with each other on these principles.//
Passage 27
To come to China, one of the earliest cradles of civilization, is, I suppose, the dream of many people the world over.// In accepting Your Excellency’s gracious invitation to visit this great country, I have had an excellent opportunity to renew old friendships and establish new contacts.// It is my sincere hope that we can develop further, on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit, the links and friendship that exist between our two countries.// I look forward, in the next few days, to the opportunity of learning something from your endeavors and experience in promoting economic and social development in the service of your people.//
Passage 28
We earnestly appreciate the interest and understanding that China has shown regarding the
problems of and positions taken by small and developing countries.// China’s support is a constant source of encouragement to us in the pursuit of the goals of developing and maintaining the independence of our country.// We are both developing countries, having a common aspiration in improving the standard of life of our peoples.// I’d like to take this opportunity to extend to Your Excellency an invitation to visit my country, so that we will have an opportunity to return the warm welcome and generous hospitality you extended to us.//
Passage 29
History has proved the necessity to expand cooperative relations between Asia and Europe, two major cradles of human civilization.// Since the 1980s, Asia, and East Asia particularly, has witnessed a rapid rise to prosperity.// As the world’s most robust economic region, East Asia has attracted worldwide attention over the past few decades with its remarkable achievement.// We urge our EU members to efficiently cooperate with Asian countries to establish a constrictive, stable and equal partnership between the two continents.//
Passage 30
Europe, North America and East Asia have emerged as the world’s three major economic centers.// Europe and North America have already established close ties thanks to our historical links.// East Asia and North America have also established contacts via the forum of the Asian-Pacific economic cooperation.// Comparatively speaking, ties between EU and East Asia remain relatively weak. And EU continues to lag behind the United States and Japan in terms of market share in East Asia.//
Passage 31
A 40-odd year alliance made the European Union the largest trade bloc in the world, with its GDP and foreign trade volume both surpassing those of the United Sates.// In addition, EU nations have unified tariffs and established common foreign trade , agricultural and fishery policies.// The EU will have initially established an economic and monetary union before long.// It has, in other words, become a region that enjoys the highest level of political and economic integration.// Passage 32
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 through 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.// I wish to thank you Mr. President, for your very gracious and eloquent remarks.// These have been very pleasant days in China, and I’m happy that my visit should conclude in such a congenial atmosphere.//
Passage 33
We hold that 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.// We have a social and political system which differs in many respects from your own due to different experiences and a different tradition.// This system of ours does not always produce results of which we all approve, 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 and we believe that people with different political and social systems should live side by side.//
Passage 34
We do not assess in identical fashion all aspects of today’s world.// Which 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 equally fundamental need for all countries to determine their own fate and design their own future.// In that spirit, I ask all of you present here to join me in a toast to the friendship and cooperation of our two peoples which can lead to friendship and peace for all peoples in the world.//
Passage 35
世界注视着我们，世界倾听着我们，世界等着看我们要做什么。

// 我们应该给下代留下什么遗产呢？// 他们注定要因为困扰（plague）旧世界的仇恨而痛苦地死去呢还是因为我们有建设一个新世界的远见而注定要快乐地生活呢？// 现在便是决断的时刻。

现在就是我们抛却(cast aside) 旧日的偏见和仇恨去营造一个更加美好的世界的时刻。

Passage 36
各位来宾：
非常感谢各位能在一年中最繁忙的季节，从百忙中拔冗光临我们的新春联欢晚会。

// 特别有幸的是，今晚我们还请到了从加拿大远道而来的本森电子公司的朋友们。

// 有如此杰出的贵宾与我们一起共同欢度春节，我们深感自豪与荣幸。

// 我们将尽自己之所能使各位度过一个最轻松、最欢乐，最难忘的夜晚。

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Passage 37
平日工作中，我们中外员工几乎没有时间坐下来交谈。

// 我希望这次晚会可以使我们有机会无所拘束地了解彼此，增进个人之间的友谊。

// 希望各位来宾尽情品尝中国的传统佳肴与美酒，玩得尽兴尽致。

// 最后，再次感谢各位嘉宾的光临。

祝各位新年快乐，万事如意。

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Passage 38
我谨代表我们一行的全体成员，感谢董事长先生的盛情邀请，使我们来到装饰得如此华丽的大厅参加如此欢快的圣诞晚会。

// 圣诞节是一个十分欢愉的节日，这的确是一年中的良辰佳时。

// 圣诞节的精神体现在人间的温暖、爱恋、关怀、团聚、融洽和奉献。

// 这也是这一节日的吸引人之处。

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Passage 39
我喜欢这里的一切；美酒佳肴、出色的演出、美妙的音乐。

// 晚会组织得的确完美无缺，令人尽兴尽致。

// 但我最喜欢的还是同你们聚会、同你们交谈，增进了解，共度难忘的时光。

// 我为有幸参加这次精彩的聚会向主人表示衷心的感谢。

我们所有的人都度过了一个难忘的夜晚。

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Passage 40
我宣布：“上海计算机软件开发国际研讨会”现在正式开幕。

// 首先，请允许我代表上海市政府、上海市人民、并以我个人名议向参会代表表示热烈的欢迎。

// 大会组委会为本次研讨会的顺利召开付出了辛勤的劳动，在此，我深表谢意。

// 我预祝大会取得圆满成功！祝各位代表在上海生活愉快。

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Passage 41
建立和发展我国社会主义市场经济体制对社区服务提出了更高的要求。

// 我们需要开阔视野，改革并完善我的社会福利保障体制。

// 海外一些发达国家和地区在社区服务方面积累了丰实的经验，值得我们借鉴和研究。

// 我深信这次研讨会对促进我国社区服务工作将产生积极的影响。

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Passage 42
我们要进一步转变政府职能，把社会服务工作逐步推向社会团体和民间组织。

// 这样做，(By so doing) 政府的宏观管理责任将会更为重大。

// 同时，社会团体和民间组织也将参与更多的社区服务工作。

// 我相信，在诸位的努力下，我们的研讨会一定能够取得丰硕的成果。

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回顾过去，展望未来，我认为一个新的亚欧伙伴关系必须建筑在相互尊重、平等互利的基础上。

// 我们有必要就广泛领域里的合作交换我们的意见。

// 我们应该求同存异，增进相互理解和信任。

// 要做到这一切，亚洲和欧洲必须扩大和增加政治对话。

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Passage 44
我们希望看到欧盟在一体化进程中前进。

// 另一方面，我们希望欧洲理解亚洲国家促进经济发展、扩大区域合作的愿望。

// 亚洲的发展和稳定必将欧洲国家的商业界带来可观的投资和贸易良机。

// 亚欧之间的真诚合作将为两大洲乃至全世界的和平、稳定与繁荣做出积极贡献。

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Passage 45
今天，我们二十五人欧亚国家的领导人首次在此聚会。

// 这是一次具有历史意义的开拓性会议。

// 它反映了亚欧国家希望获得世界和平与发展的共同愿望。

// 它显示了亚洲的成长，标志着多极化的发展趋势。

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Passage 46
In America dining places, people usually prefer waiting for a table to sitting with people they don’t know.// This means a hostess may not seat a small group until a small table is available, even if a large one is.// Lighting up a cigarette without first asking others if it will disturb them is thought to be impolite.// It is advisable that smokers should not choose to sit in a non-smoking section of a restaurant.//
Passage 47
At America restaurants, you are usually served tap water before you order.// You may find the bread and butter is free and if you order coffee, you get a free refill.// Hard drinks are served on the rocks or straight.// And servings in restaurants are often too large for many people.//
Passage 48
In some states, you can buy liquor at a restaurant to take home.// Every state makes its own laws about the sale of alcohol.// Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing times for restaurants.// but they usually do make rules for bars.//
Passage 49
In America restaurants, tips are not usually added to the check or included in the price of the meal.// A tip of about 15% is expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave.// You pay your check at the cash register on your way out.// In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there.//
Passage 50
Welcome to the official launch of Tulip Computers in Shanghai.// I regard it as a great honor that you show interest in our company today and be with us during this important day.// It is with pleasure that I want to inform you on Tulip’s strategy towards market and its objectives for the future.// We are looking forward to a long-term relationship with our clients and partners, which will help further strengthen our position in the world’s computer market.//
Passage 51
Tulip is the second oldest computer manufacturer in the world, only after the Apple Company.// The development and production of Tulip products take place in the Netherlands.// The sales and distribution activities are conducted through its won 18 subsidiaries in Europe and distributors throughout the rest of the world.// As a world leader in computer products, Tulip would like to share with Chinese customers its success.//
Two years ago, Tulip opened its Asian branch with headquarters in Hong Kong.// It is where the assembly of Tulip computers takes place for the Asian marker.// Tulip expects to establish manufacturing facilities in China in the future.// The main reason for this plan is that Far East is expected to become the largest trade center of the world at the turn of the century.//
Passage 53
IBM products are appreciated by customers because of their excellent price versus performance ratio and their high quality.// This excellent ration is considered to be one of the main features of IBM products.// It has also proven to become one of the success factors in the world market.// In the long run, IBM users are convinced that they will benefit from this high-quality level.// Passage 54
Everyone visiting the United States wishes to have a good time touring the country and have a nice roof to shelter himself.// Well, if you arrive by air, you will see plenty of hotels advertised at airports.// If you arrive by train of car, probably the best thing to do is to look in the yellow pages under Hotel, Motel or lodging.// You can start by comparing the services offered in their ads and call to see if they have the kind of room you’re looking for.//
Passage 55
Not long ago, Americans had a pretty good idea of what family meant.// but today, with people living together in so many different combinations, “family” is much harder to define.// When it comes to family values, Americas seem to be saying one thing but dong another.// The real picture is that America family is suffering a crisis of collapsing.//
Passage 56
Many Americans claim that they place the highest value on family life.// If they really mean what they say, then families are doing fine.// In survey after survey, traditional relationships among parents, children, and siblings are identified as the most important aspect of life.// And families are seen as more important than work, recreation, friendship, or status.//
Passage 57
Researches indicate that if current divorce rates continue, about two out of three marriages that begin this year will not survive as long as both spouses live.// The proportion of American adults who are married is decreasing. The share of out-of-wedlock births has soared.// Most children under age 18 will spend part of their childhood living with only one parent.// The negative influence of this phenomenon of children’s psychological well-being should never be ignored by any responsible society.//
Passage 58
Americans continue to say that they embrace traditional family values.// The truth is that many, if not most, Americans will sacrifice traditional family ties for activities which they claim to be less important.// It is common for Americans to let the pursuit of more individualistic goals interfere with their family life, even when doing so is clearly contrary to their best interests.// When personal and family goals conflict, many people who express strong support for family values do not live up to those values.//
Passage 59
Negative attitudes towards parenthood and marriage have increased.// When asked how having children affects a person’s life, more people than before gave negative responses.// Previous generations saw marriage as an institution to be joined and supported.// but today, most people
value marriage primarily for what they personally can gain from it.//
Passage 60
Nowadays, more and more Americans emphasize materialistic gain and individual achievement.// Unfortunately, they are far more materialistic and achievement-oriented than they are willing to admit.// This miserable picture of “The decline of the Americans family” is supported by years of research.// What I am saying is that my presentation is not meant to persuade but to inform.// Passage 61
节日在中国是人们勤于烹调、饱享口福的时候。

// 节庆膳食除了在数量和质量上与平日不同之外，还有许多节日特色食物。

// 在如农历8月15日的中秋节，其特色食品是月饼。

// 圆圆的月饼象征着圆满，进而象征着家庭团聚。

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Passage 62
农历8月5日的端午节是为了纪念中国古代诗人和忠臣屈原而确立的。

// 最初，人们将粽子投入河中祭祀亡灵，如今人们那一天举行龙舟比赛。

// 中国的春节接农历而定，通常出现在公历史2月前半期的某一天。

// 年糕是春节的特色食品，因为“糕”与“高”谐音，寓意来年“节节高”。

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Passage 63
海华集团公司是一个跨地区、跨行业、跨所有制的大型企业。

// 它拥有资产5亿元，员工6000多人，年销售额18亿元。

// 它集科、工、贸、旅游、娱乐于一体。

// 下属四十余家公司，经营范围从生产、贸易、旅游到票务服务。

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Passage 64
海华商旅是一家专业旅游公司。

// 它拥有一支经国家认可的语种齐全的翻译导游队伍。

// 它拥有自己的车队，并经营航空、铁路、轮船票务中心。

// 其服务宗旨是为宾客提供便捷服务、以旅游促商务、为改善上海的投资环境提供全方位服务。

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Passage 65
中国国际出版集团是中国最大的外语出版、印刷和发行单位。

// 其前身是与中华人民共和国同时诞生的中央人民政府新闻出版署国际新闻局。

// 集团现有职工四千余名，拥有排版、印刷和发行的最新技术与设备。

// 可以用五十种不同的语言进行印刷。

其发行网络遍布182个国家和地区。

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Passage 66
为期两周的“丝绸之路游”将成为您一生中最难忘的经历之一。

// 丝绸之路的历史可以追溯到公元前2世纪，当时，张骞便是沿此贸易通道出使西域各国。

// 中国通过这条通道给西方送去了丝绸、造纸术和印刷术。

// 佛教、玻璃、香水等也沿着这条通道进入中国。

// Passage 67
丝绸之路沿途的历史文的、自然风景以及地方文化使这一长途旅游充满情趣。

// 丝绸之路沿线居住着许多少数民族，他们热情好客、彬彬彬有礼。

// 这里的民间传说如同天方夜谭一般神奇，听来别有一番情趣。

// 我们深信这次游览一定会给您留下可与家人和朋友共享的美好回忆。

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Passage 68
A caring and responsible society should do something important and meaningful to improve the lives of its children.// The most obvious way of doing this is to free childhood from the unacceptable burden of examinations and selection created by our educational system.// At the tender age of 13 or14, children are selected and pushed into examination classes which will effectively decide their future.// Then, at the age when they are least receptive to learning, they are forced to sit exams where the penalties for failure are as final as death sentence.//
Passage 69
If the pressures of selection at 16 were removed, secondary education could become a different process altogether.// And children under a less compulsory system would actually learn more and the be more cooperative with parents and school.// They would be happier and more creative, and therefore more useful to the society.// I’m sure you will agree with today’s motion that the system existing today is harmful to our children and therefore must be changed.//
Passage 70
It is becoming more and more obvious that advertising affects all of us throughout our lives.// Adolescents, especially female adolescents, are particularly vulnerable.// It is so because they are new and inexperienced and are the prime targets of many advertisements.// On the other hand, advertisers are fully aware of their role and do not hesitate to take advantage of them in the guise of offering solutions.//
Passage 71
No politician or educator is more pervasive and persuasive than advertising.// One consequence of advertising is that it conveys the message that the value of a person is dependent upon the value of the products used.// It makes us feel that happiness can be bought and that products can fulfill us and meet our deepest human needs.// Ironically, the heavily advertised products, such as cosmetics and weight-reduction drinks, are even detrimental to physical attractiveness.//
Passage 72
Adolescent females are discouraged from growing up and becoming adult.// Growing older is the greatest taboo in this commercialized society.// Although boys are encouraged to become mature adults, girls are encouraged to remain passive and dependent, never to mature. // Somehow placed in a double bind, girls are supposed to be both sexy and virginal, experienced and naïve, seductive and pure.//
Passage 73
We have begun to write a new chapter for peace and progress in our histories, with American and China going forward hand-in-hand.// We should frankly acknowledge the fundamental differences in ideology and institution between our two societies.// I have com to China not to hold forth on （滔滔不绝地讲高谈阔论）what divides us, but to build on (进一步强化) what binds us.// I am firmly convinced that, together, we can and will make tomorrow a better day.//
Passage 74
We may live at nearly opposite ends of the world.// We may be distinctly different in language, customs and political beliefs.// But on many vital questions of our time, there is little distance between the American and Chinese people.// We have a common aspiration for world peace and development and what is the best for the benefit and well being of our people.
Passage 75
Indeed, I believe if we were to ask citizens all over this world what they desire most for their children, and for their children’s children, their answer would be totally the same.// We would hear, in English Chinese, or any language, the highly voiced answer. We want peace. We want freedom. We want a better life.// Their dreams, so simply stated, represent mankind’s deepest aspirations for security and personal fulfillment.// And helping them make their dreams come true is what our jobs are all about.//
Passage 76
We have always believed the heritage of our past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of our。