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英语翻译考试笔译中级试题及答案

英语翻译考试笔译中级试题及答案英语翻译考试笔译中级试题及答案Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.Every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something; they are connected with each other and with other cities. The same ideas, or related ones, turn up in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in literature, but with different solutions according to different writings at different times.Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on books somebody tells you “ought ” to read, you probably won’t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good time—and if you become as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won’t have suf fered during the process.参考译文：读书之所以有趣，不是由于作者告诉了你什么，而是由于书本促使你思考。

历年英语翻译考试中级笔译实务英译汉真题

历年英语翻译考试中级笔译实务英译汉真题第一篇英译汉Farms go out of business for many reasons, but few farms do merely because the soil has failed. That is the miracle of farming. If you care for the soil, it will last — and yield — nearly forever. America is such a young country that we have barely tested that. For most of our history, there has been new land to farm, and we still farm as though there always will be.Still, there are some very old farms out there. The oldest is the Tuttle farm, near Dover, N.H., which is also one of the oldest business enterprises in America. It made the news last week because its owner — a lineal descendant of John Tuttle, the original settler — has decided to go out of business. It was founded in 1632. I hear its sweet corn is legendary.The year 1632 is unimaginably distant. In 1632, Galileo was still publishing, and John Locke was born. There were perhaps 10,000 colonists in all of America, only a few hundred of them in New Hampshire. The Tuttle acres, then, would have seemed almost as surrounded as they do in 2010, but by forest instead of highways and houses.It was a precarious operation at the start —as all farming was in the new colonies—and it became precarious enough again in these past few years to peter out at last. The land is protected by a conservation easement so it can’t be developed, but no one knows whether the next owner will farm it.In a letter on their Web site, the Tuttles cite “exhaustion of resources” as the reason to sell the farm. The exhausted resources they list include bodies, minds, hearts, imagination, equipment, machinery and finances. They do not mention soil, which has been renewed and redeemed repeatedly.It is too simple to say, as the Tuttles have, that the recession killed a farm that had survived for nearly 400 years. What killed it was the economic structure of food production. Each year it has become harder for family farms to compete with industrial scale agriculture —heavily subsidized by the government —underselling them at every turn. In a system committed to the health of farms and their integration with local communities, the result would have been different. In 1632, and for many years after, the Tuttle farm was a necessity. In 2010, it is suddenly superfluous, or so we like to pretend.尽管导致农民破产的原因有很多，但很少农民仅仅是因为土地失去肥力而破产，这可以算是一个农业奇迹。

翻译考试中级笔译仿真题及答案

翻译考试中级笔译仿真题及答案第一题：日前，台湾新北市八仙乐园发生“彩虹趴”粉尘爆炸事件。

为杜绝危险，上海东方体育中心表示今年将不再举行彩色跑。

另有消息称，7月4日举办的彩色跑沈阳站比赛也在评估是否取消。

Shanghai has called off the color run and other running events that use colorful powders, in the wake of a tragic dust explosion that killed one and injured more than 500 people at a party in Taiwan's New Taipei city, on June 27.“彩色跑”的灵感来自迪士尼的彩色世界、graffiti party、mud run，以及西红柿大赛在内的世界各地的节庆，旨在宣传健康、快乐、大众参与的跑步理念，被称为地球上最欢乐的5公里。

日前，台湾发生dust explosion，彩色跑所使用的玉米粉，对人无害，但其属于explosive mixture，达到一定条件后易引起爆炸。

安全的做法是尽量将玉米粉喷洒在人身上。

两年前，“彩色跑”被引进至中国，spray colorful powders的.类似赛事遍地开花，但此类赛事的安全管理并不完善。

因此专家指出，主办方应对粉尘易燃的潜在危害有足够的风控预估，做好相关措施。

请结合文意翻译以下词组及句子：1、graffiti party2、mud run3、dust explosion4、spray colorful powders5、explosive mixture6、安全管理7、Shanghai has called off the color run and other running events that use colorful powders, in the wake of a tragic dust explosion that killed one and injured more than 500 people at a party in Taiwan's New Taipei city, on June 27.参考答案1、graffiti party 涂鸦派对2、mud run 泥浆路跑3、dust explosion 粉尘爆炸4、spray colorful powders 喷撒彩粉5、explosive mixture 爆炸性混合物6、安全管理 security management7、Shanghai has called off the color run and other running events that use colorful powders, in the wake of a tragic dust explosion that killed one and injured more than 500 people at a party in Taiwan's New Taipei city, on June 27.6月27日台湾新北市“彩虹趴”发生粉尘爆炸，造成1人死亡，500余人受伤。

笔译中级答案

中级笔译答案Part I Translate the following sentences into English or into Chinese.1. The government’s National Bureau of Statistics says consumer prices climbed eight-point-three percent in March, down from February’s mark of eight-point-seven percent—the highest inflation rate in nearly 12 years. The price increases are blamed in part on fierce snowstorms in January and February that disrupted factory production and destroyed crops.2. As long as such commodities as steel, cement, fertilizer and chemicals are identical in specification, model, pattern, or chemical composition, as long as the price is favorable and delivery is prompt, the buyer seldom sends any mission abroad to inspect the goods.3.If China wants to withstand the pressure of hegemonism and power politics and to uphold the socialist system, it is crucial for us to achieve rapid economic growth and to carry out our development strategy.4.Partly as a result of the recently increasing demand, wholesale tea prices have almost doubled. So my company is going to order a large stock, we hope you have enough.5.The present system is designed to assist those developing countries in competing with imports from other sources without disruptive effects on our own industries.6.政府和工会谈判了几个月都没有结果，最后断然宣布，凡是不接受百分之二加薪幅度的工人，都会被炒鱿鱼。

商务英语翻译中级笔译试题

全国商务英语翻译统一考试中级笔译试题注意事项1. 请首先按要求在试题卷和答题卷的标封处填写姓名、准考证号等；2. 请仔细阅读题目要求进行答题，答案写在答题卷上；3. 请保持卷面整洁，不要在标封区填写无关内容；4. 答题时间为150分钟。

Part I Translate the following sentences into English or into Chinese.1.国家统计局说，消费者价格3月份攀升8.3%，比2月份8.7%有所下降。

2月份的上涨率是将近12年来的最高点。

价格升高的部分原因被指是由于1月份和2月份的严重暴雪导致工厂停工，庄稼被毁。

2. 对于钢材、水泥、化肥、化工原料等这类商品来说，只要其规格、样式、型号或化学成分相符，价格优惠且交货及时，买方通常都不会派人去国外进行实地考察。

3.中国能不能顶住霸权主义、强权政治的压力，坚持我们的社会主义制度，关键就看能不能争得经济较快的增长速度，实现我们的发展战略。

4.部分地区由于需求增长，批发茶价几乎翻了一番。

所以我公司拟大批量订货，希望贵方备足库存。

5.这个现行办法旨在扶持那些发展中国家与从其他国家进口的产品展开竞争，而不损害我们自己产业的利益。

6. After months of unfruitful negotiation with the trade unions, the government cut the Gordian knot by declaring that workers who did not accept a 2% pay rise would be fired.7.China’s growing trade surplus has been a point of contention with both the United States and the European Union. China’s major trading partners accuse Beijing of manipulating its currency to keep its value low and give Chinese products an unfair price advantage on world markets.8. One day’s sick leave with the application, after approved by the departmental head, is to be submitted to the admin executive on the day following the one day’s sick leave.9. There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train, their silver-wiry hair and wrinkled faces, scourged by time and trouble, having almost a grotesque, certainly a pathetic appearance in such a jaunty situation.10.The 1970s brought a decline in eating out, but the 1980s, especially in homes where both parents were working, brought a big increase in the demand for many types of restaurants.Part II. Translate the following passages into Chinese.Passage 1Savings provide one way to take care of financial losses. But savings are not the answer to large losses. The best way to guard against large financial losses is through insurance.Over 4,800 companies in the United States are in the business of providing insurance protection. These businesses are called insurance companies.Because most insurance companies operate on a big scale, they provide a way for large numbers of people to share their losses.Insurance can provide protection against almost any kind of loss. Singers may insure their voices. Photographers may insure their negatives. The owner of a home freezer may insure against food loss in case of a power failure. A business owner can insure his or her place of business. A business owner can also insure against a loss of profits during a shutdown following a fire or damaging accident.Like all private firms, insurance companies must charge enough for protection to pay their operating costs and make a profit. The main factor affecting the price of insurance, however, is the amount of risk involved. The more risk an insurancecompany assumes for a policyholder, the higher the premium.An insurance company must collect enough money from all its policyholders to pay the claims of those who have losses. A claim is a request for payment of a loss. It is impossible to tell, of course, which policyholders will have losses. But it is possible to estimate with some accuracy how many will have losses. A company does this by studying its past losses.Like banks, insurance companies are the guardians of other people’s money. Just as banks are closely regulated to protect their depositors, insurance companies are regulated to protect their policyholders.Passage 2Irrevocable L/CNo. 09926To: China National Import & Export Corp., Shanghai BranchDear Sirs,You are hereby authorized to draw on Huafeng Trading Co.,Singapore for a sum not exceeding USD 7,850.00 CIF(Say US Dollars Seven Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty only) available by your draft, drawn in duplicate, on them at sight, accompanied by the following documents:(1) 3 non-negotiable copies of clean shipped on board Bill of Lading, marked “Freight prepaid”;(2) Signed Invoice in triplicate;(3) Certificate of Origin in duplicate;(4) Insurance Policy in duplicate covering WAP & War Risk for full invoice value plus 10%.Evidencing shipment from Shanghai to Singapore of the following merchandise:500 dozen T-shirts as per S/C No. 1023 dated June 15, 2009.Condition of Shipment:(1) Transhipment is prohibited;(2) Partial shipments are permitted.This credit expires on August 18, 2009 and is subject to the Uniform Customs & Practice for Documentary Credits International Chamber of Commerce Publication No.500.Yours sincerelyTHE CHARTEREDBANKSingapore Part III. Translate the following passages into English.Passage 1代理协议根据以下条款，华夏商贸有限公司，中国北京（此处称作甲方）与澳大利亚进出口有限公司，澳大利亚昆士兰州（此处称作乙方）就独家代理产品——甲方生产的华夏牌晶体管收音机签订本协议。

2020年英语翻译考试中级笔译实务试题

2020年英语翻译考试中级笔译实务试题Part A Compulsory Translation (必译题) (30 points)Nowhere to GoFor the latest on the pursuit of the American Dream in Silicon Valley, all you have to do is to talk to someone like “Nagaraj” (who didn’t want to reveal his real name). He’s an Indian immigrant who, like many other Indian engineers, came to America recently on an H-1B visa, which allowsskilled workers to be employed by one company for as many as six years. But one morning last month, Nagaraj and a half dozen other Indian workers with H-1Bs were called into a conference room in their San Francisco technology-consulting firm and told they were being laid off. The reason：weakening economic conditions in Silicon Valley, “It was the shock of my lifetime,” says Nagaraj.This is not a normal bear-market sob story. According to federal regulation, Nagaraj and his colleagues have two choices. They must either return to India, or find another job in a tight labor market and hope that the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) allow them to transfer their visa to the new company. And the law doesn’t allow them to earn a pay-check until all the paperwork winds its way through the INS bureaucracy. “How am I going to survive without any job and without any income?” Nagaraj wonders.Until recently, H-1B visas were championed by Silicon Valley companies as the solution to the region’s shortage of programmers and engineers. First issued by the INS in 1992, they attract skilled workers from other countries, many ofwhom bring families with them, lay down roots and apply for the more permanent green cards. Through February 2000, more than 81,000 worker held such visas — but with the dot-com crash, many have been getting laid off. That’s causing mass consternation in U.S. immigrant communities. The INS considers a worker “out of status” when he loses a job, which technically means that he must pack up and go home. But because of the scope of this year’s layoffs, the U.S. government has recently backpedaled, issuing a confusing series of statements that suggest workers might be able to stay if they qualify for some exceptions and can find a new company to sponsor their visa. But even those loopholes remain nebulous. The result is thousands of immigrants now face dimming career prospects in America, and thepossibilities that they will be sent home. “They are in limbo. It is the greatest form of torture,” says Amar Veda of the Silicon Valley-based Immigrants Support Network.The crisis looks especially bad in light of all the heated visa rhetoric by Silicon Valley companies in the past few years. Last fall the industry won a big victory bygetting Congress to approve an increase in the annual number of H-1B visas. Now, with technology firms retrenching, demand for such workers is slowing. Valley heavyweights like Intel, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard have all announced thousands of layoffs this year, which include many H-1B workers. The INS reported last month that only 16,000 new H-1B workers came to the United States in February — down from 32,000 in February of last year.Last month, acknowledging the scope of the problem, the INS told H-1B holders “not to panic,” and that there wouldbe a grace period for laid-off workers before they had to leave the United States. INS spokeswomen Eyleen Schmidt promises that more specific guidance will come this month. “We are aware of the cutbacks,” she says. “We’re trying to be as generous as we can be within the confines of the existing law.”Part B Choice of Two Translations (二选一题) (30 points)Topic 1 (选题一)What Is the Force of Gravity?If you throw a ball up, it will come down again. What makes it come down? The ball comes down because it is pulled or attracted towards the Earth. The Earth exerts a force of attraction on all objects. Objects that are nearer to the Earth are attracted to it with a greater force than thosethat are further away. This force of attraction is known as the force of gravity. The gravitational force acting on an object at the Earth’s surface is called the weight of the object.All the heavenly bodies in space like the moon, the planets and the stars also exert an attractive force on objects. The bigger and heavier a body is, the greater is its force of gravity. Thus, since the moon is a smaller body than Earth, the force it exerts on an object at its surface is less than that exerted by the Earth on the same object on the Earth’s surface. In fact, the moon’s gravitational force is only one-sixth that of the Earth. This means that an object weighing 120 kilograms on Earth will only weigh 20 kilograms on the moon. Therefore on the moon you could lift weightswhich are six times heavier than the heaviest weight that you can lift on Earth.The Earth’s gravitational force or pull keeps us and everything else on Earth from floating away to space. To get out into space and travel to the moon or other planets wehave to overcome the Earth’s gravitational pull.Entry into SpaceHow can we overcome the Earth’s gravitational pull? Scientists have been working on this for a long time. It is only recently that they have been able to build machines powerful eno ugh to get out of the Earth’s gravitational pull. Such machines are called space rockets. Their great speed and power help them to escape from the Earth’s gravitationalpull and go into space.RocketsThe powerful space rocket works along the same lines as a simple firework rocket. The firework rocket has a cylindrical body and a conical head. The body is packed with gunpowder which is the fuel. It is a mixture of chemicals that willburn rapidly to form hot gases.At the base or foot of the rocket there is an opening or nozzle. A fuse hangs out like a tail from the nozzle. A long stick attached along the body serves to direct the rocket before the fuse is lighted.When the gunpowder burns, hot gases rush out of the nozzle. The hot gases continue to rush out as long as the gunpowder burns. When these gases shoot downwards through thenozzle the rocket is pushed upwards. This is called jet propulsion. The simple experiment, shown in the picture, will help you to understand jet propulsion.Topic 2 (选题二)Basketball DiplomacyCHINA”S TALLEST SOLDIER never really expected to livethe American Dream. But Wang Zhizhi, a 7-foot-1 basketballstar from the People’s Liberation Army, is making history as the first Chinese player in the NBA. In his first three weeks in America the 23-year-old rookie has already cashed hisfirst big NBA check, preside over “Wang Zhizhi Day” in San Francisco and become immortalized on his very own trading cards. He’s even played in five games with his new team, the Dallas Mavericks, scoring 24 points in just 38 minutes. Nowthe affable Lieutenant Wang is joining the Mavericks on their ride into the NBA playoffs — and he is intent on enjoying every minute. One recent evening Wang slipped into the hottub behind the house of Mavericks assistant coach Donn Nelson. He leaned back, stretched out and pointed at a plane moving across the star-filled sky. In broken English, he started singing his favorite tune：“I believe I can fly. I believeI can touch the sky.”Back in China, the nat ion’s other basketball phenom, Yao Ming , can only dream of taking flight. Yao thought he was going to be the first Chinese player in the NBA. The 7-foot-5 Shanghai sensation is more highly touted than Wang： the 20-year-old could be the No.1 overall pick in the June NBA draft. But as the May 13 deadline to enter the draft draws near, Yao is still waiting for a horde of business people andapparatchiks to decide his fate. Last week, as Wang scored 13 points in the Dallas season finale, Yao was wading through a stream of bicycles on a dusty Beijing street.Yao and Wang are more than just freaks of nature in basketball shorts. The twin towers are national treasures, symbols of China’s growing stature in the world. They’realso emblematic of the NBA’s outsize dreams for conquering China. The NBA, struggling at home, sees salvation in theland of 1.3 billion potential hoop fans. China, determined to win the 2008 Olympics and join the World Trade Organization,is eager to make its mark on the world — on its own terms. The two-year struggle to get these young players into the NBA has been a cultural collision — this one far removed fromU.S.-China bickering over spy planes and trade liberalization. If it works out, it could be — in basketball parlance — the ultimate give-and-go. “This is just like Ping-Pong diplomacy,” says Xia Song, a sport-marketing executive who represents Wang. “Only with a much bigger ball.”Two years ago it looked more like a ball and chain. Wang’s Army bosses were miffed when the Mavericks had the nerve to draft their star back in 1999. Nelson remembersflying to Beijing with the then owner Ross Perot Jr. — sonof the eccentric billionaire — to hammer out a deal with the stone-faced communists of the PLA. “You could hear them thinking：‘What is this NBA team doing, trying to lay claim to our property?’” Nelson recalls. “We tried to explainthat this was an honor for Wang and for China.” There was no deal. Wang grew despondent and lost his edge on court.This year Yao became the anointed one. He eclipsed Wangin scoring and rebounding, and even stole away his coveted MVP award in the Chinese Basketball Association league. It looked as if his Shanghai team — a dynamic semicapitalistclub in China’s most open city — would get its star to the NBA first.Then came the March madness. Wang broke out of his slumpto lead the Army team to its sixth consecutive CBA title —scoring 40 in the final game. A day later the PLA scored some points of its own by announcing that Wang was free to go West. What inspired the change of heart? No doubt the Mavericks worked to build trust with Chinese officials (even inviting national- team coach Wang Fei to spend the 1999-2000 seasonin Dallas). There was also the small matter of Chinese pride. The national team stumbled to a 10th-place finish at the 2000 Olympics, after placing eighth in 1996. Even the most intransigent cadre could see that the team would improve only if it sent its stars overseas to learn from the world’s best players.Section 2： Chinese-English Translation (汉译英)This section consists of two parts, Part A —“Compulsory Translation” and Part B —“Choice of Two Translations” consisting of two sections “Topic 1” and “Topic 2”. For the passage in Part A and your choice of passage in Part B, translate the underlined portions,including titles, into English. Above your translation ofPart A, write “Compulsory Translation” and above your translation from Part B, write “Topic 1” or “Topic 2” (40 points, 80 minutes)Part A Compulsory Translation (必译题)(20 points)中华民族历来尊重人的尊严和价值。

翻译资格考试中级笔译试题及答案

翻译资格考试中级笔译试题及答案【第一题】In general, investment in the United States will be in the form of a subsidiary. It is possible for a non-U.S corporation to operate a branch office in the United States, but there are significant disadvantages to a branch, particularly with respect to its tax treatment.Branches of non-U.S corporations are not subject to federal regulation or registration requirements. However, each state will require a “foreign” corporation to “qualify” before “doing business” in that state. A corporation will be considered “foreign”if it is organized under the laws of another country or another state, and so this in not a requirement imposed only on non-U.S investors.“Doing business” is a technical term that implies asubstantial presence in the state. This would include the ownership of leasing of real property, the maintenance of a stock of goods for local sale, employee and the like. Selling products to local customers, either directly or through an independent sales representative or distributor, would not in itself constitute “doing business”.The State actually exercise little control over thequalification process other than to ensure that the qualifying entity’s name is not confusingly similar to an already registered entity and that all registration fees and taxes are paid (qualification is basically a form of taxation). In most states, qualification for a non-U.S corporation consists of a relatively easy application, a registration fee, and a notarized of legalized copy of the corp oration’s articles of incorporation (in English or a certified translation).【参考译文】一般而言，外国公司都是以设立分公司的形式在美国进行投资。

2021年英语翻译资格考试中级笔译试题及答案

2021年英语翻译资格考试中级笔译试题及答案(1)The first outline of The Ascent of Man was written in July 1969and the last foot of film was shot in December 1972. An undertaking aslarge as this, though wonderfully exhilarating, is not entered lightly. It demands an unflagging intellectual and physical vigour, a total immersion, which I had to be sure that I could sustain with pleasure; for instance, Ihad to put off researches that I had already begun; and I ought to explai-n what moved me to do so.There has been a deep change in the temper of sciencein the last20 years: the focus of attention has shifted from the physical to the life sciences. As a result, science is drawn more and more to the study of in-dividuality. But the interested spectator is hardly aware yet how far-reaching the effect is in changing the image of man that science moulds. Asa mathematician trained in physics, I too would have been unaware, had not a series of lucky chances taken me into the life sciences in middle age. I owe a debt for the good fortune that carried me intotwo seminal fields of science in one lifetime; and though I do not know to whom the debt is due, I conceived The Ascent of Man in gratitude to repay it.The invitation to me from the British Broadcasting Corporation was to present the development of science in a series of television programmes to match those of Lord Clark on Civilisation. Television is an admirable medium- for exposition in several ways: powerful and immediate to the eye, able to take the spectator bodily into the places and processes that are described, and conversational enough to make him conscious that what he witnesses are not events but the actions of people. The last of these merits is to my mind the most cogent, and it weighed most with me in agreeing to cast a personal biography of ideas in the form of television essays. The point is that knowledge in general and science in particular does not consist of abstract but of man-made ideas, all the way from its beginnings to its modern and idiosyncratic models. Therefore the underlying concepts that unlock nature must be shown to arise early and in the simplest cultures of man from his basic and specific faculties. And the development of science which joins them in more and more complexconjunctions must be seen to be equally human: discoveries are made by men, not merely by minds, so that they are alive and charged with individuality. If television is not used to make these thoughts concrete, it is wasted.参考答案：《人类的进程》一书的提纲初稿是1969年7月完成的，影片的最后一部分是在1972年12月拍摄的。

中级翻译试题及答案

中级翻译试题及答案一、词汇翻译（共20分，每题2分）1. 请将下列英文单词翻译成中文：- Economy- Environment- Technology- Culture- Education2. 请将下列中文词汇翻译成英文：- 经济- 环境- 科技- 文化- 教育二、句子翻译（共30分，每题6分）1. 请将下列英文句子翻译成中文：- "The rapid development of technology has brought about significant changes in our lives."- "In order to protect the environment, we must take effective measures."2. 请将下列中文句子翻译成英文：- "科技的快速发展给我们的日常生活带来了巨大的变化。

"- "为了保护环境，我们必须采取有效的措施。

"三、段落翻译（共30分，每题15分）1. 请将下列英文段落翻译成中文："In recent years, the concept of sustainable development has gained widespread recognition. It emphasizes the need for a balanced approach that considers economic growth, social progress, and environmental protection. This approach aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising theability of future generations to meet their own needs."2. 请将下列中文段落翻译成英文：“近年来，可持续发展的理念得到了广泛的认可。

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同时，在和平崛起进程中，中国又要以自己为主，来关注和解决自己的问题。

这就是说，中国的现代化一定要有中国特色。

比如，在农业问题上，中国将努力走出一条新的节约型道路，即有中国特色的节约方式。

现在美国人均年消费石油25桶，而中国人均消费不到1桶半。

如果中国人不顾自己的条件，异想天开想做起“美国梦”，那我们对能源急切需求就会给自己，同事也会给人类带来沉重的负担和无尽的麻烦。

又比如，在农村富余劳动力的`转移上，我们将逐步走出一条中国特色的城市化道路。

目前，中国农村劳动力有5亿多人，今后20年大约有两亿多人要转移出来，在这个问题上，中国人不能做“欧洲梦”。

欧洲在近代历史上，总共有6000多万人走到世界各地，到处建立殖民地，改变了世界版图。

21世纪上半叶的中国人，只能在自己的国土上，通过城市和农村的精心协调发展，通过引导农村富余劳动力在不丧失土地的条件下，在城乡之间有序流动，来解决这个世界级的大难题。

【试题参考答案】International Experience and Chinese CharacteristicsAs a new comer striving for modernization, China is badly in need of drawing experience from international practice. At the same time, China must rely on itself to address and resolve problems arising in the process of her peaceful rise. In other words, China’s modernization must beat its own unique characteristics.For instance, with regard to energy issues, China is working hard to blaze a trail in energy conservation so as to shape up a China-style energy-saving approach. Currently, the American percapita annual consumption of oil is 25 barrels, while that for China is no more than a barrel and a half. Should the Chinese ignore their national conditions and indulge themselves in the wildest“American Dream”, the nation’s desperate energy demands will undoubtedly bring heavy burden and endless trouble both to the Chinese people and the humankind as a whole.Similarly, over the matter of migration of superfluous rural labor force to the city, China is sure to gradually find out the way towards urbanization stamped with Chinese characteristics. At present, China has a labor force of more than 500 million in the countryside, about 200 million of whom are expected to be migrated t o the urban areas in the dream the“European dream”. In modern history, Europe has seen altogether over 60 million people depart for every corner of the world to establish colonies overseas, thereby changing the map of the world. For the Chinese people in the first half of the 21st century, however, they can only tackle this formidable universal problem within its own land, first by carefully coordinating urban and rural development and secondly, by providing guided and orderly flow of redundant rural labor force between the countryside and the city without loss of their lands.。

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