名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第109期:21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)(3)

[00:00.38]I come here today to talk to you, the next generation of China's leaders, 你們是中國(guó)下一代的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。我今天要跟你們講的是， [00:05.58]about the critical importance to your future of building a strong partnership between China and the United States. 建立中美兩國(guó)牢固的伙伴關(guān)系，對(duì)于你們的未來(lái)至關(guān)重要。 [00:14.29]The American people deeply admire China for its thousands of years of contributions to culture and religion, 在幾千年的歷史長(zhǎng)河中，中國(guó)為人類文化、宗教、 [00:22.01]to philosophy and the arts, to science and technology. 哲學(xué)、藝術(shù)和科技作出了貢獻(xiàn)，美國(guó)人民深深欽佩你們。 [00:26.24]We remember well our strong partnership in World War II. 我們銘記著第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間中美兩國(guó)牢固伙伴關(guān)系。 [00:30.37]Now we see China at a moment in history when your glorious past is matched 現(xiàn)在我們看到，中國(guó)處于一個(gè)通過(guò)迅猛全面的改革趕超輝煌的往昔， [00:38.00]by your present sweeping transformation and the even greater promise of your future. 并展現(xiàn)更加美好前景的歷史性時(shí)刻。 [00:44.41]Just three decades ago, China was virtually shut off from the world. 僅僅在30年前，中國(guó)還與世界隔絕。 [00:50.13]Now, China is a member of more than 1,000 international organizations— 現(xiàn)在，中國(guó)加入了1000多個(gè)國(guó)際組織， [00:56.57]enterprises that affect everything from air travel to agricultural development. 這些組織影響遍及我們生活中的每一個(gè)角落，從航空到農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)展無(wú)所不包。 [01:02.06]You have opened your nation to trade and investment on a large scale. Today, 如今，有40,000多年輕的中國(guó)學(xué)生在美國(guó)留學(xué)， [01:07.35]40,000 young Chinese study in the United States, with hundreds of thousands more learning in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America. 還有數(shù)十萬(wàn)中國(guó)學(xué)生在亞洲、非洲、歐洲和拉美國(guó)家留學(xué)。 [01:19.25]Your social and economic transformation has been even more remarkable, 貴國(guó)在社會(huì)和經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域的變革更為顯著， [01:25.11]moving from a closed command economic system to a driving, increasingly market-based and driven economy, 從一個(gè)封閉的指令性經(jīng)濟(jì)體制向一個(gè)日顯生機(jī)、日趨注重市場(chǎng)性的經(jīng)濟(jì)轉(zhuǎn)變， [01:33.39]generating two decades of unprecedented growth, giving people greater freedom to travel within and outside China, 產(chǎn)生了連續(xù)20年史無(wú)前例的增長(zhǎng)，賦予人民到國(guó)內(nèi)外旅游、 [01:42.11]to vote in village elections, to own a home, choose a job, attend a better school. 進(jìn)行村委會(huì)選舉、擁有住房、選擇職業(yè)以及上更好學(xué)校的更大自由。

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