大外四级段落翻译练习

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中国经济的高速发展，带来了消费文化的日益流行，同时也催生了一批具有高学历，充分享受资本主义消费模式的年轻人，他们习惯于当月工资当月花。因而被称为“月光族”(the moonlight group)。“月光族”一词出现于20世纪90年代后期，是用来讽刺那些出身富裕、接受高等教育、充分享受快餐文化（fast food culture）的年轻人。

China’s economy is developing very quickly, and has brought with it a culture of consumption more prevalent with each passing day. At the same time, it has brought into being an educated group of young people who enjoy capitalist consumption way. They’re used to spending money as soon as they get it every month, and so are called ―the moon-light group‖. This word came into being during the 1990s, to make fun of those born into wealth, who have received a high education, and who appreciate fast food culture.

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现代人类约公元前50000年第一次从中亚或印度来到中国。这些石器时代（Stone Age）的人，居住在洞穴中，穿着毛皮。公元前4000年左右，这些人开始种植水稻，并饲养羊和鸡。约公元前3000年，他们开始使用陶器（pottery）并住在房子里。到公元前2000年，中国人已进入青铜时代（Bronze Age），并且开始用于写字。约公元前700年，中国的金属工人学会制作铁器工具和武器。

Modern humans first came to China from Central Asia or India about 50,000BC. These were Stone Age people, who lived in caves and wore fur and leather. By around 4,000BC, these people were starting to farm rice and keep sheep and chickens. By about 3,000BC, they were using pottery and living in houses. By 2,000BC, Chinese people had entered the Bronze Age and had begun to use writing. By about 700 BC, Chinese metal-workers learned to make iron tools and weapons.

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联合国下属机构世界旅游组织（World Tourism Organization）公布的数据显示，中国游客对全球旅游业的贡献最大。中国去年花在出境游

上的支出膨胀至1020亿美元，同2011年相比增长了40%。联合国世界旅游组织在其网站上发布的一份声明中说，这一增幅令中国迅速超越德国和美国。后两者在之前是出境游支出最高的两个国家。2012年德美两国出境游支出均同比增长6%，约840亿美元。

The figures from the United Nation World Tourism Organization show that Chinese travelers are making the most contributions to the global tourism industry. Chinese travelers spent a record of 102 billion on outbound tourism last year, a 40% rise from 2011. That surge sent China screaming past Germany and the U.S. –the former No.1 and No. 2 spenders, respectively—which both saw tourist outlays increase 6% year-on-year to around $84 billion in 2012, the UNWTO said in a statement on its website.

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许多刚毕业的大学生找不到工作， 在校学生则担心他们的未来。多个调查显示，三分之二的中国毕业生想在政府或者国有企业工作，而不是为中国令人瞩目的经济增长提供动力的民营企业。政府和国有企业被认为能免受经济萧条的影响。如今几乎没有大学生愿意放弃政府的铁饭碗而下海、加入初创企业或自己创业。

Many recent college graduates can’t find a job and students are fearful about their future. Two-thirds of Chinese graduates say they want to work either in the government or state-owned firms, which are seen as recession-proof, rather than at the private companies that have powered China’s remarkable economic climb, surveys indicate. Few college students today, according to the surveys, are ready to leave the safe shores of government work and jump into the sea to join startups or go into business.

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四合院是从明代的北京延续下来的古典建筑风格的住宅。四合院之间

的狭窄的街道被称为“胡同”。一个四合院有园林包围着四个房子，有高高的围墙保护。四合院与胡同都是人们常见到的，有超过700多年的历史，但是由于现在的城市改造和中国经济的发展，四合院慢慢地从北京消失。

Si He Yuan is a classical architecture style of residential housing of Beijing citizens dated from the Ming Dynasty. The narrow streets between the Si He Yuan are called ―Hutong‖s. A single implementation of Si He Yuan comprises of garden surrounded by four houses and protected by high walls. Si He Yuan with Hutong which have been very familiar to people, having a history of more than 700 years now suffer from the urban renovation and economic development of China, and they are slowly disappearing from Beijing.

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