口译教程参考答案(雷天放主编)

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religious sites, I’m sure you will see people practicing their religious faith.

A. 今后中国在政治改革方面还会有什么步骤？比如说现在的直接选举，是否会从基层推进到乡镇？

B. At the moment, we have introduced the practice of self-administration and direct elections in 680,000 villages. This is a great innovation, and it is also very good practice for Chinese farmers. We have also introduced suffrage for the election of people’s deputies at the level of townships, counties and urban cities without districts. Indirect elections are held for the leadership of provinces, and of municipalities with districts, as well as for the central authorities. Why? This is because China is such a huge country with such a large population. It is still underdeveloped, and economic development is uneven between regions, so conditions are not ripe for direct elections at the higher levels. The first hindrance in my view is the inadequate education level of the population.

8.4 《华盛顿邮报》总编谈中国

有人说，《华盛顿邮报》经常把中国描绘成一个“共产主义的专制国家”，那里的人“没有民主，没有自由”。他们问，为什么《华盛顿邮报》对这些负面的字眼如此感兴趣呢？对此，我不能赞同。首先，包括《华盛顿邮报》和《纽约时报》在内，几乎所有美国

大报都不再将中国称为“专制国家”。 《华盛顿邮报》已经有很长时间不再使用类似这样的字眼了。今天，我们依然称中国为“共产党国家”，，那是因为这是一个事实，中国的确是由共产党所统治的。 今天，《华盛顿邮报》正在努力尝试去理解中国的复杂性。去年，本报就发表了好几篇有关中国市民社会的长篇报道。这些报道的主题多种多样，涉及到网络、工人、政府与个体的冲突等等。这些报道全面反映了中国的复杂性。

中国是个大国，每天都在发生很多不同的事情，这些事情很多是自相矛盾的。比如，中国的经济成就在短时间内让成千上万的老百姓脱贫，这是其他国家望尘莫及的。但同时中国也面临很多矛盾。全世界都在拭目以待，看中国领导人如何解决这些矛盾。 我们都应该向中国学习。中国对我们未来生活的影响将会越来越大。在过去50年中，在美国发生的一切影响了全世界众多地方。今天，中国的作用跟美国有异曲同工之妙。作为正在崛起的经济大国，中国将对世界-包括美国-发挥越来越大的影响力，尤其是在经济领域。中国人民将很快接受这样一个现实，那就是中国发生的事将对世界产生巨大的影响。

我到过中国三次。第一次是在1999年.第二次是在2001年3月，期间我有幸采访了中国国家主席江泽民。第三次是2003年11月，期间我又采访了中国国务院总理温家宝。中国有令人难以置信的活力，中国文化也是如此丰富多彩。每次到中国，我都看到和学到了一些新东西。中国的景色无与伦比，发展潜力巨大。我认为，

中国如何应对今后的挑战将决定这个星球的未来。

我认为我没有资格来评价中国的领导人。每次当我采访中国的领导人的时候，我都感到他们准备充分，应答自如，知识渊博，富有远见，对中国在世界舞台上扮演的角色充满了自信。中国如此庞大，有这么多的问题需要对付，人们贫富差距如此之大，世界上恐怕再也找不到比管理中国更复杂的工作了。这比当美国总统难得多，尽管两者有诸多不同之处。

Lesson 9

9.3 Multivariate family planning policy in China

It has been over two decades since China adopted the Family Planning Policy. However, there still exist misunderstandings about this policy. People mistakenly think that China’s Family Planning Policy equals the One Child Policy, which allows one couple to have only one child. Their impression is that this policy is implemented more strictly in urban areas: in cities where people are better-off, one couple can have only one child, while in the poor rural areas, one couple can have two or three children. Furthermore, they think that the One Child Policy is the cause of gender imbalance. I will now clarify these misunderstandings.

As a matter of fact, the policy adopted in the early 1980s is a multivariate policy called the Family Planning Policy, or the fertility policy. Its multivariate nature can be proved by two facts.

First, the total fertility rate in China now stands at 1.8, which means

there is more than one child per family in most areas. For example, there is generally only one child in a family in urban areas, but two in rural areas, and three in ethnic minority areas. In some areas, like Tibet, there are no restrictions at all on the number of children a family can have. We can tell from this fact that China’s Family Planning Policy varies in accordance with the economic and social development level of different areas.

Secondly, China is seeing an unbalanced sex ratio at birth at the moment. The sex ratio at birth refers to the number of boys born per 100 girls born. This is not the same concept as the sex ratio of the total population.

The unbalance is not entirely the result of the Family Planning Policy. I would like to cite two interesting examples. My first example is the ROK. In 1988, the sex ratio at birth in the ROK was 114, and the ratio now in China is 117. I believe there is no family planning policy in the ROK. My second example is Singapore, whose sex ratio at birth in1984 was 109. Why is it a common problem in Asia? There are two reasons. The first reason is the influence of traditional culture and ideology, that is, a preference for sons, which poses a great problem for the sex ratio at birth. Second, China’s unbalanced birth ratio is attributable to the poor social security in rural areas.

The Chinese government has launched a nationwide Girl Care Project to

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