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1，自从1939年以来，人们做了大量的科学研究确定了烟草对人体健康危害极大。急需立法来禁止各种烟草产品的广告宣传。因为这种广告总是劝人们吸更多的烟，因而在很大程度应对那些健康状况恶化或由肺癌致死的人们负责。

Numerous scientific studies conducted since 1939 have indicated that smoking is very harmful to health. Legislation is badly needed to ban all advertising of tobacco products as it persuades people to smoke more and so is in a large part responsible for people with deteriorating health or those who died of lung cancer.

2，虽然有些经济学家进行了悲观的预测，但事实上中国加入世界贸易组织不会给国营企业带来剧烈的冲击。国际金融新闻报的一篇评论认为，中国加入世贸组织的消极影响会是有限的，而其为国营企业带来的实质性好处是显而易见的，比如说它能够更多地引进外国技术。

China’s entry into World Trade Organization (WTO. will not have a radical impact on the State enterprises despite the distressing predictions of some economists. The International Financial News said in a commentary the negative effects of entering WTO would be limited while there would be substantial benefits for the state enterprises, such as the introduction of more foreign technology.

3，过去50年其实并不是发明创新的黄金时期。从1900年到1950年，改变人类生活的发明有汽车、飞机、电话、收音机、电视机——当然还有核武器和计算机。而近50年来，只有为数不多的发明。难道发明的源泉已经枯竭了吗答案并非如此。事实上，发明的新时代刚刚开始。

Actually the last fifty years was not the golden age of invention and innovation. From 1900 to 1950, human life was transformed by such invention as cars, aeroplanes, telephones, radios and television sets, not to mention nuclear weapons and the computer of course. In the recent 50 years since only a few inventions have been made, was the wellspring of invention drying up Not likely. Indeed, a new age of invention is just beginning.

4. 在现代世界中信息灵通是非常重要的。许多领域的成功取决于获取最新信息。同时，决

策的失误往往是因为缺少必要的信息。因此，我们称这个时代为信息时代。随着社会的发展，人们可以预见，在未来社会中信息的作用更为重要，没有信息，我们就如同盲人，寸步难行。

It is of great importance to be well-informed in the modern world. Success in many fields depends on getting the latest information. At the same time, failure in policy-making often results from the lack of necessary information. Therefore, we call the current era “the information will play an increasingly important part in future society. Without information we would act like the blind and could make no further step forward..

5. 受过良好教育的大学生对任何国家来说都是一笔财富。遗憾的是，人才外流已给许多发

展中国家的工业和经济造成了困难。因为那里急需工程师、科学家、经理和其他专门人才。在那里更需要这些人才发展工业和经济。

The well-educated university students are a treasure to any country. It is a pity that the brain drain of the talented has caused some difficulties in the development of industries in many developing countries. In these countries, engineers, scientists, managers and other professionals are badly needed. They are needed to develop the industry and economy there.

6. 中国进一步发展经济、扩大开放，对各国企业意味着更多的商机。改革开放以来，中国

企业与国外、海外企业积极开展经济技术合作，取得了巨大成就。这些企业帮助了中国企业的成长，同时也在合作中获得了利益，取得了互利和双赢的结果。中国政府愿继续提供便利和条件，推动中国企业与国外、海外企业进一步开展合作。

China will develop its economy further and open itself still wider to the outside world, which offers more business opportunities to overseas enterprises. Since China’s reform and opening up, Chinese enterprises have vigorously undertaken Ecotech with overseas enterprises and scored tremendous achievements. While helping Chinese enterprises develop, overseas enterprises have also benefited from it, hence mutual benefit and all-win.

The Chinese Government stands ready to continue to offer facilities and necessary conditions for closer cooperation between Chinese enterprises and their overseas counterparts.

7. 专家预测，在不久的将来，水将成为我国许多地区社会经济发展的制约因素。水体污染

的加剧，用水量的递增，都将无情地导致水荒的临近。为此，向污染开战，保护水源，乃是全人类的共同责任。

As specialists (experts.) predict, in the near future, water will become a restriction conditioned. factor for social economic development in many parts of China. Water degradation . Intensified water pollution. and increasing demand for water supply will, without mercy, result in the approaching of water shortage disaster. Thus, fighting against pollution and protecting water sources have become the common responsibilities of mankind as a whole.

8 文化是不同国家的人们互相理解的最佳媒体。通过举办文化节，许多中国城市在世界

上的知名度提高了。已经证明，对促进中国人民和世界其他地方人民之间的交流来说，这是最好的途径之一。这种交流不仅仅限于文化方面，还扩大到了经济和其他领域。

Culture is the best medium for people of different countries to understand each other.

Through culture festivals, many cities in China have raised their prestige in the world. As has been proven that, this is one of the best ways to promote the communication between Chinese people and the people from different parts of the world. This kind of communication is not only confined to culture, but extends to economy and other fields.