名校勵(lì)志英語(yǔ)演講 第110期:21世紀(jì)的挑戰(zhàn)(4)

[00:00.35]As a result you have lifted literally hundreds of millions of people from poverty. 因此，貴國(guó)幫助成千上百萬(wàn)的人們擺脫了貧困。 [00:05.55]Per capital income has more than doubled in the last decade. 在過(guò)去的10年中人均收入翻了一番以上。 [00:10.29]Most Chinese people are leading lives they could not have imagined just 20 years ago. 大多數(shù)中國(guó)人民過(guò)上了20年前還難以想象的美好生活。 [00:18.24]Of course, these changes have also brought disruptions in settled patterns of life and work, 當(dāng)然，這些變化也打亂了固有的生活和工作格局，給貴國(guó)的環(huán)境造成了巨大壓力。 [00:25.55]and have imposed enormous strains on your environment. Once every urban Chinese was guaranteed employment in a state enterprise. 以前，每個(gè)城市居民到國(guó)有企業(yè)就業(yè)都有保障。 [00:37.03]Now you must compete in a job market. Once a Chinese worker had only to meet the demands of a central planner in Beijing. 現(xiàn)在，你們必須到就業(yè)市場(chǎng)上去競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。以前，每個(gè)中國(guó)工人只要滿足北京中央計(jì)劃人員的要求， [00:47.40]Now the global economy means all must match the quality and creativity of the rest of the world. 現(xiàn)在，全球性經(jīng)濟(jì)一體化意味著必須跟上世界其他地區(qū)的質(zhì)量和創(chuàng)造力。 [00:55.04]For those who lack the right training and skills and support, this new world can be daunting. 對(duì)于缺乏適當(dāng)訓(xùn)練、技能和支持的人們來(lái)說(shuō)，這個(gè)新世界的確令人生畏。 [01:03.23]In the short-term, good, hardworking people—some, at least will find themselves unemployed. 在短期內(nèi)，一些誠(chéng)實(shí)勤快的人會(huì)失業(yè)。 [01:10.49]And, as all of you can see, there have been enormous environmental and economic 正如你們所見(jiàn)，過(guò)去20年的開(kāi)發(fā)模式和能源使用模式， [01:17.34]and health care costs to the development pattern and the energy use pattern of the last 20 years— 造成了空氣污染、濫伐森林、酸雨和缺水， [01:25.33]from air pollution to deforestation to acid rain and water shortage. 使環(huán)境、經(jīng)濟(jì)和醫(yī)療保健方面付出了巨大代價(jià)。

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