Part B
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let us begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1
改革开放的20多年来，中国的经济发展迅速，社会生产力大大提高，人民生活不断改善，贫困人口大幅减少。// 在中国实行市场经济和现代化建设过程中，得到了世界各国的支持和帮助，中国人民表示衷心的感谢。//
在发展市场经济，提高企业管理水平，建立高新技术产业等方面，中国人民还要虚心向世界各国人民学习，还要更加努力。// 中国政府力争在本世纪中叶把全国人民的生活提高到小康水平。所以，今后的中心任务就是发展经济，提高人民生活水平。//
(参考答案)
In the past two decades and more of reforming and opening to the outside world, China has witnessed a fast booming in economy, a great increase in social productivity, a constant improvement in people’s life and a big reduction in poverty population.\\
The Chinese people feel grateful to all the other countries in the world for their help and support to China in its implementation of market economy and construction of modernization.\\
The Chinese people will further modestly learn from the other nations of the world in developing market economy, improving enterprise management and building up high-tech industries.\\
The Chinese government will try its best to raise the people’s living standard to a well-off level by the mid of the century. Therefore, the future essential task is to promote economy and raise the people’s living standard.
Passage 2:
今天到会的许多人士来自于民营或中小企业。我们高兴地看到，民营和中小企业“走出去”的步伐也在不断加快。// 如何更好地支持民营和中小企业到海外发展，参与国际竞争，是外交为改革开放和现代化建设服务的一项重要内容。//
我们在配合和推动国有大型企业“走出去”方面，已经有了一些成功的经验，在开拓海外国际市场方面取得了可喜的成绩。// 今天的机会非常好，希望大家充分利用，并建立起良好的互动平台，相互学习，相互交流，相互促进。
(参考答案)
Many of the participants present here today come from private businesses as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We are pleased to see that private businesses and SMEs’ efforts in going global have also been accelerated.//
It is an important part of diplomacy serving the interest of reform and opening up as well as the modernization drive to support private businesses and SMEs to develop overseas and participate in international competition.//
We have accumulated successful experience in supporting and pushing forward large state-owned enterprises to go global and have made delighting achievements in tapping / exploring the international market.//
I hope you can take this golden opportunity (of the forum) to create an interactive platform so as to learn, communicate and benefit from each other / learn for mutual exchange and mutual promotion.
