Part B
Directions：In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in Chinese. After you have heard each passage, interpret it into English. Start interpreting at the signal... and stop it at the signal… you may take notes while you're listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now, let us begin Part B with the first passage.
Passage 1：
欢迎各位千里迢迢前来参加“首届松江新城投资洽谈会”。松江位于上海西南，是上海的发祥地，有1500多年的历史。//
近年来，随着改革并放的不断深入，松江已由一个郊县发展成一个市区，并成为上海软件产业最重要的区域之一。//
如今，越来越多的海外团体与个人投资者对在松江投资表示了极大的兴趣。出现这一投资热有多种缘由。//
除了中国是世界上经济增长最快的国家之一这个原因之外，中国政府和上海市政府很重视对外开放，提供了许多投资优惠政策。//
(参考答案)
Welcome all of you coming all the way to attend “The First Consultation on Investment in Songjiang New Town，Shanghai”. Located in the Southwest of the city, Songjiang, known as the cradle of Shanghai，has a history of more than 1500 years.//
In recent years，with the deepening of reform and opening up of the Country, Songjiang has developed from a county into an urban district and become one of the most important areas of software exploration.//
Today an increasing number of overseas institutional and individual investors have shown a great interest in the investment in Songjiang of Shanghai. There are various reasons for such a rising investment fever.//
Apart from the fact that China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world，The Chinese central and Shanghai governments have focused their attention on opening up to the outside world and provided many favorable investment policies.//
Passage 2
中国是一个发展中国家，但政府一直把儿童教育置于整个教育事业发展的优先地位，取得了瞩目的成就。 //
近年来，中国的儿童教育事业有了很大发展，许多指标优先于其他发展中国家_有的已接近发达国家水平。//‘
近年来，我们以政府拨款为主，并通过多种渠道筹措教育经费，使学生人均教育费用逐年增长。 //
中国政府清醒地看到，由于中国人口众多，经济基础较薄弱，儿童工作还存在许多困难;有待于进一步改善。//
(参考答案)
Although China is a developing country, the Chinese Government has always given priority to children’s education in the promotion of education in general and has made remarkable achievements.//
Children。S education in China has seen great progress in the past few years，many indexes higher than those of other developing countries and some close to those of developed countries.//
In recent years，China has established all educational fund—raising system with the governmental allocations as the predominant source and finds collected through other channels as a supplement，thus ensuring a year-by-year growth of average educational appropriations for every student.//
The Chinese Government is clearly aware of the fact that since China has a large population and since its economic foundation is still comparatively weak，many difficulties remain in the work for children，and there is much room for improvement.
