外事往來(lái)參考譯文：第三篇 Passage 3

第三篇 Passage 3

(At the airport, the president and the interpreter of the CPAFFC Xi’an Sub-association are waiting to meet an US-China friendship delegation from Kansas City.)

Interpreter： Excuse me；I guess you are the U.S.-China Friendship Delegation from Kansas City.

客： 是的，我們是從堪薩斯市來(lái)的。

I： How do you do? You are welcome to Xi’an. I’m the interpreter from the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Xi’an Sub-association. My name is Li Ming. This is the president of Xi’an Sub- association, Mr. Wang Hai.

President： How do you do? Welcome our friends from Kansas City.

客： 你好。 我叫艾倫•西爾佛曼，是代表團(tuán)的團(tuán)長(zhǎng)。感謝你們?nèi)绱耸⑶?，?lái)機(jī)場(chǎng)迎接我們。

P： How happy we are to have friends coming from afar. Why shouldn’t I come and meet you at the airport? How was your flight?

客： 旅途很好。飛機(jī)很舒適，飛行很愉快。這里天氣很溫和，和北京一樣。我們?cè)诒本┐袅艘粋€(gè)星期。

P： Yes , autumn is the best season here. It is always sunny and pleasant, the right season for travel. Besides, you are lucky to be here during our National Day and the Mid-autumn Festival.

There is a festival atmosphere everywhere in China. Wish you a pleasant stay in Xi’an.

I： Excuse me；do you have to go through any formalities?

客： 我想沒(méi)有什么手續(xù)要辦。我們都拿到了自己的行李。一切都很順利。

P： Now we can go back to the hotel. The bus is waiting for us outside.

客： 謝謝。

(On the way to the hotel)

P： It is your first time to Xi’an, Mr. Silverman?

客： 是的，也是第一次來(lái)中國(guó)。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)很多關(guān)于你們國(guó)家，北京、長(zhǎng)城、西安的事。我們都渴望訪問(wèn)你們的國(guó)家，接觸你們的人民。在北京，我們參觀了故宮、頤和園、天壇、明代的帝王陵，還有長(zhǎng)城。北京真漂亮，長(zhǎng)城太壯觀了！世界上的八大奇觀有兩處都在中國(guó)。在北京我們參觀了一大奇觀。我們渴望在西安參觀世界第八奇觀。

P： Sure, you will. You will see the 8th wonder of the world in Xi’an. Just as one of our foreign friends said: You are not considered to have been to Egypt unless you have seen the Pyramid, and neither you are to China unless you have seen the Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses in Xi’an.

客： 是的，這就是我們?yōu)槭裁磥?lái)西安。

P： It’s about 40 minutes drive from the airport to the hotel. I’d like to take this opportunity to give you a brief introduction to our city, Xi’an.

客： 那太好了！

P： Xi’an is situated in the center of Guanzhong Plain with the Weihe River in the north and Qinling Mountains in the south. With a history of more than 3100 years, Xi’an is the most important of the six ancient capitals in China. Xi’an was called Chang’an, meaning eternal peace in ancient times. Starting from the 11th century B.C., 13 dynasties including the Zhou, Qin, West Han, Sui and Tang established their capitals in or near Xi’an，making it the earliest ancient capital which lasted the longest in Chinese history.

Since West Han Dynasty, Xi’an has had friendly relations with many countries in the world.

The famous Silk Road started from Xi’an, and made Chang’an the Oriental cultural center. Particularly, during the Tang Dynasty Chang’an became one of the largest and most prosperous metropolises in the world. Chang’an, the capital of Tang Dynasty, had a population of more than one million. Through the Silk Road, Chang’an had frequent trade and cultural exchange with many countries in South Asia, Central Asia, Europe, and even Africa.

Five thousand years of civilization has left Xi’an numerous historical sites and a wealth of cultural relics. There is the Banpo Museum------the ruins of a primitive village and the Neolithic culture some 6000 years ago; the famous ancient architecture------the Big and the Small Wild Goose Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower and the City Wall of the Ming Dynasty; the ancient cultural treasure house------Xi’an Forest of Steles; Shaanxi History Museum------ one of the nation’s four most important museums; the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor-------the ancestor of the Chinese nation, and Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses known as the 8th wonder of the world. In addition, the hot spring at the foot of Lishan Mountains, the mausoleums of the emperors of the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties near Xi’an, and the numerous religious monasteries and natural beauty spots in and near Xi’an have all drawn visitors from all over the country as well as the world, making Xi’an an international tourist attraction.

Today, Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi province. It covers an area of more than 9,900 square kilometers and has a population of 6.75 million people. Being located geographically in the center of China, Xi’an is now an important center of science, technology, education, finance, and manufacturing industry and the largest commercial and material distribution center in mid-west China. It is also a tourist destination of world fame.

Xi’an is the airline, railway and highway communication hub in west China. The city has more than 100 international and domestic airlines, and a railway network connecting the east and the west, the north and the south. With a network of eight highways to be completed soon, Xi’an will be a city with the speediest and most convenient land transportation in China.

In the past decades, the city has established a comprehensive industrial system with large and medium-sized enterprises as the backbone and the manufacturing industry as its mainstay. The city is now China’s important base of aviation and astronautics, power equipment, electronics, instruments and meters, machinery manufacture, textile and national-defense industry. In recent years, Xi’an has attracted large numbers of investors from home and abroad. Up till now, the city has registered more than 2000 foreign-funded enterprises from 54 countries and regions in the world; many of them belong to the world’s 500 strongest multinational corporations. Their total investment amounts to US$ 6.79 billion.

Xi’an is also one of the most important bases for scientific research and higher education in China. The city boasts 39 institutions of higher learning, a dozen non-government-run universities and colleges, more than 4000 technological research and development institutes with more than 380, 000 professional and technical personnel working in different fields, who have accomplished great scientific achievements in many areas, some of which are of international and national advanced level. The State-level Xi’an High-tech Industrial Development Zone, the home of more than 2500 technology enterprises, is becoming a powerful engine for the city’s high-tech development and economic growth.

At present China is implementing its great strategy of developing the west. As the largest modern city in northwest China, Xi’an will play a pioneer role in the great development of the west. Meanwhile, the campaign of developing the west will provide great opportunities for more foreign businessmen to invest and seek to develop in Xi’an.

Ladies and gentlemen, here are we at the hotel. Wish you a wonderful time in Xi’an!

客： 感謝你的精彩介紹，再見(jiàn)。