名校勵志英語演講 第110期:21世紀的挑戰(zhàn)(4)

[00:00.35]As a result you have lifted literally hundreds of millions of people from poverty. 因此，貴國幫助成千上百萬的人們擺脫了貧困。 [00:05.55]Per capital income has more than doubled in the last decade. 在過去的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)中國人民過上了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, 當然，這些變化也打亂了固有的生活和工作格局，給貴國的環(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，每個城市居民到國有企業(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)市場上去競爭。以前，每個中國工人只要滿足北京中央計劃人員的要求， [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. 對于缺乏適當訓練、技能和支持的人們來說，這個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)，一些誠實勤快的人會失業(yè)。 [01:10.49]And, as all of you can see, there have been enormous environmental and economic 正如你們所見，過去20年的開發(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)濟和醫(yī)療保健方面付出了巨大代價。

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