Unit six Opening and Closing Ceremonies口譯材料

Unit six Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Lesson 1

女士們，先生們，上午好！

我很榮幸地代表戴比爾斯公司歡迎你們來到美麗的大連參加“中國鑽石節”。//藉此機會我想介紹一下出席大會的代表們（介紹代表們的名字、職位和簡要背景）。//在隨後一天半的時間裏，我們將有機會互相瞭解，並就影響鑽石業的相關問題進行討論。//今天大會的宗旨是廣泛交流信息。//我們戴比爾斯公司將向你們介紹有關世界鑽石珠寶市場的最新調查結果。//更為重要的是介紹最近發佈的有關中國鑽石珠寶業善的最新調查結果。//自從1992年我們進入中國市場以來，我們對中國的責任已大大加強。//過去的幾年，中國的形勢令人鼓舞，經濟發展顯著，管理良好。//我們滿懷希望期待着未來，期待你們——作為企業的負責人——在進一步發展鑽石珠寶市場中成為我們的合作者。//希望你們提出問題，開展對話。//我們相信在明後天我們共同相處的一天半時間中，戴比爾斯公司、你們及鑽石珠寶精兵成員們都會從中受益。

我就不再羅嗦了，下面請瓊。布朗夫人發言。

Unit seven Welcome

Lesson One

聯合國人居中心執行行政主任在世界居住日的講話

名位來賓、女士們、先生們：

歡迎各位來到中國大連， 很高興與諸位一起慶祝世界居住日。大連是慶祝這個節日的最佳地方，這座城市和這個國家都體現了迎接不斷變化、不斷城市化的世界所需的進取精神和奉獻精神。

今天我非常高興能來到這裏，因為這個時刻標誌着我們已跨越新千年的門檻。1999年，全球已經或將要城市化，有史以來居住在城市裏的人口將首次超過一半以上。這次城市革命為我們這個時代提供了最大的機遇，同時它也向世界提出了嚴峻的挑戰。

今年世界居住日的主題——全人類的城市，它把我們的注意力集中在了所有的、被排除在享受城市生活樂趣之外的城市居民身上，這個現實可能是我們集體管理的最大失敗之一，它導致城市分化為：服務齊全的“高級城市”和一成不變的、貧窮的“低級城市”。 聯合國發展計劃署的人類發展報告顯示，13億人喝不到清潔的水，同樣數量的人每天生活費不足一美元，我們所目睹的完全是大規模的城市貧困化。

與此同時，世界財富卻在創造新的'記錄，人類發展計劃報告顯示，“1994年至1998年間世界最富有的200人的淨財富從4400億美元增長到一萬億美元以上，”這個數字相當於48個最不發達國家國民生產總值的總和。

貧富之間的懸殊導致了多種形式的隔離，人們自身與環境隔離。窮人無家可歸，貧困潦倒，難以行使自己的權利。而這些權利本應是其理所當然應該享有的，包括隱私權和家庭生活權。

不及時、不可靠的公共交通對於有能力的人和無能力的人都是一種阻礙；路燈的不足使得市民感覺在夜間很不安全，對婦女和兒童更是如此。

隔離也是一種社會現象，無論是在發展中國家還是在發達國家，種族歧視，即按照種族、宗教、或文化的不同而在城市劃一些分界線。一些國家的法律、法規規定婦女不能擁有財產和房屋。更多的人把有限的錢財投資到建造住宅上，而又不被官方或金融機構認可。 城市的貧窮是經濟隔離過程的最終結果。缺乏教育、培訓，充滿競爭的就業市場及誤導性政策削弱了城市的生產能力，阻礙了那些官方部門充分發揮其市場潛力。

最具有影響的隔離形式之一就是政治隔離，教育的缺乏加上政治上的隔離使得窮

人無法積極參與到影響他們生活的決定中去。

Lesson Three

The Vice-Mayor of Dalian’s welcome speech

0n the International Urban Water Conservation Workshop

Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, and Friends

Firstly, I will extend our sincere congratulation on the opening of the international urban water conservation workshop on behalf of the government of Dalian and the

people of Dalian. Let us express our warmly welcome to domestic and foreign friends to participates in symposium.

Dalian is one of the cities of severe water shortage in China. Since 1954, Dalian has made great contribution to the ensurance of the safe water supply to the city. For twice Dalian has been conferred honorable awards on “Model City of Water Conservation” by the state. Compares with the domestic and foreign advanced cities, there still some way to go. This workshop provides us with an excellent opportunity to modestly learn their advanced experiences, carefully compares and finds the weak points and promotes our work. The people's government of Dalian has solved the municipal water use question to list as one of the priorities urban development summary important contents, and we have been taken the practical effective measure to further improve the city’s water conservation. While the city government proposed to stick to the

policy of “broaden sources of income and reduces expenditure”, we will not in the slightest degree, and never neglect the work in the mitigatory situation of water supply for the city, and strive for building Dalian into a city of water conservation.

This international conservation has great significance ton promote our city’s water conservation work. I hope the organizing department and the unit concerned will do the service work well, and warmly and thoughtfully, and the seminar will attain the result as expected.

Finally, I wish the international urban water conservation workshop a complete success.

Lesson Four

Welcome speech of the Vice-mayor of Dalian

On the reception of the 9th Pan-Pacific Ports Seminar of the Pacific Region Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:

It’s my great pleasure to have opportunity to merrily gather with all the friends from the port-shipping field of the Pacific Region. All of you get together in the beautiful

coastal city of China-Dalian, from afar to attend the 9th Pan-Pacific Ports Seminar of the Pacific Region and explore together the mutually concerned issues of the port-shipping field of the Pacific Region. This is really the grand occasion of the field.

Please allow me, on behalf of the people's government of Dalian, to extend warmest welcome to all of the friends.

Ladies and gentlemen:

In the vigorous economic region of China, Dalian plays the important role, in 1997, the GDP of Dalian were ￥82,9 billion, the total import and export values of the

self-managing products was 5,1 billion US dollars, and actually invested foreign capital was 1,42 billion 0 US dollars.

The economy of Dalian is developed economy and has solid foundation, which

supplies a vigorous support for the port’s development. Dalian Port has become the largest comprehensive commercial seaport; the largest grain enters leaves seaport, the largest transfer seaport of petroleum and liquid chemical products one of the most important seaports for foreign trade in the Northeast China region.

Dalian is one of the most open city in northern China; the people of Dalian are reputed for hospitality. Now spring is change into summer in Dalian, where spring is very much in the air and fresh flowers are bright and beautiful. It is full of vigor, vitality and hope.

I wish the Conference of the Ninth Pacific Rim port success

I sincerely wish a complete success to the 9th Pan-Pacific Ports Seminar of the Pacific Region. Wishes all of you a pleasant stay in Dalian and may you a good impression on it. Thanks!

Unit sixteen Economy

Lesson Three

Speech by President Jiang Zemin at the Sixth APEC Informal Leadership

Meeting

1998/11/18

The financial crisis in some Asian countries aroused wide concerns among

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC） members. Now a year has passed but its ramification is still spreading out, not only bringing serious economic difficulties to some countries and regions in Asia, but also affecting the world economy as a whole.

This crisis has occurred against the international background of accelerated

economic globalization, and it has given the world people important revelations.

Economic globalization has become a trend as a result of the economic, scientific and technological development in the present-day world. It has brought to countries in the world not only development opportunities, but also serious challenges and risks. It has also presented to countries, developing ones in particular, a new subject to tackle that is how to ensure the economic security of a country.

The trend of economic globalization requires active participation by all countries in international economic cooperation. However, countries should expand their opening-up programme in the light of their national conditions and in a step by step manner while paying attention to increasing their capabilities of preventing and withstanding risks.

The trend of economic globalization has made the economies of countries more and more interdependent and interactive. Once a financial crisis breaks out in certain countries or regions, not only developing countries will suffer immensely from it, but

developed ones will also find it hard to stay out of it. A globalized economy calls for global cooperation. All members of the international community should work together to maintain a steady development of the world economy in a spirit of sharing

responsibilities and risks.

The trend of economic globalization is emerging and developing in a context where there is no fundamental change in the inequitable and irrational old international economic order, which will inevitably widen the gap between the poor and the rich

countries. The ultimate solution to this problem is to work for the establishment of a fair

and reasonable new international economic order in the interest of the common development of all countries.

The financial crisis has also brought negative effect and great pressure on the economic development in China. The Chinese Government has assumed a highly responsible attitude. China has provided assistance to the relevant countries within the framework of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) arrangements and through bilateral channels. Proceeding from the overall interests of maintaining sustained economic growth and international economic development, China has made the decision of not devaluating the RMB, for which China has paid a high price. Having won a battle against the catastrophic floods this summer, we are now going ahead with more in-depth reforms, adopting active fiscal policies, increasing input for infrastructural construction, and boosting domestic demand in an effort to achieve this year's objective of economic and social development.