Part B
Directions: In this part of the text, 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 passage only once.

Now let us begin Part B with the first passage.

Passage 1:

感谢战略与国际问题研究中心和美中贸易委员会举办今天这个活动。很高兴再次见到各位新老朋友。多年来，战略与国际问题研究中心和美中贸委会站在中美交往的前沿，积极致力于增进两国人民之间的了解、友谊与合作，在座各位也长期为推动中美关系发展作出了积极努力。//

我愿借此机会，向你们表示崇高的敬意和衷心的感谢。中国有句古语：“一年之计在于春”。意思是说，春耕播种是一年农业生产的基础，关系到一年收成的好坏。我在这个初春的时节来到美国，希望与美方一道，共同规划中美关系的美好未来。

参考答案：

I want to thank the CSIS and the U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) for hosting this event. It is a real pleasure to meet friends, both old and new, here. Over the years, the CSIS and the USCBC have stood at the forefront of China-U.S. exchanges and worked hard to promote mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between people of our two countries. And all of you present have done a great deal to push forward our relations.

Let me take this opportunity to pay tribute and express sincere thanks to you for your efforts. We are now in early spring. There is an old Chinese saying which goes, "A year's success starts from work in spring." It means that plowing and sowing in spring is crucial to agricultural production and harvest of the whole year.

Passage 2:

综观国际国内形势，我国仍处于重要战略机遇期。挑战与机遇并存，困难与希望同在。我国经济社会发展的基本面和长期向好的趋势没有改变。我们完全有信心、有条件、有能力克服困难，战胜挑战。//

我们的信心和力量，来自中央对形势的科学判断和准确把握；来自已经制定并实施的应对挑战、着眼长远的一系列政策措施。只要我们紧紧依靠党的领导和全国各族人民，就没有克服不了的困难，就一定能够把国际金融危机的不利影响降到最低程度，就一定能够推动经济社会又好又快发展。

参考答案：

An analysis of the overall international and domestic situations shows that China is still in an important period of strategic opportunities. Challenges and opportunities coexist, as do hardships and hopes. Neither the fundamentals of China's economic and social development nor its positive long-term trend has changed. We are fully confident that we will overcome difficulties and challenges, and we have the conditions and ability to do so.

Our confidence and strength come from many sources: from the scientific judgment and correct grasp of the situation of the central leadership; from the policies and measures that have been formulated and implemented to respond to challenges and promote long-term development. As long as we closely follow the Party's leadership and firmly rely on the people of all our ethnic groups, we will be able to overcome any difficulties, minimize the adverse impact of the global financial crisis and promote sound and rapid economic and social development.