1.?A period of?national mourning was declared from Dec 17 to 29.

國悼日定于從 12 月 7 號到 29 號。

2.?a crowd of?more than 2,000 . 超過兩千人的人群。

3.?an audience of?2,000. 兩千聽眾。

4.?a direct economic loss of?100 million yuan. 一億元的直接經(jīng)濟損失。

5. It caused 223 million yuan in economic losses. 導致 223,000,000 元的經(jīng)濟損失。

6.a guarantee period of?six months. 六個月質(zhì)保期。

7. We achieved per-capita income of 10,300 yuan last year.

去年我們?nèi)司杖胧?10,300 元。

8. Israel will free?a total of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners?in exchange for the release of

Shalit.

以色列將釋放 1027 名巴勒斯坦囚犯用以交換莎力特。

9.?A total labor force of?more than 69 million people possessing junior college

education or above.

總數(shù)達到 69,000,000 人的勞動力擁有?？萍皩？埔陨纤健?/p>

10. There will be?an annual flow of?244,000 tourists by 2020, which translates to 180 million

yuan in revenue.

到 2020 年每年游客流量將達到 244,000，這將帶來 1.8 億元的收入。

11. It engulfed?an area of?about 500 square meters before firefighters extinguished it

at around 6 am.

消防隊員在六點左右撲滅了大火，在這之前火勢蔓延了 500 平方米。

12. Instead, in the face of?a national debt of?$ 15 trillion and a stubbornly high

unemployment rate, if they want to reinvigorate the world’s largest economy, they

should give the rebirth of China's State-owned enterprises a second thought, as their

revitalization is closely related to the ongoing rise of the Chinese economy.

相反，面對 15 萬億美元的國債和居高不下的失業(yè)率，如果他們想重振這個世界

上最大的經(jīng)濟體，他們應該考慮讓中國的國有企業(yè)煥發(fā)生機，因為它們的振興與

中國經(jīng)濟的持續(xù)增長息息相關。

13. However, given that in?Fortune?magazine’s 2011?list of?the 500 largest

companies, the United States still leads with 133 while China ranked third with 61,

fear over lost US leadership in the business world seems largely exaggerated.

然而，鑒于 2011 年《財富》雜志排行榜 500 強企業(yè)，美國仍以 133 家入圍

高居榜首，而中國占 61 家排名第三，因此在某種程度上擔心美國失去世界經(jīng)濟

的領導地位這種觀點似乎被夸大了。

詞 匯 積 累

1. awareness n 意識

a. raise the awareness. 培養(yǎng)意識。

b. develop an awareness. 培養(yǎng)意識。

2. back n 背部

a. a paper-backed book/hard backed book. 平裝書/精裝書。

b. I always had your back. 永遠在保護著你。

3. backbone n 脊骨

Such men are the backbone of the country. 這種人才是國家的中堅分子。

4. backup n 備份；支援

a. a backup plan. 備用計劃。

b. No backup. 沒有支援。

5. badge n 徽章；象征

the badge of everything. 象征一切。