万花筒 Kaleidoscope2007-10-22&10-23, 奥运---北京大变脸
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2007年
A phoenix 1 is rising from the ashes of a battered 2 Beijing. With less than a year into the start of the Olympics, the Chinese capital is being given a twenty billion-euro face-lift. No matter where you go, you’re surrounded by cranes and scaffolding. There are currently more building sites in Beijing than in the whole of Europe. The Olympics is a perfect excuse for the authorities to turn a slumbering 3 Beijing into a 21st century capital.
The country is undergoing a rapid development. On the one hand, the historical districts of Beijing must be preserved. This must go hand-in-hand with the modernization 4 of the city. Some of the changes would of course affect the layout of the city. For example, widening the roads will obviously cause the destruction of old houses. As the standard of living increases though, we are obliged to modernize 5 these traditional residences.
But for many Beijingese this modernization is a bitter pill to swallow. Tens of thousands have been evicted 6 from their homes and demonstrations 7 take place daily. Nothing has come off them though, the majority of traditional districts still being destroyed. It’s necessary to make space to accommodate the symbols of new Beijing, an opera house, an Olympic stage and towering office blocks. Of the old city little remains 8 other than a few houses, and these completely renovated 9.
When I was young, we had to burn charcoal 10 to stay warm during the colder months. I remember it burning my eyes. Today though the government has renovated these districts and installed electricity and running water. It’s much more practical. Hutong has become even more beautiful.
More than a hundred million euros a year are currently earmarked for heritage protection. But many don’t think it's enough and the government should be spending more to safeguard the city's history.
One hopes that the democratic spirit—the spirit of culture and heritage protection will increase and improve. We need to protect this city’s heritage and sometimes it’s necessary to fight for this.
On the countdowns, completion has already started there are just three hundred days left for the excavators to finish their work., just enough time for the dust to settle before the Olympics. The authority is guarantying the work will be completed in plenty of time for the opening ceremony.
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
- He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
- The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。
- It was quiet. All the other inhabitants of the slums were slumbering. 贫民窟里的人已经睡眠静了。
- Then soft music filled the air and soothed the slumbering heroes. 接着，空中响起了柔和的乐声，抚慰着安睡的英雄。
- This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
- The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。
- It was their manifest failure to modernize the country's industries.他们使国家进行工业现代化，明显失败了。
- There is a pressing need to modernise our electoral system.我们的选举制度迫切需要现代化。
- A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
- They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。