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1、專八漢譯英練習(一)--加拿大的溫哥華1986年剛剛度過百歲生日,但城市的發(fā)展令世界矚目。以港立市,以港興市,是許多港口城市生存發(fā)展的道路。經(jīng)過百年開發(fā)建設,有著天然不凍良港的溫哥華,成為舉世聞名的港口城市,同亞洲、大洋洲、歐洲、拉丁美洲均有定期班輪,年貨物吞吐量達到8,000萬噸,全市就業(yè)人口中有三分之一從事貿易與運輸行業(yè)?! 馗缛A(Vancouver)的輝煌是溫哥華人智慧和勤奮的結晶,其中包括多民族的貢獻。加拿大地廣人稀,國土面積比中國還大,人口卻不足3000萬。吸收外來移民,是加拿大長期
2、奉行的國策。可以說,加拿大除了印第安人外,無一不是外來移民,不同的只是時間長短而已。溫哥華更是世界上屈指可數(shù)的多民族城市。現(xiàn)今180萬溫哥華居民中,有一半不是在本地出生的,每4個居民中就有一個是亞洲人。而25萬華人對溫哥華的經(jīng)濟轉型起著決定性的作用。他們中有一半是近5年才來到溫哥華地區(qū)的,使溫哥華成為亞洲以外最大的中國人聚居地。In1986,Vancouver,Canada,justmarkeditscentennialanniversary,buttheachievementsmadebyth
3、ecityinitsurbandevelopmenthavealreadycapturedworldwideattention.Tobuildupacityandmodelitseconomyonthebasisofaharboristheusualpracticethatportcitiesresorttofortheirexistenceanddevelopment.Afteracentury’sconstructionanddevelopment,Vancouver,whichboasts
4、ofanaturally-formedice-freeharbor,hasbecomeaninternationallycelebratedportcity,operatingregularoceanlinerswithAsia,Oceania,EuropeandLatinAmerica.Itsannualcargo-handlingcapacityreaches80milliontons,withonethirdofthecity’semployedpopulationengagedintra
5、deandtransportationbusiness. ThegloriousachievementsofVancouveristhecrystallization(fruition)ofthewisdom(intelligence)andtheindustryoftheVancouverpeopleasawhole,includingthecontributionsmadebyadiversityofethnicminorities.Canadaisalargecountrywithasm
6、allpopulation.AlthoughitsterritoryisbiggerthanthatofChina,itonlyhasapopulationoflessthan30millionpeople.Consequently,toattractandtoacceptforeignimmigrantshavebecomeanationalpolicylongobservedbyCanada.Itcanbesafelyassertedthat,exceptforIndians,allCana
7、diancitizensareforeignimmigrants,differingonlyinthelengthoftimetheyhavesettledinCanada.Vancouver,inparticular,isoneofthefewmostcelebratedmulti-ethniccitiesintheworld.Atpresent,amongthe1.8millionVancouverresidents,halfofthemarenotnative-bornandoneouto
8、feveryfourresidentsisfromAsia.The250,000ChinesetherehaveplayedadecisiveroleinfacilitatingthetransformationoftheVancouvereconomy.HalfofthemhavecometosettleinVancouveronlyoverthepastfiveyears,VancouverthelargestareaoutsideAsiawheretheChineseconcentrate