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上海世博会

上海2010年世博会

Shanghai'sBidforthe2010WorldExposition

2003/02/0812:

40《英语学习》

　　Y:

YangRui,PresenteroftheCCTVEnglishprogrammeDialogue

　　W:

WangGuangya,ViceMinisterofForeignAffairs,PRC

　　Y:

China'stwolargestcities,BeijingandShanghai,oftencompeteforinfluence.Lastyear,Beijingwonthebidtohostthe2008OlympicgamesandthisyearShanghaiisbiddingtohostthe2010WorldExposition.ShanghaiisthefirstcityinChinatoformallyapplytohosttheExpo.TheotherfivecandidatecitiesareMoscow,MexicoCity,BuenosAires<注1>,Poland'sWroclaw<注2>andSouthKorea'Yeosu<注3>.BIE's（BureauofInternationalExhibition）88memberstateswillvoteinDecemberinMonteCarlo<注4>todecidethehostofthe2010event.JoiningusnowisMr.WangGuangya,ViceMinisterofForeignAffairs.

　　Y:

Mr.ViceMinister,couldyoufirstbriefusonShanghai'sapplyingtohostthe2010WorldExpo?

　　W:

ItisnotShanghaithatisapplying,buttheChinesegovernment.IthasbeenwidelyacceptedbyinternationalcommunitythattheWorldExpoistheOlympicsofeconomy,culture,scienceandtechnology.Itprovidesanopportunityforpeoplefromdifferentplacestomeet,toshareandtomakefriends.Itisalsoanimportantplacefornewideasandnewconceptstospread,growandbeappliedtoimprovepeople'slivingstandards.ThereisalonghistorybetweenChinaandtheWorldExpo.WhenthefirstExpowasheldinLondonin1851,someChinesebusinessmenandmerchantswentallthewaytoLondontoparticipateinit.Eversincethen,therehavealwaysbeenChineseparticipants.China'sfamousliquor,Maotai,becamewellknownintheWorldExpoin1915inPanamaandwonthegoldprizeintheevent.Sincetheopeningupandreform,ChinahasbeenactivelyparticipatingindifferenteventsoftheWorldExpowhereveritwasheld.NowthatChinaisenjoyingfasteconomicgrowth,wewanttohostthiseventnotonlytoboosttheWorldExpo,butalsotofurtherenhancetheunderstandingbetweentheChinesepeopleandpeopleallovertheworldandtostrengthenthecooperativeexchangebetweenChinaandothercountries.

　　Y:

There'sthisopinionfromoutsideChinathatShanghaishouldnotbeconsideredforhostingtheExpobecauseBeijinghasalreadywonthebidforthe2008Olympics.Whatdoyouthinkofthis?

　　W:

Idon'tagreetothisopinionforseveralreasons.Firstofall,OlympicsdiffersfromtheExpo.Theybelongtodifferentcategories.Secondly,WhethertogiveacountrythehonortohostOlympicsorWorldExpoalldependsonthecondition,advantageandcapabilityofthatcountrytohostmajorinternationalevents.AndIthinkthatthroughopeningupandreform,China'seconomyhasdevelopedtosuchanextentthatnowwearethe6thmostpowerfuleconomyintheworld.ThattheworldhasgivenBeijingthisopportunitytohosttheOlympicsprovesthattheinternationalcommunityhasrecog-nizedChina'sabilitytoorganizemajorinternationalevents.Thirdly,ifyoulookatthehistoryoftheWorldExpo,therehavebeenprecedentsswheresacountryisgiventheoppor-tunitytohostbothOlympicsandWorldExpoatmoreorlessthesametimeperiod.

　　Y:

I'vejustreadanarticleinNewYorkTimesthatsays"Shanghaiisbulldozing<注5>awayitspast",meaningthatskyscrapersarereplacingtheoldhousesinsgroupstoturnthecitysintosamodernone.Thecriticismisthatthecity'smodernizationisattheexpenseofthedestructionofitsculturalrelics.Howwouldyoureacttothat?

　　W:

ShanghaiisaplaceswheresweChineseandforeignvisitorscanseethereflectionofculturenotjustoftheeastbutalsoofthewest.Also,thankstoShanghai'stremendouseconomicgrowthoverthelast20years,par-ticularlysince1992,manyofthecity'shistoricalsiteshavebeenrestoredandpreservedwithmorecare.Ifyoulookatthethemesandsub-themesproposedbyChinaandShanghaimunicipalgovernment,youwillseetheideaistodevelopandintroducemodernideasaswellastopreservetheculturalcharacteroftheShanghaicity.

　　Y:

ManyobserversininternationalcommunityhavenoticedChina'semphasisonthebalancebetweendevelopmentandenvironment.DoyouthinkShanghaicanbeconsideredamodelcityinthissense?

　　W:

Yousee,thethemeof"bettercity"proposedbyShanghaiisthefirsttimetoappearintheWorldExpohistory.ThisshowsthattheChinesegovernmentandthemunicipalgovernmentofShanghaiareclearlyawarethattotake"city"asthemajorthemeissomethingthatwillfindcommongroundwithinternationalcommunity.Inmanycountriesbentoneconomicdevelopment,urbanizationhasbecomeanissue.Ofcourse,urbanizationrepresentsmodernization.Ontheotherhand,urbanizationhasitsnegativesidesliketrafficjamsandpollution.PerhapstheWorldExpo,withitsmainthemeoncitylife,istobringallcountriestogethertodiscusshowwecanhandletheproblems,todemonstratewhatwecandotoeliminatethenegativesidesofurbanization.Theproblemsarethere.Manythingshavebeendone.IhavevisitedShanghaianumberoftimesinrecentyearsandI'veseenthosetremendouseffortsmadebythecentralgovernmentandthemunicipalgovernmentofShanghai.

　　Y:

WhichoftheothercandidatecitiesdoyouthinkisthestrongestrivalasopposedtoShanghai?

　　W:

Eachhasitsuniqueculture,historyandadvantage.Wetakealltheotherfivecitiesseriously.Wehavealottolearnfromthemandwearereadytojoininthecompetition.

　　Y:

RegardingtherecentvisitbytheBIEdelegationtoChina,canyoubrieflytellustheircommentonShanghai'spreparation?

　　W:

Ithinktheevaluationresultisverygood.TheyhavesenttheirreporttoBIEwithalotofgoodwords.Theyfindthatthere'sfullsupportnationwide,fullsupportinShanghai.Andtheyfindthatthepreparationshavewidecoverage.

　　Y:

IfShanghaiwonthebid,there'seightyearsfromnow.Doyouthinkthere'sanychancethatShanghaiwouldnotgetasmuchsupportfromthegovernmentasitispromisednowduetofinancialdifficultiesthatmightresultbetweennowandthen?

　　W:

Idon'tthinkthat'spossible.Overthelast20years,witheconomicdevelopmentinChina,ourcountryhaswitnessedsocialandpoliticalstability.IfyoualsotakesintosaccountthattheChinesegovernmentisaresponsiblegovernment,thatChinesepeoplearehospitablepeople,andiftheworlddecidestogivethisopportunitytoChina,toShanghai,theChinesegovernmentwillcertainlyhonorourcommitmentandwewillbyallmeanstryourbesttomaketheExpositioninShanghaithemostmemorableone.

Annotation

1.BuenosAires:

布宜诺斯艾利斯（阿根廷首都）。

2.Wroclaw:

弗罗茨瓦夫（波兰西南部城市）。

3.Yeosu:

丽水（韩国港口城市）。

4.MonteCarlo:

蒙特卡罗（摩纳哥公国城市），濒地中海。

5.bulldoze:

（用推土机）清除，平整，挖出。

世界在面前展开

UnfoldingNewWorlds

2003/03/1313:

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　　地图——通往异国的向导，激发想像力的钥匙

　　Ispentthemostunforgettableperiodofmylife?

mysecondaryschooldays?

mostlyinChina'sSichuanprovince.Inmymemory,thehillylandscape,withthezipper-like*JiangerangetothenorthandtheWuGorgethatallbutclosedlikealockeddoortotheeast,confinedmeinalargebasin.Outside,theSino-Japanesewarwasraging,butIwasassafeasababyinhismother'swomb.

　　Thewar'srestrictionsonmovementandinformationcouldnotholdbackmycuriousimagination.Whatlaybeyondthewar?

Iwaseagertoexplore.Inthosedays,wesawnomorethanafewfilmsayear,tosaynothingoftelevision.Evenradiowasbynomeanscommon.IhadonlytwowindowsthroughwhichIcouldglimpsetheoutsideworld:

Englishclassesandgeographylessons.WhenIhadenoughofmyEnglishhomework,Iwouldflipthroughanatlas.MymindtookflightwhenIporedoverthemaps.Iwasnevertiredoflookingatthem.Theymovedmyheartmoreforcefullythananybeautifulscenery.

　　Thereisnoeasierwaytolearnaboutanewplacethantoexamineitsstamps,moneyandmaps.Withtheirelegantprintingandpleasingcolours,stampsandmoneycangiveyouapictureofthespecialfeaturesofaforeigncountry,buttheycanbedifficulttoobtain.Amap,ontheotherhand,canbefoundanywhere.Maps?

nothingmorethanacollectionofabstractsymbolsrepresentingaparticularplace?

gavemyimaginationfreereign.SinceIwaslittle,Ihadalwaysenjoyedlosingmyselfindistantthoughtsbylookingatthemaps.

　　Thatatlaswasmymostbeautifulandpreciouspossession,andItookitwithmewhereverIwent.WhenIwenthomefromboardingschoolfortheweekend,Ihadtowalkthroughmountainpaths,andwouldcometotheJialingRiver.Ilovedtositonthesoftandyellowsandybeach,openmyatlasandtakeaspiritualjourney.Sichuanislocatedhundredsofkilometresfromthesea,sowhenevermyeyesroamedoveramap,theywereusuallydrawntothecountrieswithwrigglingseacoasts,especiallythosewithmanyislands.IfeltIcouldeasilyquenchmythirstfortheoutsideworldbydrinkingintheseawater,andsatisfymyhungerbygnawingonthoseislands.AsIwatchedtheriverflowsouthward,Iwonderedwhenthewaterwouldcarrymetothesea.

　　Drawingmapsbecamemyfavouritehomework,andsoonIwastherecognisedmap-maniacofmyclass.Fellowstudentscametomeforhelpwhentheycouldn'tcompletetheirmapassignments.Myreputationevenspreadtotheteachers.Oneinparticularwouldalwaysglanceoverhisshouldertocheckmyresponsewheneverhedrewamapontheblackboard.Theotherstudentscouldn'tsuppresstheirgiggles,whileItriedmybesttoactasifnothingwasamiss.

　　OnewinterafternoonwhenIwas14,aused-bookvendorcametotheschool.Lookingathismerchandiseondisplayunderanorangetree,IwasdrawntoanancientmapofTurkeyindappledcolours.Knowing