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今年是世界反法西斯战争胜利70周年，也是中国人民抗日战争胜利70周年。中国人民浴血奋战14年，最终取得了世界反法西斯战争的伟大胜利。为保护人类文明、捍卫世界和平做出巨大贡献。中国希望同广大同盟国共同回顾总结历史，展望开辟未来，坚定铭记历史、永不再战的庄严承诺，构建以合作共赢为核心的新型国际关系，让世界更加和平，更加和谐，更加美好。
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It is the 70th anniversary of both the world's anti-fascism war and the victory of China's Resistance War against Japanese Aggression this year. The Chinese people finally achieved the great victory of the anti-fascist war of the world after an everlasting bloody battle for 14 years. They made a great contribution for the protection of human civilization and the dependence of the world peace. China hopes to review history and look forward to the future together with its allies. To insist on remembering the history and the promise of never to fight will be their common goal. Only in this way can they build a brand new international relation, with win-win cooperation as its core, and make the world a more peaceful, more harmonious, more beautiful place to live in.
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春节是中国人一年中的第一个传统佳节。过去，春节被称为“新年”，因为按照中国一直沿用的农历，这天是正月初一，为新一年的开头。据记载，中国人民过春节已有4000多年的历史，它是由虞舜兴起的。公元前两千多年的一天，舜即天子位，带领着部下人员，祭拜天地。从此，人们就把这一天当作岁首，算是正月初一。据说这就是农历新年的由来，后来叫春节。1911年辛亥革命后，中国采用公历纪年，农历新年便改称“春节”。
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Spring Festival is the first traditional festival for the Chinese people. In the past years, Spring Festival was called “new year”, for this day was the first day of the lunar month according to the lunar calendar which had long been used in China, so it was the beginning of a new year. It is recorded that Chinese people have celebrated Spring Festival for more than 4000 years, which was started by Yu Shun. One day as far back as 2000 B.C, Shun was inaugurated as the emperor. He led his men to hold a ceremony in honor of Heaven and Earth. From then on, people saw that day as the beginning of the year, i.e. the first day of the lunar month. This is said to be the origin of the lunar new year, which was called Spring Festival later. After the Revolution of 1911, China began to number the years according to the Gregorian calendar, and it was then that the lunar new year began to be called Spring Festival.
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文化是一个非常广泛的概念，给它下一个严格和精确的定义是一件非常困难的事情。笼统地说，文化是一种社会现象，是人们长期创造形成的产物，同时又是一种历史现象，是社会历史的积淀物(sediment)。确切地说，文化是能够被传承的国家或民族的历史、地理、风土人情、传统习俗、生活方式、文学艺术、行为规范、思维方式、价值观念等，是人类之间进行交流的普遍认可的一种能够传承的意识形态(ideology)。
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Culture is a very broad concept, and it is extremely difficult to define it strictly and exactly. Generally speaking, culture is a social phenomenon, which is a product created by people for ages. And it is also a historical phenomenon, which is sediment of social history. To be exact, culture is national and ethnic history, geography, local customs and practices, traditional custom, lifestyles, literature and arts, behavioral norms, the way of thinking, values and so on, which can be inherited. And it is also a kind of ideology of inheritance, which is widely recognized in communication of human beings.
【重点表达】
人们长期创造形成的产物 a product created by people for ages
确切地说 to be exact (=exactly speaking 注：由于前文用到了generally speaking，故本处换种表达方式。)
风土人情 local customs and practices
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老龄化社会(an aging society)是指老年人口占总人口达到或超过一定的比例的人口结构模型。按照联合国的传统标准是一个地区60岁以上老人达到总人口的10%，新标准是65岁老人占总人口的7%，即该地区视为进入老龄化社会。老龄化的加速对经济社会都将产生巨大的压力。2009年10月26日，中国传统节日重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)到来之际，中国正式启动了一项应对人口老龄化战略研究，以积极应对持续加剧的人口老龄化危机。
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An aging society refers to a population structure model in which aging population reaches or exceeds a certain proportion. The region is regarded as entering an aging society according to the UN’s traditional standard that an area’s old people over 60 years old takes up 10% of the total population, while the new standard is old people over 65 years old takes up 7% of the total population. The acceleration of aging will bring enormous pressure to both economy and society. On October 26, 2009 when the Double Ninth Festival, the traditional Chinese festival, came, China formally launched a strategic research on coping with aging of population to deal with increasingly intensifying population aging crisis.
【重点表达】
达到或超过 reach or exceed
老龄化的加速 the acceleration of aging
巨大的压力 enormous pressure
中国正式启动了一项应对人口老龄化战略研究，以积极应对持续加剧的人口老龄化危机。China formally launched a strategic research on coping with aging of population to actively deal with increasingly intensifying population aging crisis.(注：注意两个“应对”的不同翻译)
【原文】
医患关系是一种人际互动，而且医生也是人。他们不想让病人心烦，也不想让病人难过或流泪。但他们也需要成为专业人士，所以他们需要找一种有效的沟通方式。
对于医生们来说，认识到这一点是至关重要的。因为尽管谎言是善意的，但研究表明病人们更喜欢真相，他们宁可听到坏消息，也不愿意对对糟糕的身体状况一无所知。完全知情是病人能对所要发生的任何事情进行处理和做好准备的一种途径。
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The doctor-patient relationship is a human interaction, and doctors are human too. They don’t want to upset their patients, and neither do they want their patients to look unhappy or shed tears. But they also need to be professionals, so they need to find out an effective way of communicating.
That’s critical for doctors to realize, because as well-intentioned as their lies may be, studies show that patients prefer the truth, and would rather hear bad news than remain ignorant about a terrible physical condition. Being fully informed is a way that patients can cope and prepare for whatever might occur.
【重点表达】
医患关系 the doctor-patient relationship
他们不想让病人心烦，也不想让病人难过或流泪。They don’t want to upset their patients, and neither do they want their patients to look unhappy or shed tears.(注：注意这句话的翻译以及neither的用法。)
善意的 well-intentioned
宁可听到坏消息，也不愿意对对糟糕的身体状况一无所知 would rather hear bad news than remain ignorant about a terrible physical condition(注：注意这句话的翻译以及would rather...than...的用法，后面都用动词原形。)
【原文】
医生该如何学习诚实对待他们的病人呢?进行更多关于如何与病人沟通其健康状况的培训是极其重要的——尤其是在告知(deliver)坏消息时。如果检查结果对病人的健康没有影响的话，医生们可能不会把略有异常的实验室检查结果告诉给焦虑的病人。相反地，医生也许会夸大(exaggerate )正常的结果，希望能刺激病人更好地照顾自己。而病人们也需要清楚并确定他们所期望的医生的诚实度。毕竟，即便在医生的办公室里，交流也是双向的。
【参考译文】
How can doctors learn to be honest with their patients? More training about how to communicate with patients about their health is critical—especially when it comes to delivering bad news. Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.Conversely, they might exaggerate a normal result in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself. Patients also need to be clear and certain about how honest they want their doctors to be. Communication is a two-way street, after all, even in the doctor’s office.
【重点表达】
极其重要的 critical
尤其是在告知(deliver)坏消息时 when it comes to delivering bad news (注：注意come to的用法。come to sth. 其中的一个意思就是“当达到某种状况(尤指不好的状况)时”。)
如果检查结果对病人的健康没有影响的话，医生们可能不会把略有异常的实验室检查结果告诉给焦虑的病人。Doctors may not tell the anxious patients the slightly abnormal results of a lab test, if it has no impact on the patient’s health.(注：注意这句话的翻译顺序，及检查结果重复出现时，翻译时可译为it。)
希望能刺激病人更好地照顾自己 in hopes of motivating a patient to take better care of himself
清楚并确定 be clear and certain
双向的 a two-way street
