泽熙美文Chinese-English Translation
1. 种种迹象表明越来越多的家长和教师对各州中学的标准化考试感到关注。即使多数人认为标准化考试有助于教学质量的提高，然而有相当一部分人对此持怀疑甚至批评的态度。一位来自加利福尼亚州的数学教师说道：“我们每天不得不为了应试而教，根本没有时间去考虑如何培养学生的兴趣和提高学生的创造力。”许多家长抱怨说各校为了提高考试成绩而把真正要学的知识撇在一边，没完没了地进行模拟考试，使孩子们变成了考试机器。
正确答案：
There are series of signs showing more and more parents and teachers’ concern for the standardized test in the state middle schools. Quite a portion of people holds a skeptical and even critical attitude toward it, in spite of most people considering the standardized test contributory to the improvement of education quality. A math teacher from California said, “we have to teach to eater for the test everyday, and we don’t have enough time to think about how to cultivate students’ interest and how to improve their creativity.” Parents complain that schools put the knowledge that need learning aside in order to improve the test, while give students endless simulated examinations, turning students into test machines.
2. 美元的贬值使得许多外国投资者购买美国股票更加划算。这就引发了来自美国以外的投资者的抢购，特别是日本投资者的抢购。另外，如果贸易状况有所好转，美国公司的竞争力最终将会更加强大。因此，许多投资者购买以出口为导向的美国公司的股票，以期在明年获得更大的利润。但这只是当前的一种时髦理念。如果今后几个季度里美国公司的整体收益令人失望的话，那么，这种狂热的购买行为就会消失。
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The depreciation of U.S. dollar makes it more cost-effective for many foreign investors to buy American stocks. A buying spree is occuring among investors outside of the U.S, as a result, especially among Japanese investors. What’s more, many investors believe that if the state of trade takes a favorable turn, American corporations will become more competitive in time. So they purchase the shares in export-oriented American corporations in the hope of gaining more profit in the following year. But this feverish purchasing behavior may only be popular currently, for once the profit of American corporations as a whole turns out to be disappointing in the next few quarters, it will disappear accordingly.
3. 他是个极其自负的怪人。除非事情与自己有关，否则他从来不屑对世界或世人瞧上一眼。对他来说，他不仅是世界上最重要的人物，而且在他眼里，他是惟一活在世界上的人。他认为自己是世界上最伟大的戏剧家之一、最伟大的思想家之一、最伟大的作曲家之一。听听他的谈话，仿佛他就是莎士比亚、柏拉图、贝多芬三人集于一身。想要听到他的高论十分容易，他是世上最能使人精疲力竭的健谈者之一。同他度过一个夜晚，就是听他一个人滔滔不绝地说上一晚。有时，他才华横溢；有时，他又令人极其厌烦。但无论是妙趣横生还是枯燥无味，他的谈话只有一个主题：他自己，他的所思所为。
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He is a man obsessed by himself. Not the slightest interest would he have unless it is a matter or people concerning him. To him, his existence is not just an evidence of human excellence, but the proof of the only living spirit in this world. As a self proclaimed mastermind of drama, philosophy and music, he talks as if he was a very incarnation of Shakespeare, Plato and Beethoven at the same time. You can’t miss it when he talks, for he would express himself tirelessly by any chance he could get. A night spent with him is a night for monologue. He is equally brilliant and boring, for his arguments, no matter tactfully sharp or excessively dull, would subsequently relate to one theme: himself, his thoughts and actions.
4. 随着经济的发展和物质生活的丰富，广告在日常生活中变得越来越重要了。广告提供产品的最新信息。没有广告，消费者就不能尽快地了解附近的商店里都有什么新商品。广告有助于市场的发展，因为货卖得越多，价格就越便宜。广告还为报纸、杂志、广播电台和电视台等单位带来经济效益。
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With the development of economy and the enrichment of material life, advertisements have become more and more significant in our daily life. Advertisements provide the newest information for products. If there is no advertising, consumers will not know about new goods in nearby shops quickly. Advertisements help market develop, the reason is that the more goods we sell, the lower price we will get. Advertisements can also bring about economic benefit for newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations.
5. 人们要想得到工作的胜利即得到预想的结果，一定要使自己的思想符合于客观外界的规律性，如果不符合，就会在实践中失败。人们经过失败之后，也就从失败中取得教训，改正自己的思想使之符合外界的规律性，人们就能变失败为胜利，所谓“失败乃成功之母”“吃一堑长一智”，就是这个道理。
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If you want to achieve success as you expected in your work, your thoughts must accord with objective laws of the world. Or you would fail in practice. After experiencing failure, you would learn the lesson from failure and adjust your thoughts to objective laws. Ultimately, you get success from failure which is reflected by the saying “failure is the mother of success” and “a fall into a pit, a gain in your wit”.
6. 和平与发展是当今世界的两大主题。维护世界和平，加强友好合作，促进共同发展是各国人民的共同愿望。当前，贫困、失业、难民、犯罪、人口膨胀、环境恶化、毒品泛滥、恐怖主义等问题仍然严峻，影响着全球的稳定与发展。中国与西方国家虽然国情不同，但在一系列重大国际问题上具有广泛一致的利益。我对中国同西方各国关系的改善与发展感到高兴。中国政府和人民愿在相互信任和平等互利的基础上，同包括西方国家在内的世界各国政府和人民一道，为和平与发展的崇高事业做出贡献。
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Peace and development are still the two main subjects of the current world. Maintaining the world peace, enhancing international cooperation and promoting common development are the desires of all the people in the world. The serious problems such as poverty, unemployment, refugees, crimes, population expansion, environment deterioration, drug abuse, terrorism greatly impact the stability and development of the world currently. Although China is different from the western countries, they have the coherent interest in many important international issues. I’m delighted with the improvement and progress of the relationship between China and the western countries. On the basis of mutual trust and equality and mutual benefits, Chinese government and its people are willing to contribute to the progress of peace and development, together with the worldwide governments and people including the western countries.
7. 当一名员工的雇佣期结束时，公司人事部门应该发出一份终止通知。终止授权书应发给该员工的主管和工薪发放部门，并归入员工的人事档案。这种职能的妥善执行，对于防止离职员工再领工薪是至关重要的。最近几年出现的许多工薪诈骗事件，都和这种工薪支票随后转入非许可的人有关。
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A termination notice should be issued by the personnel department on the completion of an individual’s employment with the company. Copies of the termination authorization should be sent to the employee’s supervisor and to payroll, and a copy should be filed in the employee’s personnel record. The proper execution of this function is vital in preventing terminated employees from continuing on the payroll. The subsequent diversion of such payroll checks to an unauthorized individual has been responsible for many payroll cheat through the years.
8. 每个公司都应履行把工薪所得税申报表归档并交纳相应税款的法律责任。通常，这项工作由工薪发放部门负责，通过担保人体系交纳税款。在规定日期之前将所得税申报表归档的责任应指派给工薪发放部门的主管。此外，该部门必须独立验证申报表的准确性和完整性。所得税申报表的准确控制是必要的，这样可以避免因延迟或错误归档而受到的处罚。
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Every company is expected to fulfill the legal requirements relevant to the filing of payroll tax returns and the payment of the resulting taxes. Ordinarily, the payroll department prepares the tax returns and a check is issued through the guarantor system in payment of the taxes. The responsibility for the filing of returns before due dates should be assigned to a payroll department supervisor. Furthermore, there should be independent verification within that department of the accuracy and completeness of the return. Effective control over tax returns is necessary to avoid penalties for late or incorrect filings.
9. 电子邮件得到广泛应用已超过十多年，它让思想的交流简单便捷，让相隔遥远的办公人员相互联系，让会议的召开失去必要，不过为了避免不明和不当的交流，电子邮件应谨慎使用。随着时间的推移以及更多的人上网，主动发送的电子邮件数量在增多。一些人理所当然地认为，网络空间反映出其他交流形式的诸多方面。情况似乎是，既然电话营销和直接寄送邮件被成功地用作许多企业的营销技巧，因而直接的或主动发送的电子邮件营销也应该可行。
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Electronic mail has been in widespread use for more than a decade, simplifying the flow of ideas, connecting people from distant offices
