B. Correct or improve the translation of the following Chinese sentences. Write your revised versions on the Answer Sheet.

Example:

原文:能为他的这本散文集子作序，我觉得很荣幸。

译文：To write a preface to this collection of his essays gives me a great honor.

改译：I find it a great honor to write a preface to this collection of his essays.

原文：1949年以来我们的全民放假日只有7天。

A.Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

原文：来信收悉。获知你们于近日创建24小时不打烊书店，为读者提供“深夜书房”，这很有创意，是对“全民阅读”的生动践行，喻示在快速变革的时代仍需一种内在的定力和沉静的品格。阅读能使人常思常新。好读书，读好书，既可提升个人能力、眼界及综合素质，也会潜移默化影响一个人的文明素养，使人保持宁静致远的心境，砥砺奋发有为的情怀。

原文： Research suggests that only a quarter of girls in England meet current recommended levels of physical activity each week, with the proportion taking part in regular sport falling steeply after the age of 10. What’s more, one in five girls do no physical activity at all, twice the proportion of boys.However, other research suggests that more than 80% of senior women business leaders played organized sports while growing up. Similar high proportions of female executives believe sport made them more disciplined, resilient and competitive in their careers.For example, former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was once a competitive figure skater and tennis player. And many Olympic medalists are excellent role models for young women. But experts say women ’s sport needs better funding and more media coverage. And it is necessary to offer a large range of sports to attract different types of women.

原文：他说毕业后将自主创业，成立一家公司，争取10年内进入世界500强。王强对他说，“如果我是你，我就先到一家国有企业工作一段时间。”

原文：当我们告别农耕社会奔赴工业社会之后，传统节日在工业大生产时代功能开始式微，西学东渐，西节也迅速在这片土地上枝叶繁茂起来，甚至有喧宾夺主之势。

原文： 听了老师的话，学生们恍然大悟，才知道文学成就不是唾手可得，非得下一番苦功夫不可。他们激情满怀，个个跃跃欲试。

原文：When I lived in China I represented Harvard in interviewing high school students applying for admission, and it was a humbling experience. The SAT isn’t offered in China, so instead the kids take the GRE— meant for people applying to graduate school — and still score very high.

B. Translate the following underlined sentences into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.原文：大雾的形成原理与此相同，只是雾的范围大，维持的时间长而已。空气中能容纳一定量的水汽，气温愈高，空气中所能容纳的水汽愈多，反之愈少。

原文：Confronting the sensitive issue of human rights, Obama said American values of freedom of speech and assembly are “universal rights, and they should be made available to all the people”. He said the two sides agreed to “continue to move this discussion forward” next year.

原文：Remarkable gains have also been made in the flight against malaria and tuberculosis, along with improvements in all health indicators. The likelihood of a child dying before age five has been nearly cut in half over the last two decades. That means that about 17,000 children are saved every day.

原文：When I wrote Father that I wanted to get married, he cut off my allowance. And I had to go home. But I met the girl once more, and told her I would return to America, borrow enough money to get married on, and come back for her in a few months.