中国有望在2025年之前建成221个超大级城市.doc

中国有望在2025年之前建成221个超大级城市 China is expected to produce 221 megacities and an urban population of about 1 billion by 2025, a leading international consultancy firm has predicted in a report. 据一国际主流咨询公司预测，中国有望在2025年之前，建成221个超大级城市，其中城市居民有望达到10亿。 Of the megacities, 10 would have a population of more than 10 million each, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Xian, according to a report released here by the McKinsey Global Institute, the economics research arm of McKinsey Company. 据麦肯锡国际咨询机构（麦肯锡公司旗下负责经济发面研究调查的机构）发布的报道显示，在这些大城市中，其中有十个城市的人口可能会超过1000万。这些城市包括：北京，上海，重庆，深圳，天津，成都，武汉，广州，杭州和西安。 Currently, there are only about 35 megacities in Europe, Alex Peng, a partner at McKinseys Beijing office, quoted the report as saying at a symposium in Chengdu, capital of southwest Chinas Sichuan Province. 麦肯锡驻北京办事处的负责人亚历克斯在成都举行的一个座谈会上引用上述报告说：“而目前欧洲只有35个超大城市。” With the fast economic development, China has seen steady yet rapid urbanization in recent years, Peng said. 一位姓彭的人士称：中国现在经济发展很快，最近几年，中国的城市化进程已在快速平稳的发展了。 Despite breakneck economic growth, grand office buildings and nascent transport networks in the big cities, air pollution, traffic jams and skyrocketing housing prices are eroding the contentment of urban residents. 尽管大城市经济发展快，写字楼高大林立，交通网络正逐步完善，但空气污染，交通堵塞，房价飙升这些问题都使得城市居民渐渐对城市感到不满。 注释： Megacity ：n. 大城市 Consultancy：n. 咨询公司 Release: vt. 发布，发表 symposium：n. 讨论会，座谈会 urbanization ：n. 城市化 breakneck ：adj. 极快的 nascent ：adj. 初期的 注：本文翻译注释首发于普特网站: (/html/dailyfocus/economy/2010/1020/20427.html) 普特英语听力网 免费学习英语 2