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Echoes from the past ，过去的60年里，中国那些年轻人可以说是路漫漫其修远兮。 OVER the last 60 years, Chinese young people have come a long way. 20世纪50年代，他们被称为祖国的花朵.因为他们是新中国培养起来的第一批年轻人。到了70年代，这些年轻人有了一个新的名字--知青,他们走进农村向农民学习。80年代，那些文艺青年开始引导中国走向更富创造性的经济。 In the 1950s, they were called the flowers of the motherland because they were the first young generation to make their way through the new China. In the 1970s, young people became known as the educated youth, having learned from peasants in the countryside. During the 1980s, literary and artistic youth began ushering China toward a more creative economy. 在下面的文章中，我们将重点介绍过去60年来的几个重要表达。这些词汇记录了中国从强调政治挂帅到保护文化、发展经济的巨大转变。它们让我们回想起中国经历了怎样翻天覆地的变化。它们让我们可以更好地将中国的故事讲给那些对中国感兴趣的外国友人们听。 In the following paragraphs, we will highlight several key expressions from the last six decades. These words and phrases document China`s shift from emphasizing politics to preserving culture and growing the economy. They remind us about how far we have come as a country. And they can help us better tell China`s story to foreigners interested in knowing more about our country. 20世纪50年代 1950s 好好学习，天天向上 study hard and move forward every day 1951年，苏州市一名8岁小学生陈永康帮助警察捉住了一名特务。事后，毛泽东主席为他题词好好学习，天天向上作为奖励。毛主席希望每个孩子都能好好学习，将来为祖国贡献自己的力量。写着这句标语的横幅几乎挂满中国的每间教室。 Mao Zedong wrote to honor an 8-year-old boy, Chen Yongkang, who helped police catch a spy in Suzhou, in 1951. Mao asked all kids to study hard to do a better job for the country. Banners with this slogan could be seen in almost every classroom. 年轻人经常戏谑地说Good good study, day day up.它和Long time no see（好久不见）一样逐渐成为部分老外能明白的中式英语。但这样的直译只是博君一笑的特例。 粮票 food coupon 计划经济体制下，粮票是人们购买某些粮食的必备凭证。较低的农业产出导致了食物供给的短缺和定额分配制度，而粮票恰恰解决了这一分配问题。这种定额分配制度一直持续到90年代早期。如今，它们已经成了收藏者们的挚爱。 This allowed people to get certain food supplies under the planned economy. Low agricultural production meant insufficient food supplies and a quota system and the coupons were a means of distribution. The quota system lasted to the early `90s. The tickets are now the stuff of collectors