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4.Paris climate deal 巴黎气候协定 For the first time in history, 195 countries promised to reduce green house emissions and to increase these reductions over time on Dec 12. 12月12日，人类历史上第一次，195个国家共同承诺减少温室气体排放，并随着时间推移加大减排力度。 The Paris deal requires every country, both rich and poor, to take action. 《巴黎协定》要求所有国家，不论穷富，一致行动。 The agreement aims to limit global warming to less than 2 C above pre-industrial levels. 协定的目标是以工业革命前水平为参照，将全球气候变暖控制在2摄氏度以内。 5.Sept 3 military parade 9月3日大阅兵 On Sept 3, China held a massive military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. 9月3日，中国举行了大规模阅兵仪式纪念中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利70周年。 The event commemorated the war and sent a message that the world should prevent this kind of tragedy from ever happening again. It was also an occasion to fully acknowledge China’s contribution to the war, which has long been underestimated both at home and abroad. 这是阅兵的方式纪念战争，并传达出世界各国要避免类似的悲剧重演的信息。它彰显了中国人民在世界反法西斯战争中作出的巨大民族牺牲和重要历史贡献，而这长期被中外媒体忽略。 6.Tu Youyou receiving a Nobel Prize屠呦呦获得诺贝尔奖 The year 2015 saw the first Chinese citizen win a Nobel Prize in science. 2015年，中国人第一次获得自然科学领域的诺贝尔奖。 Tu Youyou, an 84-year-old female scientist at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), shared the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Irish-born William Campbell and Satoshi Omura of Japan on Oct 5. She received the prize for her discovery of artemisinin [ɑ?t?m?sa?n?n] , a drug that has substantially cut the number of malaria[m?leri?] deaths and saved millions of lives. 84岁的屠呦呦是中国中医科学院研究员，10月5日，她同爱尔兰科学家威廉?坎贝尔和日本科学家大村智一起获得了2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。她发现的青蒿素大幅降低了疟疾的致死率，拯救了上百万人的生命，因此获奖。 7.Two-child policy 二孩政策 Chinese lawmakers made a historic decision on Dec 27, by allowing all couples to have two children. The decision, which comes into effect on Jan 1, 2016, and affects 100 million couples, is a big shift from previous family planning policies that limited most Chinese couple