十分钟看懂中国中英对译文本.doc

十分钟看懂中国What is China ?（中国到底怎样？） 　The People‘s Republic of China commonly known as China is located in east Asia, and borders 14 nations or any other county in the world.（中华人民共和国，简称中国，位于东亚。与14个国家或地区接壤）It is the most populous state in the world with a 1.3 billion citizens while the world’s population is 6.8 billion That means other every 5 people in the world one is Chinese.（是世界人口最多的国家有13亿人口，而世界人口是68亿，也就是说世界上每五个人中就有一个中国人）China‘s made of 56 distinctive(显著的，特殊的) ethnic groups(民族)with Han Chinese making the 92% of its whole population.(中国有56个民族，汉族占总人口的92%）China is a single party state governed by the Communist Party of China whose power is enshrined in Chinese constitution.（由中国共产党执政，执政地位被写入宪法中）Though China is officially an atheist country its religious roots lie within Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism and from these most social and moral values are derived(衍生，起源_).There are also a significant number of Chinese Muslims who arrived via the silk road trade route and still retain (保持，保留)their distinct culture.（中国奉行无神论，其宗教文化扎根于儒教、佛教和道教。社会道德也多根源于此。中国也有大量的穆斯林，沿丝绸之路到达中国，保持着自己的传统）History　　China is one of the world oldest civilizations dating back more than 5 million year and was ruled by successive(持续的) dynasties until 1912.（中国是文明古国之一有五千年文明，世袭的封建王朝结束于1912年）During these time many great discoveries in fields(领域) of science and technology were made including the inventions of printing paper gun power and compass.（中国古代有许多重要的科技发明，包括印刷术，造纸术，火药和指南针）This period also saw the construction of many landmarks such as the great wall which stretches(延伸，扩展)over 4000 miles equals to 30 return travels from London to Paris.(也有很多著名的建筑，比如绵延四千英里的长城，相当于往返伦敦和巴黎30次的距离）　　After a period of foreign occupation and civil war(内战),the Communist Party of China led by Mao gained control of mainland China in 1949 and established PRC.(抗战和内战结束后，毛泽东领导共产党于1949年夺取了中国大陆的政权，建立了中华人民共和国）The modern China of today is as much shaped by its past as its rapidly looking to the future While many of its big cities are