大学核心商务英语口译教程各单元的答案详解unit 10.pptVIP

第十单元参考答案 第三部分 课文详解 第四部分 技巧练习 第五部分 练习段落拓展 第六部分 段落实战与演练 第三部分 课文详解 Respected President Barroso, Dear Commissioner Vassiliou and Commissioner Lewandowski, Director-General Almeida,Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here on this joyful occasion, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the China-EU diplomatic relations. First of all, I wish to thank President Barroso for joining us this evening as we all know you have a very tight schedule. I want to say that your presence here today again gives full testimony of the great importance the European Union attaches to developing relations with China. Thirty-five years ago, then Vice President of the European Commission Baron Christopher Soames paid a visit to China, during which decision was made to establish diplomatic ties between China and the EEC. Since then, significant changes have taken place in both Europe and China, and so has our relations, which has come through an eventful journey and attained extraordinary achievements. Over these thirty-five years, our political relations have been maturing. Especially in recent years, leapfrog developments in our relations took us three steps forward-from constructive to comprehensive, and then to comprehensive strategic partnership. Today, there are, between us, annual summit, high-level economic and trade dialogue, and many other important political consultation mechanisms. Together we have made our bilateral relationship one of the most influential bilateral relations in the world. Our economic cooperation and trade has been booming. In 1975, the annual bilateral trade volume between China and the EU was only 2.4 billion US dollars, roughly equivalent to what we could currently achieve in two days. However, today the EU is China’s largest trading partner and export market, as well as the biggest source of import and technology transfer. China is the EU’s second largest trading partner and the fastest growing export m