| Part I
Zhao: So what is the purpose of “Earth Day”, how did it get started and what exactly has it accomplished?
史密斯：“地球日”是1970年开始的，目的是提高公众的环保意识。一则是这一活动可以提醒人们要细心照看好我们的地球，同时也使特别利益团体和环保组织有机会动员自己的成员在各自社区采取行动。
Zhao: That all sounds nice. But compared with progress made in environmental protection, nothing seems to have changed in population explosion, ozone depletion, global warming and that sort of thing. Let’s face it, the more people on the earth, the more resources will be used up and the more waste there will be. What are we going to do if we run out of land for food? We must not take the issue lightly.
史密斯：你说的很对。到2005年，地球人口将达70亿。我个人认为解决上述问题的方法在废品回收利用。纸张，金属，橡胶，油料，以及许多物资都必须在更大程度上回收利用。每个人都要参与。也许还需要特别立法。我们的确正在因建房筑路失去千百万公顷的土地，但未开发的土地还不少，可以用来种植农作物或建房。科学技术能帮我们从农田取得更大的收获。
Zhao: So what are you going to do for Earth Day this year?
史密斯：我也许会参加市里举办的“地球日”纪念大会，然后帮忙清扫成山的垃圾。
Part II
1997年8月31日，威尔士亲王查尔斯的前妻戴安娜•斯宾塞女士与她的男友多迪•法耶德在巴黎遇车祸死亡。
法国警察进行了化验，化验结果表明，在车祸中死亡的司机喝醉了酒，他在躲避每次戴安娜外出时紧随不放的摄影记者时出了车祸。
16年前，在74个国家有近40亿人在电视上目睹英国王位的继承人查尔斯亲王与年轻的英国教师戴安娜的婚礼。他们俩在圣保罗教堂举行了盛大的仪式，有2,650人出席，当时他们俩的浪漫故事使世人羡慕。
但是不久，这童话般一对儿的感情就破裂了。世界各地的小报密切跟踪，详细报道，使得这段经历更加令人痛苦。
在伊莉沙白二世女王劝说他们离婚后两个月，也就是1996年8月，两人达成了最后协议。
戴安娜为了获得优厚的待遇，并为有权保留她在肯新顿宫的住房和王妃的头衔，同意放弃“殿下”的称号和今后对继承英国王位的要求。
在离婚之后到车祸身亡的一年中，这位人们爱戴的王妃似已接近实现她成为“人们心中的女王”的梦想。
Part III
Minister Zhao Qizheng of the State Council Information Office said at the opening ceremony, China and the U.S. are two great nations, and their relationship is not only highly important to the two countries, but also to peace and development the world over.
During his first visit to China in 1972, President Nixon said that to the American people China was a remote and mysterious country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 30 years later, this sense of mystery has reduced remarkably, but the level of mutual understanding between the two countries is still very far from where it should have been.
Understanding and friendship of the two peoples are the foundation stone of bilateral relationship. China Cultural Exchange 2000 is designed precisely to lay such a foundation stone.
（来源：catti.net.cn） |
