1.

我们确定搞两个开放：一个是对内开放，一个是对外开放。
We have made our mind to open in two respects: to open both within the nation and to the world.

2.杭州的名气主要在于风景如画的西湖。西湖一年四季都美不胜收，宋代著名诗人苏东坡
用“浓妆淡抹总相宜”的诗句来赞誉西湖。
Hangzhou’s fame lies mainly in its picturesque West Lake. Being beautiful all the year round, the
West Lake was a metaphor of a beauty who is always charming in either light or heavy makeup in
the eye of Su Dongpo, a well-known poet of the Song Dynasty.

3.无论是从经济角度还是环保角度，我们都有充分的理由从现在开始就要矫正北京的水短
缺与污染状况，而不要到了真的为时已晚时再行动。
There are strong economic and environmental reasons for us to address the water shortage and
pollution in Beijing before it is too late.

4.从 1900 年八国联军(Eight-power Allied Forces)占领北京、国家濒临灭亡，到 2000 年中国

在社会主义基础上大踏步走向繁荣富强，是中国发生翻天覆地变化的一百年。
Dramatic changes have taken place in China over the past century from 1900 when the Eight-
Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing, bringing the country to the verge of subjugation, to 2000
when China makes big strides towards the goal of being prosperous and strong.