填空题 Translate the following into English.(上海外国语大学2008研,考试科目:英汉互译) 千万不要被“忽悠”了 (谨防新时期的“糖衣炮弹”) 去年,美国时任财政部长的汉克?保尔森曾恭维中国说,“中国已经是全球经济领袖之一”。此后,美英两国媒体在这方面做了不少文章。美国《时代》周刊在年初一期杂志的封面上,以显赫的大字宣称:“中国:一个新王朝的开始”。2007年1月,英国伦敦皇家国际问题研究所所长维克托?托马斯意味深长地发表文章,提醒世界注意:《2020年,世界将有中美两个超级大国》,而且要求中国同美国一样,“把责任扩大到整个地球”。5月下旬,美国一些媒体大量报道美国世界意见调查机构最近对十几个国家进行的所谓“世界民意调查”,认为“中国经济将超过美国”,而且说得有鼻子有眼,时间大概就在2020年;并挑逗中国人说,你们怎么“对自己的经济还没有美国人有信心”呢? 尤其值得注意的是,5月中旬,美国中央情报局公布了一份“世界数字”报告,按美国所谓“实际购买力”估算,突出宣传在世界各国国内生产总值方面,中国仅排在美国之后,遥遥领先于第三的日本。报告还“分析”说,如果按2006年一年间美中两国距离缩小近3%的比例算,“中国只需要两年就能超过美国,在2009年内成为世界上实际的第一经济大国”。说得多么有根有据,多么娓娓动听而又发人深思! 所谓中国很快就要赶超美国的论调,实际上是新时期的一颗“糖衣炮弹”,是“中国威胁论”的变种。它一是要引起西方、特别是美国的惊恐,从根本上感到“中国的威胁”和挑战,从而动员“遏制中国的势力”。二是要刺激中国某些人的浮躁情绪和简单的“大国心态”,麻痹忧患意识。这是更阴险的一招,而且更具“魅力”。我们不能“以小人之心,度君子之腹”,但也千万不要被“忽悠”了,不可不学会一点“以君子之心度小人之腹”。
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【正确答案】 1、正确答案:Be Sure of Not Being "Fooled Around" (Be cautious about "the sugar-coated bullet" in the new era)Last year, America"s Minister of Financial Department, Hank Paulson once flattered China: "China has been one of the world leaders in economy. " After that, the media of America and Britain wrote many articles on this. Time magazine of America acclaimed with marked words on an issue"s cover at the beginning of this year:" China—The Beginning of a New Dynasty. " In January, 2007, the president of London Royal International Affairs institute of Britain, Victor Thomas published an article which was profound in significance and remind the world that: There Will Be Two Super Powers—China and America in 2020, and ask China to "expand its responsibility to the whole world" just like America. In the latter part of May, some American medias massively reported the so-called " world public opinion research" which had been conducted by American world"s Opinion Research Institute interviewing for dozens of countries lately. The report stated that "China"s economy will surpass America"s" which was described to the life, and the time point will be around 2020. It teased Chinese how could you" do not have the faith to your own economy than the American have to yours?" Especially we should pay attention to a "World Statistics" report which was released by CIA in the middle ten days of May. According to the estimation of American"s so-called "real purchasing power" , the report stressed that China was just behind America and far ahead than the third place country Japan in the aspect of every country"s GDP. It also "analyzed" that if we counted on the proposition that the gap between America and China was narrowed down by nearly 3% in 2006, "China only needs two years to catch up with America and it will be the actual first economy country of the world in 2009". How this saying was so reasonable, sound and thought-provoking! The so-called view that China would surpass America soon was actually the "sugar-coated bullet" of the new period and the new variety of "China Threat Theory". Firstly, it wanted to arose the horror of the western world, especially America, and made them fell the challenges and " China"s Threat" in order to restrain China"s power. Secondly, it wanted to stimulate the impetuous emotions and the simple "Great Country Attitude" of some Chinese in order to palsy the sense of anxiety. This was a more treacherous way and more " charming". We should not " gauge the heart of a gentleman with our own mean measure" , but we needed to be sure of not "being fooled around" and we could learn a little of "gauge the heart of a mean person with our gentleman"s measure".    
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