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more than a century, nearly 11,000 athletes from 201 countries competed, breaking
the then record of participating countries. 太极拳（ Tai Chi ）是一种武术（ martial
arts ）项目，也是一种健身运动，在中国有着
悠久的历史。太极拳动作缓慢而柔和，适合任何年龄、性别、体型的人练习。太极拳既
可防身，又能强身健体，因而深受中国人的喜爱。太极拳在发展的过程中，借鉴并吸收
了中国传统哲学、医术、武术的合理内容（
element ），成为特色鲜明的一项运动。作为
中国特有的一种运动形式，太极拳也越来越受到众多外国朋友的喜爱。
Tai Chi is a kind of martial arts, and a fitness exercise as well. It has a long history in China. With slow and gentle of any age, sex, or body type to practice.
movements, Tai Chi is
suitable
for people
It can be used to provide self-defense
as well as build the body. Therefore, it has become very popular among Chinese people. During its development, Tai Chi borrowed and
absorbed desirable elements from traditional Chinese philosophy, medicine, and martial arts, and it has developed into a sport with unique features. sport in China, Tai Chi is also gaining friends.
increasing
popularity
As a unique
among many foreign
Unit 6
间隔年指的是学生休假不去上学而去旅游或工作等的一段时间，但不一定是一年。间隔 年通常选在高中毕业和进入大学之前的一段时间。在这段时间里，学生可以旅游、参加
志愿者工作或者在国外边打工边度假。
一种新潮流是参加集语言学习、 住家、文化交流、
20 世纪 60 年代兴起于英
社区服务和自主学习于一体的国际教育活动。间隔年的做法于
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国。它在英国、澳大利亚、新西兰和加拿大已经变得非常流行。但是在美国，间隔年的
做法仍然只是个别现象。不过近年来，间隔年对美国人来说变得稍微普遍起来。
2013 年
有大约四万美国学生参加了间隔年活动，比
2006 年增加了近 20%。普林斯顿大学、哈佛
大学、麻省理工学院等大学都有明文规定允许学生延迟入学。
Gap year ( 间隔年 ) refers to a period of time — not necessarily a year — in which
students take time off and do something other than schooling, such as travel or
work. The year out is most commonly taken after high school and before going to university. During this time, a student might travel, engage in volunteer work or undertake ( 承担 ) a working holiday abroad. A new trend is to participate in international education programs that combine language study,
home stays, cultural exchange, community service, and independent study. The practice of taking a year out developed in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. It has grown very popular among students in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. In the United States, however, the practice
of taking
a year off remains
the exception ( 例外 ). But in recent years, taking a year out has become slightly more common for Americans. Some 40,000 American students participated in 2013 in gap year programs, an increase of almost 20% since 2006. Universities such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formal policies allowing students to defer (
延期 ) admission.
改革开放以来，中国的教育事业得到了快速发展，取得了引人瞩目的成就。中国政府把 教育摆在优先发展的地位，坚持科教兴国（
revitalize the country ），全面提倡素质教
育 (quality-oriented education) 。同时，积极推进教育公平，保障人人有受教育的机
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会。中国的教育成就反映在两个不同的层面： 一个是全面普及了九年义务教育 （ nine-year
compulsory education ），另一个是实现了高等教育大众化（ mass higher education
）。
教育的发展为中国的经济发展和社会进步作出了重大贡献。近年来，为适应社会、经济 发展的需要，中国政府不断加快培养各领域的急需人才。
Since its economic reform and opening-up to the world, China's education has gone
through rapid development and made remarkable achievements. The Chinese government gives
top priority
to the development of
education, persists
in revitalizing the country by science and education, and fully advocates
quality-oriented education. Meanwhile, it actively promotes equality in
education to guarantee everyone access to education. China's achievements in education can be reflected in two different layers: One is the popularization of the nine-year compulsory education;
the other is the realization
of mass higher
education. The development of education has made significant contributions to China's economic development and social progress. In recent years, to satisfy
the needs of social and economic development, the Chinese government has sped up the training of qualified personnel urgently needed in various fields.
Unit 7
在所有美国人的信念中， 最基本、 最强烈的信念可能就是崇尚个人自由。
要理解美国人，
最重要的也许就是了解他们对个人主义的热爱。生活中他们很早就开始受到教育，把自
己看成独立的个体，对人生中自己的处境以及自己的前途命运负责。美国人认为自己的
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思想和行为高度个性化。他们不愿被视为任何同质群体的代表。如果确实加入了群体，
他们也认为自己有特别之处，与同一个群体中的其他成员有着些许的差别。与美国人对
个人主义赋予的价值紧密相关的是他们对个人隐私的重视。美国人认为，人需要有自己
的时间或者有时间独处，用来思考事情，或者恢复他们所消耗的心理能量。美国人很难
理解那些总想与人结伴、
不爱独处的外国人。
The belief in the freedom of the individual is probably the most basic and most strongly held of all American beliefs. The most important thing to understand Americans is probably their devotion (
深爱 ) to individualism. They have been
trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own
destiny. Americans view themselves as highly individualistic in their thoughts and actions.
They resist
being thought of as representatives
of any homogeneous
( 由同类组成的 ) group. When they do join groups, they believe they are special, just a little
different
from other members of the same group.
Closely associated
with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans assign privacy. to think
Americans assume people need some time to themselves about things or
or some time alone
Americans have
recover their spent psychological energy.
great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person and who dislike being alone.
为人诚信，以和为贵是中华民族的传统美德。和的思想体现在很多方面。在处理人与人
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