understanding leads to trust. today, i would like to speak to you about china s development strategy and its future against the backdrop（背景） of the evolution of the chinese civilization and china s current development endeavor（努力,盡力[c][+to-v]his endeavors to get the bill passed failed. 他想使議案通過的努力失敗了。）. i hope this will help you gain a better understanding of china.
in a history that spans more than five millennia, the chinese nation has contributed significantly to the progress of human civilization. but its course of national development has been an arduous（arduous kk: [ ] dj: [ ]a.1. 艱巨的;費力的;困難的it must have been a very arduous task to build the pyramids.當時建造金字塔肯定是件萬分艱巨的事。2. 努力的;使勁的he made an arduous effort to keep up with the rest of the class.他努力跟上班上其他同學。3. 陡峭的,難攀登的an arduous hill 陡峭的山） one. in particular in the 160 years and more since the opium war in 1840, the chinese people have fought courageously and unyieldingly to rid themselves of poverty and backwardness（n. 落後(狀態)） and to realize national rejuvenation（kk: [ ] dj: [ ] n.1. 返老還童;回春）, thus profoundly changing the destiny of the chinese nation. ninety-five years ago, the chinese people launched the revolution of 1911 that overthrew（打倒;推翻;廢除fascism had lawlessly overthrown the democratic government.法西斯非法推翻了民主政府） the feudal autocracy which had ruled china for several thousand years and opened the door to china s progress.
fifty-seven years ago, the chinese people succeeded in winning liberation after protracted and hard struggle and founded new china in which people became their own masters. twenty-eight years ago, the chinese people embarked（embark
kk: [ ]dj: [ ]vi.1. 上船(或飛機等)we embarked on a cruiser.我們登上一艘遊艇。2. 從事,著手[(+on/in/upon)]they embarked on a campaign to get people to vote.他們展開一場動員人們投票的運動。vt.1. 使上船(或飛機等);裝載 the ship embarked passengers and cargo. 那艘船載上乘客,裝上貨物。2. 使從事,使著於[h] we are already embarked on a new course.我們已開始踏上一條新的道路。3. 投(資) he embarked his fortune in trade.他把財產投資做生意。） upon the historic drive of reform, opening-up and modernization and have made phenomenal（1. 現象的 2. 能知覺的 3. 異常的;傑出的;驚人的 "we knew it would be a bestseller, but even the original didn't sell this well at the start. by our estimates, we've already sold somewhere in the neighborhood of500, 000 copies. it's just phenomenal." ） progress through unremitting（remit kk: [ ] dj: [ ] vt. 1. 寬恕;赦免the prisoner's sentence cannot be remitted. 不能免除這個犯人的徒刑。2. 豁免(捐稅等),免除(處罰) the taxes have been remitted. 稅已被免去。3. 緩和;減輕,減退;使鬆懈 she remitted her efforts after the mid-term test. 她在期中考試以後放鬆了努力。 4. 提交,移交(問題等)[(+to)] you will have to remit this problem to a higher authority. 你得把這個問題提交給上一級。 5. 傳送;匯寄[(+to)] i promised to remit the balance by the weekend. 我答應周末前將餘款匯去。6. 使恢復原狀[(+into/to)] 7. 推延[(+to/till)] vi. 1. 緩和;減輕 2. 匯款 please remit promptly by money order. 請速將款項用匯票匯來。） efforts.