1.苹果公司(Apple Inc)不仅在中国有生产线，其产品在中国市场的销量也一片大好。
对中
国消费者来说，苹果是最受推崇的品牌之一。
2012年调查人员发现，苹果生产的电子产品在北京的一所精英中学的渗透度比在美国城市的一所精英中学还要广。
目前，中国有
2.7亿人已经能买得起苹果手机，随着收入的提高，每年还会增加5700万人。
简而言之，
苹果的产品目前在中国的销售速度非常快而且甚至可能更快。
一些业内专家预测，几年之内中国将超过美国成为苹果最大的市场。
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Apple Inc. not only has production lines in China, its sales there are also booming. For Chinese consumers, Apple is one of their most admired brands. A survey in 2012 by researchers found that the penetration of electronic products from the company at an elite high school in Beijing was greater than that at one in an American city. At present, 270 million people in China can already afford Apple’s products, and as income increases, each year there will be another 57 million able to. In short, Apple’s products are selling fast and likely to sell even faster in China. Some industry experts predict that China will overtake America to become Apple’s larg est market within a few years.
生产线a production line 最受推崇的品牌the most admired brand 渗透度penetration 电子产品an electronic product
精英中学an elite high school 可能be likely to
预测predict 超过overtake
2.自上世纪70年代末以来，中国许多最优秀人才赴海外留学，但学成归国的只有少数。
中
国人才流失(brain drain)现象严重。
面对全球化的世界，中国有越来越多的工作需要具备国际教育背景的人才。
因此国家开展了一系列的引进海外人才的项目，成功的吸引了越来越多的留学生回国进入国企、教育机构和商业园区工作。
如今，每年都有超过15万的海外留学生回国。
他们将中国经济与世界相连，从商业、政治以及流行文化上着手，帮助中国走向世界。
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Many of China's best and brightest talents have left to study abroad since the late 1970s, however, only a minority have returned. The country experienced a serious brain drain. Faced with a globalized world, more and more jobs in China need skilled people with international education background. China, therefore, launches a series of projects aimed at the introduction of overseas talents, which has successfully attracted more and more students abroad back home to work in state companies, educational institutions and business districts. Now, more than 150 thousand overseas students come back every year. They link China’s economy to the world, helping to connect China to commerce, politics and popular culture abroad.
海外人才overseas talents 全球化世界globalized world
开展launch 一系列 a series of
国企state companies 教育机构educational institutions
商业园区business districts 相连link …to
3.雾霾Much of northern China, including Beijing, is often enveloped by heavy smog, a sort of particulate air pollution. Chronic exposure to particles in the air—especially at extremely high concentrations—increases risks for respiratory diseases as well as lung cancer. Air pollution might have caused about 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010 alone—a considerable figure even for a country of 1.3 billion people. On days when the smog envelops the city many schools even forbid kids from playing outside. Authorities have shown urgency in their efforts to control air pollution by acting actively and encouraging a public discussion on the issue.。