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Chinese to English: Excerpt from Bing Xin General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - Chinese 我掀开帘子，看见一个小姑娘， 只有八九岁光景，瘦瘦的苍白的脸，冻得发紫的嘴唇，头发很短，穿一身很破旧的衣裤，光脚穿一双草鞋，正在登上竹凳想去摘墙上的听话器。看见我似乎吃了一惊，把手缩了回去。‥‥‥ 我站起来要走，她拉住我，一面极其敏捷地拿过穿着麻线的大针，把那小桔碗四周相对地穿起来，像一个小筐似的，用一根小竹棍挑着，又从窗台上拿了一段短短的蜡头，放在里面点起 来，递给我说：“天黑了，路滑，这盏小桔灯照你上山吧！”
Translation - English I drew back the curtain and saw a little girl of only about 8 or 9 years old. Her face was gaunt and pale, her lips were frozen purple, and her hair was very short. Dressed in tatters with a pair of straw sandals covering her bare feet, she was climbing onto the bamboo stool in the hope of picking up the receiver on the wall, and pulled back her hand in apparent fright when she saw me … I stood up to go, but she held me back. With great deftness, she took a large needle threaded with linen and connected the opposite edges of the small bowl made of tangerine peels, creating a small basket-like structure. Holding the basket with a small bamboo stick, she placed inside a short piece of candle stub from the windowsill, and lit it. Handing the tangerine-peel basket over to me, she said, “It’s dark now and the road is slippery. Let this small tangerine lamp light your way up the mountain.”
English to Chinese: Excerpt on Education General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Education / Pedagogy
Source text - English It would be interesting to discover how many young people go to university without any clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards; If one considers the enormous variety of courses offered, it is not hard to see how difficult it is for a student to select the course most suited to his interests and abilities. If a student goes to university to acquire a broader perspective of life, to enlarge his ideas and to learn to think for himself, he will undoubtedly benefit. Schools often have too restricting an atmosphere, with its timetables and disciplines, to allow him much time for independent assessment of the work he is asked to do. Most students would, I believe, profit by a year’s exploration of different academic studies, especially those "all-rounders" with no particular interest.
Translation - Chinese 有趣的是，许多年轻人在读大学时，根本不清楚毕业后要做什么。大学提供的课程繁多，难怪学生难以选择适合自己兴趣与能力的课程。学生如果是为了使人生观更加宽阔、知识更丰富、思考能力更完善而上大学，必定收益良多。可是，学校常因时间安排与纪律要求有太多的限制，使得学生无法自主评估校方所给予的作业。我想，多数学生，尤其是那些兴趣广泛的学生，用一年时间探索不同学科将有所获益。
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