China: 5,335 Students Dead or Missing In Quake
By AP / AUDRA ANG Thursday, May. 07, 2009
(BEIJING) — China said Thursday that 5,335 students died or remain missing in last year's massive Sichuan earthquake, the first official tally in what became a politically charged issue because of allegations of corruption and shoddy school construction.
中国政府周四发表声明称在去年特大地震灾难中有5，335名学生死亡和失踪。由于被指控涉及腐败和学校豆腐渣工程的建设，第一次的官方统计上升为政治问题。
The overall death toll in the May 12 quake was unchanged at 68,712 and almost 18,000 people are still listed as missing, Huang Mingquan, head of Sichuan civil affairs department, said at a news conference in the provincial capital of Chengdu. (See pictures of the earthquake rubble,)
四川民政厅厅长黄明全，在省会成都的一场新闻发布会上说，统计的5•12地震中全部死亡人数没有改变还是68，712人，失踪人数依旧是近18，000人。
While the government began a count of the dead and missing within hours after the magnitude-7.9 temblor razed huge portions of Sichuan, authorities have refused until now to say how many students were killed when thousands of classrooms collapsed while buildings around them remained intact.
尽管四川大部分地区发生7.9级地震之后不久的几个小时内，政府就开始统计死亡和失踪人数，但是当局直到现在仍对学生的死亡人数避而不谈，因为成千上万的教室倒塌后，然而周围的楼房却完好无损。
The issue has sparked national outrage and has been an enduring source of grief for parents trying to find answers and closure. They say the schools crumbled so easily because corruption and mismanagement led to slipshod construction methods and weak buildings that were not up to code. Some say materials meant for school construction projects were sold on the side by contractors for personal gain.
这个事件已经引发了国民的愤怒，也一直让学生家长们揪心不已，他们想找讨一个说法。他们说，学校之所以如此容易的坍塌，原因在于腐败和不善的管理导致的马虎不合格的建设方案和薄弱的楼房建筑，这些建筑都不符合国家规范。有些人说学校建筑所需材料的供应商与承包商相互勾结以谋取个人利益。
Many parents have petitioned and protested, only to be detained or warned against speaking out. Activists sympathetic to their cause have been harassed or taken away by police.
许多家长去请愿抗议这件事，结果却被扣押还被警告不要再说出这件事。那些同情支持他们看法的志愿者要么被骚扰要么被警察带走。
Officials blame the sheer power of the quake as the main cause of the number of flattened schools. They have said compiling and confirming the names of the students was a complicated process.
官员推卸责任的说如此多校舍坍塌的主要原因是这次地震的巨大强度，他们还表示汇总喝确认学生的姓名是非常复杂的过程。
No reason was given for the release of the figures on Thursday, just days before the one-year anniversary of the disaster.
周四公布的数字没有任何理由，只是这场灾难快一周年了。
In a transcript of the press conference posted on the Sichuan government's Web site, the officials said that "once there is concrete evidence to prove that problems exist in building designs and construction, relevant departments will investigate according to law."
在四川政府网页上公布的一份新闻发布会的材料上，一位官员说，曾经有确凿的证据证明在楼房设计和建设上存在问题，相关部门也将会绳之于法。
Liu Xiaoying, whose 12-year-old daughter was killed when the three-story Fuxin No. 2 Primary School collapsed into the ground, said she is sure that the number is much higher.
刘晓英，她12岁的女儿在阜新第2小学三层坍塌到地面被压死，她说她肯定实际数量更高。
"I hope the investigation will continue and that the people responsible will be seriously punished," said Liu, who is under tight surveillance after traveling to Beijing twice to petition the central government.
“我希望调查仍将继续，相关责任人一定要严惩，”刘晓英说，她在两次进京向中央政府请愿后被严密的监视。
"I hope the government will really do what they say they would and not brush off us parents," she said. "If this is the case, the hearts of my husband and I will be more at ease."
“我希望政府能够按照承诺说到做到，不要随便打发我们这些父母，”她说，“要是这样的话，我丈夫和群殴的心会安慰些。”
Ai Weiwei, an avant garde artist and high-profile critic of Beijing's policies, said while it was a sign that the government may be caving to "pressure of the common people, pressure from the media," it was still an empty gesture.
艾未未，一位前卫派的艺术家，高调的批评了政府的政策，并且说,“这仅仅是政府屈于百姓的压力，媒体的压力做出的样子，它依旧很空洞，没有实际效果。”
2009年3月11日星期三
Happiness is a journey 在人生旅途中品味幸福/幸福是一种旅途
Happiness is a journey 在人生旅途中品味幸福/幸福是一种旅途
We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. we will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
我们总是慰藉自己，结婚后，生孩子后生活会好过些。然而有了孩子后，孩子的顽皮捣蛋惹得我们很累，也许他们长大些后，我们会更满足。而后，孩子进入青少年时期，我们又要忙着引导他们如何做人处事，那时，我们觉得孩子们过了那个年龄段，我们自然就会幸福。
We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together. when we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.
我们总是告诉自己生活，夫妻生活融洽劲往一处使时，生活就是完美的。我们有了一辆好车就能在退休后去开心的度假了，实际上，再也没有比现在更好的时机了。如果不是现在，又会是何时呢？生活中总是充满竞争，我们最好接受这个事实，下决心无论怎样都要开心些。
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said."for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin-real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, someting to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have.
我最赞同尔弗雷德.苏泽说过的一段话，他说：“很长时间来，我的生活好像要开始一场真的生活了，但是过程之中总会出现麻烦，有些一次就搞定了，有些没完没了，又费时又费钱，不管怎么样，生活就这么开始了，最后我才恍然大悟，这些生活琐事就是我的生活。”这种对生活的理解使我懂得了寻找幸福并没有捷径，幸福本身就是捷径。因此，珍惜你所拥有的点点滴滴吧。
And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy….
记住，时不待人。莫等你完成学业，又重返校园之时；莫等你结婚又离婚，生子之时；莫等你退休之时；莫等你开了一辆新车成了一个新家之时；莫等春夏秋冬再次轮回之时；莫等重获新生之时，才意识到生活本来是及时行乐的。
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.So, work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching.
幸福永远在旅途中，没有终点站。那么，你就要不问薪水的去工作，敞开心扉的去爱，旁若无人的去跳舞。
We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, than another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. we will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
我们总是慰藉自己，结婚后，生孩子后生活会好过些。然而有了孩子后，孩子的顽皮捣蛋惹得我们很累，也许他们长大些后，我们会更满足。而后，孩子进入青少年时期，我们又要忙着引导他们如何做人处事，那时，我们觉得孩子们过了那个年龄段，我们自然就会幸福。
We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together. when we get a nice car, and are able to go on a nice vocation when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway.
我们总是告诉自己生活，夫妻生活融洽劲往一处使时，生活就是完美的。我们有了一辆好车就能在退休后去开心的度假了，实际上，再也没有比现在更好的时机了。如果不是现在，又会是何时呢？生活中总是充满竞争，我们最好接受这个事实，下决心无论怎样都要开心些。
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said."for a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin-real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, someting to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have.
我最赞同尔弗雷德.苏泽说过的一段话，他说：“很长时间来，我的生活好像要开始一场真的生活了，但是过程之中总会出现麻烦，有些一次就搞定了，有些没完没了，又费时又费钱，不管怎么样，生活就这么开始了，最后我才恍然大悟，这些生活琐事就是我的生活。”这种对生活的理解使我懂得了寻找幸福并没有捷径，幸福本身就是捷径。因此，珍惜你所拥有的点点滴滴吧。
And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids; until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy….
记住，时不待人。莫等你完成学业，又重返校园之时；莫等你结婚又离婚，生子之时；莫等你退休之时；莫等你开了一辆新车成了一个新家之时；莫等春夏秋冬再次轮回之时；莫等重获新生之时，才意识到生活本来是及时行乐的。
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.So, work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching.
幸福永远在旅途中，没有终点站。那么，你就要不问薪水的去工作，敞开心扉的去爱，旁若无人的去跳舞。
2008年12月28日星期日
Big claims are par for the course in China中国争夺发明权亦在情理中
Big claims are par for the course in China
By Mure Dickie
中国争夺发明权亦在情理中
Published: March 11 2006 02:00 | Last updated: March 11 2006 02:00
Chinese academics have sparked controversy in the world of golf by contesting Scotland's claim to have invented that strangely popular way of using clubs and balls to spoil a good walk.
中国学者与苏格兰人争夺高尔夫球的最早发明权，在高尔夫球界引发了一场争议。高尔夫球这项运动，是用高尔夫球杆和球糟蹋了好好的散步，
The longstanding Chinese theory, to be showcased anew in an exhibition that opens at Hong Kong's Heritage Museum this month, is based on murals and paintings that show imperial courtiers playing a golf-like game long before Scotland's first documented reference in the 15th century.
中国最早发明高尔夫球的理论由来已久。本月在香港文化博物馆的一次展览会上再次的到展示。这一理论的主要依据是中国古代的壁画和绘画作品。在这些画中，宫廷仕臣们在玩一种类高尔夫球运动，这比苏格兰最早的文献记载15世纪要早。
This grab for golfing glory is no isolated incident. China's passion for claiming inventions and discoveries exceeds even that of the Scots (who claim to have given the world everything from the telephone to the study of economics).
这次争夺高尔夫球殊荣的事件并非偶然。中国人主张发明权和发现的热情远远超过了苏格兰人。苏格兰人声称，自己给了世界从电话到经济学研究的一切。
In January, state media announced the discovery of cliff paintings suggesting Chinese were " adept skiers as early as the Stone Age" . Last year, China bolstered its claim to credit for pasta-type dishes with discovery of a 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles in western Qinghai province.
一月份，中国的媒体报道了悬崖壁画的发现，这暗示着中国在石器时代就已出现熟练的滑雪者了。去年在中国西部的青海省，发现一4000年前的面食碗具。这一发现使中国发明意大利面的主张有据可依了。
Amid China's re-emergence as an international power, such claims to cultural and scientific precocity strike a global chord. World football body Fifa, keen to cultivate the country, has already given recognition to the theory that the game owes its origins to China's ancient state of Qi. And retired British submariner Gavin Menzies has won fame and fortune with his thinly-argued thesis that Chinese sailors mapped the Americas long before Columbus.
在中国重新崛起成为世界强国的过程中，像这样对文化科技的早就发展了的主张引起了全球共鸣。国际足联体，恳切于培育中国市场，已经承认了足球运动起源于中国古代齐朝的论断。前英国潜水军官盖文孟奇斯也由于一片论据不足的论文--中国航海家早在哥伦布之前就在地图上绘著了美洲大陆而获得了殊荣与金钱。
Such claims often appear less than solid. China's borders have only enveloped the sites of the ancient skiers and noodle-slurpers in relatively modern times. There is also a shortage of evidence linking classical Chinese ball games with today's golf and football. And Mr Menzies' argument for the discovery of America appears too far-fetched even for nationalist Chinese scholars.
这些说法常常难以自圆其说。在现今，中国争论的范围仅仅是古代的滑雪者和面条餐具。而中国古代的球类游戏与今天的高尔夫球运动和足球运动也缺少关联证据。孟奇斯先生关于发现美洲大陆论断对于那些带有民族主义情节的中国学者来说也太过牵强。
There is no denying the appeal to Beijing of stressing national historical achievements, however. The " Four Great Inventions" - paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass - are a staple of Chinese children's " patriotic education" .
热然中国政府强调国家历史成就的号召力是毋庸置疑的。四大发明--造纸术，印刷术，火药和指南针，是中国儿童爱国主义教育的范本教材。
Still, some in China take a more nuanced view. Local discussion of the Great Inventions often centres on why they found their greatest development in upstart Europe.
当然，在中国有些人对此保持了谨慎。这些中国人的争论主要集中在为什么四大发明在欧洲发展的初期取得了巨大发展而不是在中国。
Indeed, the fact that many classical discoveries were later completely forgotten is a reminder of a key reason why China was eventually eclipsed: its failure to invent anything like western science, with its sceptical philosophy, shared nomenclature and peer reviews.
实际上，中国许多的古代发明后来被完全淡忘，这一事实的确揭示了中国最终没落的原因：中国没能发明类似于西方的科学。
These days, China is trying to make up lost ground, promoting greater innovation to reduce the dominance of foreign companies' technology and brands. After all, China's historical golfing credentials will not help local sporting goods retailers and manufacturers accused of selling counterfeit clubs.
现在中国又在试着收复失地，大力推进创新，以消弱外企在技术和品牌方面的垄断。毕竟中国争夺高尔夫球发明殊荣的行为并不能够帮助当地体育商品销售商和制造商免遭其受到的销售假冒伪劣商品的指责。
Perhaps if the ancient Chinese had been really smart, they would have invented not golf, but intellectual property rights.
也许如果古代中国人真聪明的话，他们应当发明知识产权而不是“高尔夫球”权。
The writer is the FT's Beijing correspondent
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008
By Mure Dickie
中国争夺发明权亦在情理中
Published: March 11 2006 02:00 | Last updated: March 11 2006 02:00
Chinese academics have sparked controversy in the world of golf by contesting Scotland's claim to have invented that strangely popular way of using clubs and balls to spoil a good walk.
中国学者与苏格兰人争夺高尔夫球的最早发明权，在高尔夫球界引发了一场争议。高尔夫球这项运动，是用高尔夫球杆和球糟蹋了好好的散步，
The longstanding Chinese theory, to be showcased anew in an exhibition that opens at Hong Kong's Heritage Museum this month, is based on murals and paintings that show imperial courtiers playing a golf-like game long before Scotland's first documented reference in the 15th century.
中国最早发明高尔夫球的理论由来已久。本月在香港文化博物馆的一次展览会上再次的到展示。这一理论的主要依据是中国古代的壁画和绘画作品。在这些画中，宫廷仕臣们在玩一种类高尔夫球运动，这比苏格兰最早的文献记载15世纪要早。
This grab for golfing glory is no isolated incident. China's passion for claiming inventions and discoveries exceeds even that of the Scots (who claim to have given the world everything from the telephone to the study of economics).
这次争夺高尔夫球殊荣的事件并非偶然。中国人主张发明权和发现的热情远远超过了苏格兰人。苏格兰人声称，自己给了世界从电话到经济学研究的一切。
In January, state media announced the discovery of cliff paintings suggesting Chinese were " adept skiers as early as the Stone Age" . Last year, China bolstered its claim to credit for pasta-type dishes with discovery of a 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles in western Qinghai province.
一月份，中国的媒体报道了悬崖壁画的发现，这暗示着中国在石器时代就已出现熟练的滑雪者了。去年在中国西部的青海省，发现一4000年前的面食碗具。这一发现使中国发明意大利面的主张有据可依了。
Amid China's re-emergence as an international power, such claims to cultural and scientific precocity strike a global chord. World football body Fifa, keen to cultivate the country, has already given recognition to the theory that the game owes its origins to China's ancient state of Qi. And retired British submariner Gavin Menzies has won fame and fortune with his thinly-argued thesis that Chinese sailors mapped the Americas long before Columbus.
在中国重新崛起成为世界强国的过程中，像这样对文化科技的早就发展了的主张引起了全球共鸣。国际足联体，恳切于培育中国市场，已经承认了足球运动起源于中国古代齐朝的论断。前英国潜水军官盖文孟奇斯也由于一片论据不足的论文--中国航海家早在哥伦布之前就在地图上绘著了美洲大陆而获得了殊荣与金钱。
Such claims often appear less than solid. China's borders have only enveloped the sites of the ancient skiers and noodle-slurpers in relatively modern times. There is also a shortage of evidence linking classical Chinese ball games with today's golf and football. And Mr Menzies' argument for the discovery of America appears too far-fetched even for nationalist Chinese scholars.
这些说法常常难以自圆其说。在现今，中国争论的范围仅仅是古代的滑雪者和面条餐具。而中国古代的球类游戏与今天的高尔夫球运动和足球运动也缺少关联证据。孟奇斯先生关于发现美洲大陆论断对于那些带有民族主义情节的中国学者来说也太过牵强。
There is no denying the appeal to Beijing of stressing national historical achievements, however. The " Four Great Inventions" - paper, printing, gunpowder and the compass - are a staple of Chinese children's " patriotic education" .
热然中国政府强调国家历史成就的号召力是毋庸置疑的。四大发明--造纸术，印刷术，火药和指南针，是中国儿童爱国主义教育的范本教材。
Still, some in China take a more nuanced view. Local discussion of the Great Inventions often centres on why they found their greatest development in upstart Europe.
当然，在中国有些人对此保持了谨慎。这些中国人的争论主要集中在为什么四大发明在欧洲发展的初期取得了巨大发展而不是在中国。
Indeed, the fact that many classical discoveries were later completely forgotten is a reminder of a key reason why China was eventually eclipsed: its failure to invent anything like western science, with its sceptical philosophy, shared nomenclature and peer reviews.
实际上，中国许多的古代发明后来被完全淡忘，这一事实的确揭示了中国最终没落的原因：中国没能发明类似于西方的科学。
These days, China is trying to make up lost ground, promoting greater innovation to reduce the dominance of foreign companies' technology and brands. After all, China's historical golfing credentials will not help local sporting goods retailers and manufacturers accused of selling counterfeit clubs.
现在中国又在试着收复失地，大力推进创新，以消弱外企在技术和品牌方面的垄断。毕竟中国争夺高尔夫球发明殊荣的行为并不能够帮助当地体育商品销售商和制造商免遭其受到的销售假冒伪劣商品的指责。
Perhaps if the ancient Chinese had been really smart, they would have invented not golf, but intellectual property rights.
也许如果古代中国人真聪明的话，他们应当发明知识产权而不是“高尔夫球”权。
The writer is the FT's Beijing correspondent
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008
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