Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then translate
the underlined sentences into Chinese and write your translation on the ANSWER
SHEET.
Peace and development remain the principal themes in today’s
world, and the overall international security environment remains stable. But,
uncertainties and destabilizing factors are on the increase, and new challenges
and threats are continuously emerging. World peace and security face more
opportunities than challenges. 21. The world is at a critical stage, moving
toward multi-polarity. Progress is expected in addressing the serious imbalances
in the international strategic alignment. The major international forces compete
with and hold each other in check. But, they also maintain coordination and
practical cooperation in their mutual relationships, and draw on each other’s
strengths. Some major developing countries and regional groupings have grown
in power, and the developing world as a whole is becoming stronger. 22.
Economic globalization accelerates and science and technology make rapid
progress; there are profound changes in the international division of labor,
global and regional economic cooperation is being vigorously promoted, leading
to increasing interdependence among countries. More dialogues are being
conducted on traditional security issues, and cooperation in non-traditional
security fields is developing in depth. To address development and security
issues through coordination, cooperation and multilateral mechanism is the
preferred approach of the international community. The United Nations’ status
and role in world affairs are being upheld and strengthened. World wars or
all-out confrontation between major countries are avoidable for the foreseeable
future. The international community is increasingly facing
comprehensive, diverse and complex security threats. The world is not yet
peaceful. 23. Political, economic and security problems and geographical,
ethnic and religious contradictions are interconnected and complex. Hegemonies
and power politics remain key factors undermining international security. Non-
traditional security threats present greater danger, and local turmoil caused by
war is on and off, and some hotspots cannot be removed in a short time. The
impact of economic globalization is spreading into the political, security and
social fields. Global economic development is uneven, and the gap between the
North and the South is widening. 24. Security issues related to energy,
resources, finance, information and international shipping routes are mounting.
International terrorist forces remain active, shocking terrorist acts keep
occurring. Natural disasters, serious communicable diseases, environmental
degradation, international crime and other transnational problems are becoming
more damaging in nature.