Translation
Unit 1
Chuangke is a term that refers to innovative people who make an effort to turn their cutting edge ideas into reality.The term is translated from the English word maker which is derived from the fabrication laboratory project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US. It is a consumer-centered project, emphasizing innovation and designed to empower individuals to develop and produce smart devices to suit personal needs. The students participating in the project are called “makers”. In China, Chuangke refers to those who start their own businesses with innovative ideas. Chinese makers include tech-savvy people who dedicate themselves to creating new devices and distinguished innovators in various fields such as software developers, artists and designers.
Unit 2
Every year on World Book Day (April 23), activities on"Nationwide Reading, Intellectual
China" are organized all over China, to cultivate the ethos of reading in the country and spread the awareness that reading should not only be for students and intellectuals, but be part of everyone's way of life. Reading has much to do with personal growth, and the spiritual level of a nation largely depends on the reading performance of its people. Starting from2014,for three consecutive years “nation-wide reading” has been included in the Report on the Work of the Government in China, for reading is conducive not only to innovation but also to the moral sense of society.
Unit 3
There is a need to standardize the clothing industry in China. There should be more innovations in Chinese fashion design. Chinese elements in fashion design should have their own brands. While we are trying our best to transcend Western fashion styles, we should also try to break through the traditional Eastern concepts, eventually creating a style that can be called Chinese. Such a Chinese style neither caters to Western fashion tastes nor simply utilizes pure Chinese elements to achieve a national renaissance. Rather, this style features an organic combination of various Eastern elements, skillfully infused at the same time with the features of Western clothes. It is a merging of traditional Chinese culture and multiple world cultures.
Unit 4
In recent years, with the development of the market economy in China, the level of development of our socio-cultural enterprises, as well as our science and technology and our productivity, has greatly increased,thus strengthening overall national power. The market economy also plays an enormous role in improving people’s living standards and in fulfilling the goal of common prosperity. Compared with the early days of reform and opening up substantial changes have taken place in Chinese people’s spending habits and lifestyles, with consumption of basic food and clothing transformed gradually to consumption for pleasure ushering in the consumption era. In turn, the pursuit of material wealth has also contributed tremendously to economic and social development.