Adaptingtocitylife双语.doc

Adapting to city life 时间：2012-9-3?浏览：10? Zhao Zhanglin, a post-90s rural migrant, didn’t expect to stay when he first set foot in the sprawling metropolis of Beijing.赵章林（音译）是位90后外来务工人员。当第一次踏上北京这座纷繁大都市时，他并未料到自己会留下来。 “I just wanted to open my eyes by coming to the city to work for a few years,” the 22-year-old recounts. “Then I’d like to return to the peaceful village in Ankang, Shaanxi, where I came from.”“我只想来这里工作几年，开开眼界。然后就要回陕西安康老家那个平静的小村子。”这位22岁的小伙子讲述道。 But then he felt that his whole life had been redefined by being exposed to the exciting urban life. “I talked with professors, businessmen and even actors,” said Zhao, who organized conferences and receptions for a training company.但后来，置身于令人兴奋的城市生活中的他，觉得自己的人生被重新定义了。他现就职于一家培训公司，负责会议组织和接待工作，他表示：“我可以和教授、生意人甚至是演员侃侃而谈。” “In the countryside, the people I encounter are restricted to farmers and street vendors.”“在农村，我接触到的只有农民和街上的小贩。” Zhao can now also support his family by sending back money and has been recruited in a local junior college. He has decided to stay in Beijing.现在，赵章林也可以寄钱回家养家，并且已被北京的一所大专录取了。他决定留在北京。 According to The Urban Blue Book: China City Development Report, released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) last week, the number of Chinese urbanites (691 million) has surpassed the number of rural residents.从中国社会科学院上周发布的《城市蓝皮书：中国城市发展报告》看来，中国城镇人口达到6.91亿，这一数字已远远超过农村人口。 The urbanization rate, which means the proportion of residents who live in cities is now at 51.27 percent.城镇化率，即城镇人口占总人口的比例现已达到51.27%。 This marks a significant change in the country’s social structure. It means that China has ended the era of “village-based society” and ushered in a “city-based society”.这标志着我国社会结构的重大变化，同时也意味着中国已经结束了“乡村型社会”时代，迎来一个全新的“城市型社会”。 The term “urbanization” refers to the process of rural people moving into cities. A key indicator of a country’s urbanization level is the distribution of its population between rural and urban areas, explains the report.“城镇化”指的是农村人口向城市迁移的过程。该报告指出，衡量一个国家城镇化水平的一项重要指