1.Gone are the days when Chinese people could expect cradle to death support from the government. 
　　中國(guó)人可以指望政府提供從出生到死亡的資助的日子已經(jīng)不復(fù)存在了。
　　2.The days when one could safely walk city streets at night are gone.
　　一個(gè)人可以在夜里安全地走在城市街道上的日子已經(jīng)過(guò)去了。
　　3.China’s population almost doubled to 1.2 billion people during the 1955-1995, according to the National Census Bureau.
　　根據(jù)全國(guó)人口普查局的數(shù)據(jù)，中國(guó)人口在1955年至1995年期間幾乎翻了一番，增加到12億。
　　4.A report by the Department of Education estimates that the student-teacher ratio in China is four times higher than in the United States.
　　教育部的一份報(bào)告估計(jì)中國(guó)的學(xué)生和老師的比例比美國(guó)高四倍。
　　5.Official figures released by the Ministry of Transportation show that motor vehicle fatalities have more than tripled since 1995.
　　交通部公布的官方數(shù)據(jù)表明機(jī)動(dòng)車死亡事故從1995年起已經(jīng)翻了兩番多。
　　6.Women accounted for less than two percent of the total number of deputies to the National People’s Congress in 1990, compared with almost 12 percent in 1998.
　　1990年，全國(guó)人民代表大會(huì)的婦女代表所占比例不到總?cè)藬?shù)的2%，1998年大約是12%.
　　7.Some 140 major state-owned companies have either declared bankruptcy or entered into mergers during 1998, up a whopping 75 percent on the total number for the 10-year period between 1985-1995.
　　1998年，已經(jīng)有大約140個(gè)大的國(guó)有公司宣布破產(chǎn)或被兼并，與1985年到1995年這十年間的總數(shù)相比超出75%.
　　8.China’s illiteracy rate has dropped by some 60 percent over the past few years, but nonetheless remains at one of the highest levels for any developing nation.
　　在過(guò)去的幾年中，中國(guó)的文盲率下降了約60%，但仍是發(fā)展中國(guó)家中較高的。
　　9.The steady three-year annual rise in the export rate between 1995-1997 has been followed by steadily failling prices during 1998 and the trend is expected to continue indefinitely.
　　1995年到1997年，出口率持續(xù)穩(wěn)定增長(zhǎng)之后，1998年，價(jià)格穩(wěn)步下跌，預(yù)計(jì)這一趨勢(shì)會(huì)無(wú)限期地持續(xù)下去。
　　10.It is essential to examine every angle in order to fully understand the nature of a perplexing problem.
　　為了全面理解一個(gè)復(fù)雜問(wèn)題的本質(zhì)，必須從每個(gè)角度進(jìn)行考查。