Directions:

　　For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　面對(duì)日益嚴(yán)重的環(huán)境問題，低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)越來越引起世界各國的關(guān)注。對(duì)于低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)的界定雖各有不同，但有一點(diǎn)是沒有爭(zhēng)議的。人們普遍承認(rèn)，低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)是以低能耗、低污染、低排放為基礎(chǔ)的經(jīng)濟(jì)模式，是人類社會(huì)繼農(nóng)業(yè)文明、工業(yè)文明之后的又一次重大進(jìn)步。低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)質(zhì)上是能源高效利用、清潔能源開發(fā)、追求綠色GDP的問題，核心是能源技術(shù)和減排技術(shù)創(chuàng)新、產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)和制度創(chuàng)新以及人類生存發(fā)展觀念的根本性轉(zhuǎn)變。在我國經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的關(guān)鍵時(shí)期，更加協(xié)調(diào)低碳經(jīng)濟(jì)與發(fā)展的關(guān)系，保護(hù)地球的生態(tài)環(huán)境，事關(guān)中國人民乃至全世界人民的福祉。

　　參考譯文：

　　Facing the increasingly serious environmental problems, low-carbon economy attracts more and more attention of the countries all over the world. For the definition of low-carbon economy is different, but one thing is not controversial. It is widely acknowledged that low-carbon economy is a economical model on the basis of low energy consumption, low pollution and low emission, a major progress of human society following agriculture civilization, industrial civilization. In essence, low-carbon economy is efficiently use of energy, development of clean energy and pursuit of green GDP, with the core of energy technology and emission reduction technology innovation, industrial structure and system innovation, and the fundamental shift of human’s survival and development ideas. In the critical period of economic development in our country, to further coordinate the relationship between low-carbon economy and the development, protect the ecological environment of the earth, is about the well-being of the Chinese people and the people all over the world as well.