a small population Although itsterritory is bigger than that of China, it only has a population of less than30 million people. Consequently, to attract and to accept foreign immi grantshave become a national policy long observed by Canada. It can be safelyasserted that, except for Indians, al Canadian citizens are foreignimmigrants, differing only in the length of time they have settled il Canada. Vancouver, in particular, is one of the few most celebrated multi-ethnic cities inthe world At present, among the 1.8 million Vancouver residents, half of themare not native-born and one out of every four residents is from Asia. The 250, 000 Chinese there have played a decisive role i facilitating thetransformation of the Vancouver economy. Half of them have come to settle in Vancouver only over the past five years, making Vancouver the largest area outside asia where the Chinese concentrate 2. Mini-essay Translation from Chinese into English Chinesecalligraphy An ancient Chinese saying goes like this: "Mountain is famous for its fairy rather than its height: Waters is known for hidingChinese dragon instead of its depth. Chinese calligraphy just likes the fairyto mountain and the dragon to water Chinese calligraphy is quite differentfrom other writing forms. With its long evolution, Chinese character has formeddifferent art types, including oracle bone inscription, engraved script, sealcharacter, official script, regular script cursive hand and running cursivehand. Chinese character belongs to hieroglyphic. Therefore, one can guess themeaning by its forms. Either carving of brushing calligraphy can obtain arteffect by exaggerating its writing strokes. Therefore, Chinese calligraphy isalways being considered as a kind of art 第八章练习答案 1. Translate the following into English It is advisable not to be tooromantic on interpersonal matters. Humans are peculiar interesting. In theircontact with a person, they tend to see nothing but his or her merit first. This is rather analogous to our experience of dinning in a restaurant. At thebeginning, when we take the starter or cold dishes, we are very much impre For the first two main courses, we are also profuse in praise. However, we calmdown as we eat After we finish the feast, all sorts of faults is found. Then we are no linger pleased but angry: we are no longer complimentary butcomplaining and fastidious: we no longer nod our satisfaction but keep shakingour head. All this happens because, first, you were in a taste of hunger at thetime you began to eat. When hungry, one may feel even the taste of chaffespecially delicious, but may not feel the sweetness of honey after eating hisor her fill 2. Mini-essay Translation from Chinese into English Three Represents Three Represents theory, namelythe Party must always represent the development trend of Chinas advancedproductive forces, the orientation of Chinas advanced culture and thefundamental interests highly interrelated and mutuallyreinforcing. To develop advanced productive forces is a basieS are of the overwhelming ma jority of the Chinese people, is coherent entity, and the three elements are condition fordeveloping advanced culture and realizing the fundamental interests of thepeople. The people are the main body to create advanced productive forces andculture as well as the fundamental force to realize their own interests. Toceaselessly develop advanced productive forces and culture is, in the finalanalysis, aimed at meeting the growing material and cultural needs of thep ople an ontinuously realizing the fundamental interests of the peoplea small population. Although itsterritory is bigger than that of China, it only has a population of less than30 million people. Consequently, to attract and to accept foreign immigrantshave become a national policy long observed by Canada. It can be safelyasserted that, except for Indians, all Canadian citizens are foreignimmigrants, differing only in the length of time they have settled in Canada. Vancouver, in particular, is one of the few most celebrated multi-ethnic cities inthe world. At present, among the 1.8 million Vancouver residents, half of themare not native-born and one out of every four residents is from Asia. The 250,000 Chinese there have played a decisive role in facilitating thetransformation of the Vancouver economy. Half of them have come to settle in Vancouver only over the past five years, making Vancouver the largest area outside Asia where the Chinese concentrate.   2. Mini-essay Translation from Chinese into English ChineseCalligraphy An ancient Chinese saying goes like this:“Mountain is famous for its fairy rather than its height；Waters is known for hidingChinese dragon instead of its depth.” Chinese calligraphy just likes the fairyto mountain and the dragon to water. Chinese calligraphy is quite differentfrom other writing forms. With its long evolution, Chinese character has formeddifferent art types, including: oracle bone inscription, engraved script, sealcharacter, official script, regular script cursive hand and running cursivehand. Chinese character belongs to hieroglyphic. Therefore, one can guess themeaning by its forms. Either carving of brushing calligraphy can obtain arteffect by exaggerating its writing strokes. Therefore, Chinese calligraphy isalways being considered as a kind of art.  第八章练习答案 1. Translate the following into English It is advisable not to be tooromantic on interpersonal matters. Humans are peculiarly interesting. In theircontact with a person, they tend to see nothing but his or her merits first.This is rather analogous to our experience of dinning in a restaurant. At thebeginning, when we take the starter or cold dishes, we are very much impressed.For the first two main courses, we are also profuse in praise. However, we calmdown as we eat on. After we finish the feast, all sorts of faults is found.Then we are no linger pleased but angry; we are no longer complimentary butcomplaining and fastidious; we no longer nod our satisfaction but keep shakingour head. All this happens because, first, you were in a taste of hunger at thetime you began to eat. When hungry, one may feel even the taste of chaffespecially delicious, but may not feel the sweetness of honey after eating hisor her fill. 2. Mini-essay Translation from Chinese into English Three Represents Three Represents theory, namelythe Party must always represent the development trend of China's advancedproductive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture and thefundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people, is acoherent entity, and the three elements are highly interrelated and mutuallyreinforcing. To develop advanced productive forces is a basic condition fordeveloping advanced culture and realizing the fundamental interests of thepeople. The people are the main body to create advanced productive forces andculture as well as the fundamental force to realize their own interests. Toceaselessly develop advanced productive forces and culture is, in the finalanalysis, aimed at meeting the growing material and cultural needs of thepeople and continuously realizing the fundamental interests of the people