【四级翻译真题】

　　【四级翻译参考答案】　　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. 为了促进教育公平，中国已经投入360亿元，用于改善农村地区教育设施和加强中西部地区农村义务教育。这些资金用于改善教学设施、购买书籍，使16万多所中小学受益。资金还用于购置音乐和绘画器材。现在农村和山区的儿童可以与沿海城市的儿童一样上音乐和绘画课。一些为接受更好教育而转往城市上学的学生如今又回到了本地农村学校就读。

　　In order to promote equity in education, China has invested 36 billion yuan for improving educational facilities in rural areas and strengthening rural compulsory education in the Midwest. These funds were used to improve the teaching facilities and purchase books, so that more than 160,000 primary and secondary schools benefit from it. These funds are also used to purchase musical instruments and painting equipments. Now children in rural and mountainous areas can learn music and painting like those children in coastal cities. Some students who transferred to the city schools in order to receive a better education now get back to the local rural schools。