young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas to look for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese students have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term
growth
of the Chinese economy. The Internet has
strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere.
They follow the latest trend and copy foreign fashions. Some of them don't seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.
Unit 5
就我来说，我发现外表往往是靠不住的。譬如，要是你仅凭外表去判断诸如爱德华·海德·伯顿这样的人，你就错了。外表上，伯顿像是个表里一致的人。他个子很小，满头白发，有着一双温和、蔚蓝的眼睛，文雅且坦率。然而，他原来却是十分的残忍。他侮辱和愚弄穷困潦倒的伦尼，让他去做那样的蠢事。更让人吃惊的是，他对伦尼的死全然冷漠无情。毫无疑问，他是个铁石心肠的家伙。
For my own part, I find that appearances are all too often deceptive. For
instance, you might be wrong if you judged by appearances only people like Edward Hyde Burton. In appearance, he seemed a man all of a piece.
He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes, gentle and
candid. Nevertheless, he turned out to be very cruel. He insulted and
fooled Lenny who was down and out and made him commit himself to an
insane
venture. What was still more surprising was that he was
completely indifferent to Lenny's death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.