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Chinese president Xi Jinping meets US tech leaders
中國主席習近平會見美國科技界大佬

Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to strengthen protections on intellectual property and clear obstacles to investment in China, at a meeting with US technology leaders.
中國國家主席習近平在會見美國科技界領袖人物時承諾將加強知識產權保護，并為來華投資掃清障礙。

Speaking in Seattle he said: "Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress."
在西雅圖的講話中，他表示：“沒有改革就沒有動力，沒有開發，就沒有進步。”

US companies are eager to tap into China's massive market of consumers.
美國公司都渴望進入中國這個巨大的消費者市場。

Mr Xi addressed China's recent economic troubles, and said the government was taking steps to address it.
習主席也談到了中國近期的股市問題，表示政府正在著手應對股市問題。

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"Without reform, there will be no driving force; without opening up, there will be no progress."這一句用的是一個經典句型，看著眼熟？那句著名的"There is no smoke without fire"（無風不起浪）的句型跟這里的句子其實是異曲同工。習主席的講話翻譯中之所以把without這部分放在句首，就是為了強調改革和開放的重要性。下面再來教大家一句實用的：Without you, there is no us.（沒有你，何來我們。）拿去用在重要的人身上，肯定管用！

US and China agree cybercrime truce
中美達成網絡犯罪休戰協議

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have said they will take new steps to address cybercrime.
美國總統奧巴馬和中國國家主席習近平表示，他們將采取新的舉措來應對網絡犯罪問題。

Speaking at a joint news conference at the White House, Mr Obama said they had agreed that neither country would engage in cyber economic espionage.
在白宮舉行的聯合記者會上，奧巴馬表示，雙方一致同意不參與網絡經濟間諜行為。

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標題中truce一詞很引人注目，既然都說到了休戰，那就說明此前雙方在這個話題上是有爭議的。美國對中國有哪些指責，我們在此不細說，單說truce這個詞，它非常多功能，可以做名詞，也可以做動詞。雙方爭吵半天也沒有結果，于是一方說“Let's call a truce”，就是表示“我們別爭了”。這里的truce差不多也是這個意思。與其來回指責，不如一起想辦法應對，合作才能共贏嘛！