China's water transport has a long history.Early in the Shang Dynasty,there were sailing boats.The Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty provided great convenience for south-north water transport.In the Ming Dynasty,Zheng He sailed across seas seven times and reached the east coast of Africa during one of his voyages.China has plenty of rivers,a long coastline and advantageous water transport conditions.The Yangtze River is the most important inland shipping channel.Its mainstream,from Yibin in Sichuan Province to the sea,has a total length of over 3,000 kilometers.Chongqing,Wuhan and Nanjing are important ports along the river.China has fevorable conditions for maritime transport with many harbors,such as Shanghai,Dalian,Qinhuangdao,Tianjin,Qingdao,Ningbo,Xiamen,Guangzhou and so on.There are shipping routes from these ports to over 150 countries and regions all over the world.

　　1.歷史悠久:即“有著悠久的歷史”，可譯為has a longhistory。

　　2.隋朝大運河:即the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty。

　　3.南北水運:可譯為south-north water transport。

　　4.鄭和七次下西洋:可譯為Zheng He sailed across seasseven times。

　　5.河流很多:可譯為has plenty of rivers,或has a lot ofrivers,has lots of rivers。plenty of相當于a lot of或lots of,意為“很多的”。

　　6.適宜海運:“適宜”理解為“有著有利的條件”，可譯為has fovorable conditions。“海運”即“海上運輸”，可譯為maritime transport。其中maritime意為“海上的，航海的”。

　　信用卡(credit card)是由銀行發行的卡，持卡人可以憑卡賒購(buy on credit) 商品和服務。使用信用卡最大的好處就是能給持卡人帶來極大的方便。人們可以 使用信用卡賒購他們需要的東西，并在一段時期內付淸欠款,而不必隨身攜帶大量的現金。但如此的便利也帶來了一些問題，如惡意透支(malicious overdraft)。還會剌激使用者超前消費，容易產生月光族。在消費的時候，使用信用卡會促使消費者更加沖動地購物，甚至購買一些平時不怎么用的商品。

　　A credit card is a card issued by a bank,allowing itsholder to buy goods and services on credit.Themost obvious advantage of credit card is the hugeconvenience it brings to card holders.People canuse the cards to buy what they want on credit andpay off the debt over a period of time instead of carrying a large sum of cash with them.Butsuch convenience also brings such problems as malicious overdraft and overconsumptionwhich will easily reduce the card users to“moonlight group”.When shopping,consumers withcredit cards will buy goods more impetuously.They will even buy something that is not oftenused in daily life.

　　1.賒購商品和服務:賒購可用短語buy...on credit來表達。故此處可譯為buy goods and services on credit。

　　2.最大的好處:“大的好處”即“明顯的好處”，故此處可譯為the most obvious advantage。其中obvious意為“顯著的”。

　　3.但如此的便利也帶來了一些問題，如惡意透支…:可譯為But such convenience also brings such problems as malicious overdraft"其中，使用“such+n.+as...”這個結構可以達到清晰列舉事例的效果。例如，我們買了蘋果、香蕉、葡萄等水果，即We bought such fruits as apples,bananas,grapes,etc.

　　4.惡意透支和超前消費:分別可譯為名詞短語malicious overdraft和over-consumption。

　　廣告的基本功能即傳達信息。如果想告訴某人某件事，你必須引起他的興趣和注意，這是人際交往、大眾傳播(mass communication)中的一個真理。將觀眾的注意力吸引過來，廣告才能實現說服他們相信某個觀點的功能。因為名人的知名度，名人廣告能輕松地把觀眾的注意力雜亂的環境中吸引過來，讓產品和廣告成為大眾關注的中心。本來大家并不了解的一個品牌，因為名人的關系隨即受到 重視，在繁雜的信息中脫穎而出，快速提升產品的知名度。

　　The basic function of advertisements is to convey information. If you want to tell somebody something, you have to stimulate his interest and attention. This is the truth in interpersonal communication and mass communication. Only by drawing audiences'attention can an advertisement convince them to believe a certain idea. Thanks to the popularity of celebrities, advertisements endorsed by celebrities can easily draw people's attention away from complex environment, thus making the products and the advertisements be the focus of the public. Because of the celebrities, an originally unknown brand will immediately be taken seriously and stand out among a clutter of information, and the popularity of the product will be enhanced in a short time.

　　1.傳達信息:可以使用詞組convey information來表達。

　　2.引起他的興趣和注意:可譯為to stimulate one's interest and attention,也可譯為to arouse his interests and to draw his attention。

　　3.雜亂的環境:是指當代社會存在許多讓人分散注意力的事物，往往讓人眼花繚亂。文中譯為complex environment，或可譯為distractive circumstances。

　　4.在繁雜的信息中脫穎而出:可譯為stand out among a clutter of information。

　　5.提升知名度:可用被動語態譯為the popularity of the product will be enhanced。