Part I.  Independent learning material

1. Learning the following additional new words and finish the exercises on Wechat

   2. Translation of the text 

   3. Language focus 

   Part II . Vocabulary quiz 

   
   

Part I : Independent study material 

1. Additional new words 

   2. Translation of Reading 2

   Part II :  Match Game
   

Part I. Translation appreciation 

1. CET4 Translation 

   
   

   1) Major robot-producing companies and countries have stepped up their efforts to gain advantages in terms of technology and markets.

   机器人主要制造商和国家纷纷加紧布局，抢占技术和市场制高点。

2)China will be the largest robot market in the world, yet can its technology and manufacturing capability sustain it through the competition? 

我国将成为机器人的最大市场，但我们的技术和制造能力能不能应对这场竞争？

3)We should size up the situation, take the overall picture into account, and make plans as soon as possible and implement them solidly.

我们要审时度势、全盘考虑、抓紧谋划、扎实推进。

4)As to scientific and technological policies of great strategic value to our country and nation, we should make up our minds and act without any hesitation.

对国家和民族具有重大战略意义的科技决策，想好了、想定了就要决断。

5)Opportunities are always for those who are fully prepared, and for those who are independent-minded, aspiring and persevering.

机会总是留给有准备的人的，也总是留给有思想、有志向、有韧劲的人们的。

2. Translation of Chinese wisdom 

1) 咱们不能人云亦云，这不是科学精神，科学精神最重要的就是创新。（钱学森）We can’t parrot what others say. This is not the spirit of science. The most important thing in the spirit of science is innovation. 

2)有创新就有风险，但决不能因为有风险就不敢创新。（任正非）

With innovation comes risk, but we must not be afraid to innovate just because there is risk.

3)工业时代是知识的竞争，而信息化时代则是创造力和创新力的竞争。知识已经不再是力量，创造力、创新力、独立思考才是力量。（马云）

The industrial age features the competition of knowledge, while the information age is the competition of creativity and innovation. Knowledge is no longer power; creativity, innovation, and independent thinking are power.

4)制造业不是靠资本来实现突破的，而是要靠自身的创新、技术来实现。（董明珠）The manufacturing industry does not rely on capital to achieve breakthroughs, but on its own innovation and technology.