a. AIDS
例37:
艾滋病是人類共同的挑戰，給人民的身體健康、生命安全，乃至一國和地區的穩定帶來嚴重威脅。
AIDS has posed a challenge to the entire mankind, producing serious threats to people’s health and life and even national and regional stability.

近年來，盡管全世界艾滋病防治工作取得了一些進展，但形勢仍非常嚴峻。今年全世界艾滋病病毒感染人數又創新高，突破3900萬人，新增感染者490萬人。
In recent years, though there has been certain progress in global fight against AIDS, the situation remains grave. The number of this year’s 39 million HIV infections has set a new record with an increased number of 4.9 million.

防治艾滋病也是中國政府面臨的一項艱巨而復雜的任務，據不完全統計，中國有艾滋病感染者84萬多人，其中已確認的艾滋病病人約8萬左右。
AIDS prevention and treatment is an arduous and complex task for the Chinese Government. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 840,000 AIDS patients in China.

艾滋病防治是關系中華民族素質和國家興亡的大事，目前中國政府加大了工作力度，預防并堅決遏制其蔓延勢頭。
AIDS prevention and treatment is a major issue pertinent to the quality and prosperity of the Chinese nation. At present, the Chinese Government is reinforcing its efforts to prevent and contain the spread of AIDS.

b 西部大開發：
例40:
在中國東部地區吸收外資迅速增長的同時，西部地區吸收外資也取得了明顯進展。
While the absorption of foreign investment in the eastern areas of China is growing at a rapid speed, the western regions have also made obvious headway in its attraction of foreign investment.

截至2001年6月底，西部地區吸收外商直接投資的項目數、合同外資金額和實際使用外資金額，在全國總量中所占比重分別為7.3%、6%、5.3%。
Up to the end of June 2001, the project number, contractual value and actually utilized value of direct foreign investment in the west accounted for 7.3%, 6% and 5.3% respectively of the national total.

今年1月至6月底，西部地區新設立外商企業742家，合同外資19.1億美元，實際使用外資7.1億美元。
In the first six months of this year, 742 new foreign invested enterprises were set up in the western regions with the contractual value amounting to USD 1.91 billion and actually utilized value USD 710 million.

隨著西部大開發戰略的穩步推進，西部地區的資源優勢、經濟優勢得到充分發揮，經濟增長的質量和水平將進一步提高。
As the strategy of developing the western regions is steadily pushed forward, the resource and economic advantages of the west will be brought into full play, thus further raising the quality and level of its economic growth.