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Workbook Reading and Writing BETTER GREENER LIVES AWAY FROM THE CITY 远离城市更好的绿色生活
While the dream of most unversity graduates is to start a successful career in a big city more and more young people are choosing to stay in their own hometowns so they can stay with their family and friends For some young people, it is also a matter of making the quaity of life for other people in their hometowns better. They also have a desire to improve and maintain the natural and economic envionments in these places for generations to come.
大多数大学毕业生的梦想是在大城市开始一个成功的职业生涯，但是越来越多的年轻人选择留在自己的家乡，这样他们就可以和家人和朋友在一起。他们还希望为子孙后代改善和维护这些地方的自然和经济环境。
Li Dan is a woman who has discovered that returning home to work in the field of agriculture could offer her both a meaningful challenge and a good standard of living. Born in a small vilage in Southwest China, she decided not to follow many of her former classmates to the city after getting her degree at university. Instead, she retured to her village and started her own fruit growing business. Working hard over the last several years, and taking advantage of new technology and the Intemet, she has expanded her business to include agritourism. Moreover, her company's annual income has reached six milion yuan and more than 50 new jobs have been created As a result, her decision has also helped to alleviate poverty and improve the lives of many people in her village.
李丹（音）是一位女性，她发现，回到家乡从事农业工作既能给她带来有意义的挑战，也能为她提供良好的生活水平。她出生在中国西南部的一个小村庄，在获得大学学位后，她决定不跟随许多以前的同学去城市。她回到家乡，开始了自己的水果种植生意。在过去的几年里，她努力工作，利用新技术和互联网，她已经扩大了她的业务，包括农业旅游。此外，她的公司年收入已达600万元，年收入达100万元。因此，她的决定也帮助缓解了贫困，改善了村里许多人的生活。
With Chinas population expected to continue rising in the coming years, the goverment understands the importance of agriculture. It also understands that university graduates can help come up with better ways to grow crops, and develop new, creative ways of farming using modem technology. To help these young people with their bright and innovative ideas,the government is providing financal help. Business development loans are becoming easier for these young people to obtain, too. Govemment policies that aim to eliminate poverty are also having a beneficial effect.
随着中国人口预计在未来几年继续上升，政府理解农业的重要性。它还了解到，大学毕业生可以帮助想出更好的方法来种植作物，并利用现代技术开发新的、创造性的农业方法。为了帮助这些年轻人发挥他们的聪明和创新的想法，政府正在提供资金帮助。这些年轻人也更容易获得商业发展贷款。旨在消除贫困的政府政策也产生了有益的效果。
Life in big cities is not all it's cracked up to be,"said Zhang Tao, from Binchuan county in Yunnan Province, adding that the air was bad, transport was terrible, and it was hard to make a decent living. What life in one's hometown offers is a strong support network. More importantly, this network is also a good one for getting new agribusinesses up and running quite quickly. Thus, it is no surprise that more new graduates are now attracted to lfe in the country, where they can fulfill personal goals and contribute to their loca communities rather than just being white-collar professionals in big cities.
大城市的生活并不像人们说的那么好“，来自云南省宾川县的张涛（音）说，空气不好，交通很糟糕，很难过上体面的生活。家乡的生活提供了一个强有力的支持网络。更重要的是，这一网络也是一个很好的让新的农业企业建立和运行相当迅速。因此，一点也不奇怪，越来越多的应届毕业生被吸引到国内的生活，在那里他们可以实现个人目标，为当地社区做出贡献，而不仅仅是做大城市的白领专业人士。
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