-
6.
A
：请问，东盟是什么时候成立的？现在包括哪些成员国？
（
Excuse
me,
could
you
tell
me
when
ASEAN
was
established,
and
how
many
member countries does it have
now?
）
B
：
ASEAN was
established on August 8, 1967. It has 10 member
countries,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
Indonesia,
Laos,
Malaysia,
Myanma,
the
Philippines,
Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam.
（东盟于
1967
< br>年
8
月成立，目前有
10
个成员国，它们是文莱、柬埔寨、印度
尼西亚、老挝、马来西亚、缅
甸、菲律宾、泰国、新加坡和越南。
）
A
：除了
10
个成员国，东盟还经常
召开
10+1
、
10+3
会议，这是不是说明东盟
还有一些对话伙伴国？
（
Besides these 10 member
countries, ASEAN also always holds the 10+1,
10+3 meetings. Does this mean that
ASEAN has some dialog
partners?
）
B
：
Yes,
ASEAN
has
10
dialog
partners,
Australia,
Canada,
China,
the
European Union, EU, India, Japan,
Russia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea
and the United States.
（是的，
东盟有
10
个对话伙伴，
它们是澳大利亚、
加拿大、
中国、
欧盟、
印度、
日本、
俄罗斯、新西兰、韩国和美国。
）
A
：东盟地区的范围大概有多大？语言相通吗？总人口有多少？
（
What is the area that ASEAN
covers? How many languages are spoken in
this region? What is the total
population?
）
B
：
The ASEAN
region spans an area of some 4.5 million square
kilometers
where 14 official languages
are spoken and about 7 religions are followed. Its
population was estimated at 512 million
in 2000.
（东盟地区面积大约有
450
万平方公里，
有
14
种官方
语言和
7
种主要的宗教信
仰。人口总数
在
2000
年一共有
5.12
亿。
）
A
：
450
万平方公里，相当于中国国土面积的一半
左右。这么大的一个地区性组
织与中国相邻，现在与中国的关系如何？
< br>
（
4.5
million
square
kilometers
is
about
half
of
China
’
s
territory,
such
a
big
regional
organization
neighboring
China.
How
is
the
relationship
between
ASEAN and
China?
）
B
：
The
ASEAN
region
is
not
only
big
in
area,
but
also
very
important
economically,
politically,
and
in
science
and
technology.
All
the
ASEAN
member
countries
are
China
’
s
friendly
close
neighbors.
Since
the
1990s,
China-
ASEAN
relations
have
developed
on
a
sound
track
with
increasingly
close political ties.
（东盟地区不仅是范围广阔，
而且在经济、
政治和
科学技术方面也是举足轻重的
地区。所有的东盟成员国都是中国的友好邻居。自从上世纪
90
年代起，中国与
东盟的关系一直很
好，政治关系更加密切。
）
A
：能列举一些数据吗？
（
Could you give me some
data?
）
B
：
Economic and
trade, science and technology cooperation plays a
central
part in China- ASEAN relations.
The total trade volume has risen to 23.5 billion
US
dollars
from
13
billion
US
dollars
in
1994,
of
which
China
’
s
exports
amounted to 10.92
billion US dollars and imports 12.56 billion US
dollars. The