英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 Yangtze 长江—12

 -Yeah, we're on the Yangtze. We're doing what millions of Chinese migrants have done in recent decades, moving, going to the city. So it's been one of the biggest, if not the biggest, human migration¹ in history, millions of people going from the countryside to the cities. Population of this city is expected to more than double in the next few years to 20 million.China was traditionaly a rural nation, but it's predicted that by 2030 China's cities will be home to one in eight people on the planet.

-Here we go.

-Chongqing!

-Yeah.

This country is undergone an economic transformation² at ten times the speed of the origin in the Industrial Revolution. In the centre of Chongqing is the People's Liberation Square, renamed to celebrate the Communist conquest of the area. -Look at this!

Ironically, now it's home to a row full of international luxury brands. -I'm a bit taking back frankly³. Is this the new Chinese dream, Lily? Consumerism, buy stuff, have a new handbag?

-That's  of course a trend of fashion, especially for people getting richer than before. And they want to have such kind of products, like international products. It means something to them, like the social status.

1 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

2 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。