1. In a short period of dozens of years after its independence, Singapore changed itself from a backward place of frequent upheavals, economic straits, disease havocs, beggar spreading into a modernization model enjoying high reputation internationally and entered the list of newly risen industrial countries.
    在独立后短短几十年的时间里，新加坡从一个动乱频繁、经济落后、疾病肆虐、乞丐遍布的穷乡僻壤，一跃而进入新兴工业国行列，成为在国际上享有盛誉的现代化典范。