2009年5月英语二级笔译实务试题参考答案

2009年5月英语二级笔译实务试题参考答案

Section 1 英译汉

必译题

世界粮食危机上周出现了一线希望。由于对农业大丰收的预期，乌克兰放宽了出口限制。一夜之间，全球小麦价格下跌百分之10。

与此相反，曼谷的商人却将大米报价从两个月前的460美元一吨提高到近1000美元一吨。

当今的市场就是这样起伏不定。我们不知道来年股市价格会涨到多高，或跌到多低。但有一点是肯定的：我们已经告别了充裕的时代，走进了短缺的时代。专家们一致认为：短时间内粮价不大可能回落到人们早已习惯的水平上。

世上有些人每天生活费不到1美元，这就是“最底层的10亿人”，穷人中的穷人，想一想他们的处境把。他们大都生活在非洲，许多人通常需将收入的2/3用来糊口。

上周我们在利比里亚听说人们不再整包地购买进口大米了，而只是一杯杯地买，因为这样他们才买得起。

现在的当务之急是让饥民有饭吃。世界粮食计划署正为7300万人提供援助。但是，要这样做，需增加7.55亿美元来抵消上涨的价格。已有人许诺提供大约4.75亿美元。然而许诺是不能用来填饱肚子的，而现在粮食计划署手头只有现金1800万美元。

我们能够应付这场危机。我们有资源。我们知道该怎么办。我们不应当将这场危机只看作问题，还应将它视作机遇。

在非洲西部考场的时候，我看到使我们乐观的理由。在布基纳法索，我看到该国政府致力于进口抗旱种子，并加强对稀缺水资源的管理，这是在巴西等国的帮助之下进行的。在科特迪瓦，我们看到一个妇女合作社利用联合国资金办起的养鸡场。这个项目为村民带来了收入和粮食，这种做法在别处是很容易仿效的。

在别处，我还看到另一个妇女团体，利用联合国的援助，慢慢扩大当地的农业生产。不久之后，他们就能用自己在当地生产的粮食来取代世界粮食计划署提供的大米，其数量足以满足他们向学校供粮计划的需要。

这些都是解决民生问题的土办法—非洲所需要的正是这些解决办法。

二选一题

选择题1

近十年来，研究过“泰坦尼克”号船体的冶金学家们认为，这一著名远洋油轮之所以装上冰山后迅速沉没，是因为造船公司使用了劣质铆钉，铆钉帽的断裂使大量冰冷的海水涌进船舱，造成1500余人丧生。

一个科学家小组进行了更深入的研究，他们在造船公司自己的档案中找到了证据，证明是宏伟的计划加上劣质的铁，造成了邮轮的厄运。到本周二，邮轮沉没已整整96年了。历史学家们说，这场灾难的谜底终于揭开了。

科学家们发现，这家设在贝尔法斯特的造船公司，即哈兰—沃尔夫公司，曾连续数年不遗余力的寻求足够的铆钉和铆工，以便同时建造三艘世界最大的邮轮：“泰坦尼克”号及其姊妹轮—“奥林匹克”号和“不列颠”号。

这三艘船中的每一艘都需要300万颗铆钉。建造“泰坦尼克”号时，铆钉供货短缺达到高峰。

科学家小组成员詹妮佛胡珀麦卡蒂曾研究过这家公司的档案和其他证据。她说：“董

事会当时处于危机状态”。他还说：“压力不断，每次开会都在谈这个问题：‘铆钉有问题，我们需要雇用更多的工人’”。

这个科学家小组还从“泰坦尼克”号的48颗铆钉中收集到其他线索。他们借助现代测试方法，电脑模拟，与百年前金属的比较，以及当时的工程师和造船公司认可的最先进技术的详细资料。

庞大的计划迫使哈兰—沃尔夫公司的采购范围不得不超出原来的铆钉供应商，把较小的锻造作坊包括进来，这在该公司和英国政府的档案里都是有案可查的。科学家们认为麻烦从这时就开始了。小锻造作坊往往工艺差，且缺乏经验。

科学家们发现，更可怕的是该公司为“泰坦尼克”号制作铆钉而订购的铆铁统统是所谓“上等”的3号铁条，而不是“上上等”的4号铁条。科学家们还发现，当时的造船公司都专用4号铁来制造锚、链条和铆钉。

如此看来，虽然邮轮的名字意为“豪华”，至少在这方面却使用了廉价的材料。

科学家们认为，加入铆钉的质量好一些，“泰坦尼克”号可能就会漂浮的就一些，coner 是救援人员有足够的时间在他沉入冰海之前赶到。这样就会挽救数百人的生命。

选择题2

在辛辛那提的莱茵区，让德凯维尔从他那开张数月的法国餐馆望出去，可以看见重建的意大利式连体房屋，以及其后的一些破旧的公寓房。

他还看到莱茵区的另一变化，因为有计划要恢复20世纪50年代拆除了的一个公交系统，即简单而实用的有轨电车线路。

“人类有时愚蠢，因为我们美国人把一些东西淘汰的太快了，”德凯维尔说。“有了有轨电车，年轻人肯定会找理由到市中心来”。

辛辛那提的官员们正为这一公交系统筹集1.32亿美元资金。这一系统将把室内河边各体育场、市中心商业区和郊区的居民区连为一体，其中包括6所医院和辛辛那提大学，真个环线长6至8英里，约10至13公里。车费也许免收，也许收50美分或1美元，这将视最终筹集资金的总额而定。

辛辛那提准备靠现有的税收为这一公交系统提供经费，外加私人投资3000万美元。这一计划尚需得到倡导者马克马洛里市长和市议会的批准。

由热心有轨电车建设的是政府官员、公交当局和工程师们组成的社区有轨电车联盟称，至少有另外40座美国城市正在探讨修建有轨电车的计划，其目的是促进经济发展，缓解交通拥堵，并吸引年轻的专业人士和战后生育高峰出生的空巢老人从郊区回到市中心来。

热心有轨电车的人举俄勒冈州的波兰特为例，该市在2001年修建了美国收割现代化有轨电车主系统，其后陆续增加了若干新线路与日益发展的轻轨系统衔接，形成了纵横交错的交通网。

该系统运营商波特兰有轨电车公司称，自波特兰宣布计划修建有轨电车系统以来，沿线两个街区之内已建起1万多套住宅，房地产投资已达35亿美元。

辛辛那提市政总管米尔顿多霍尼在他考察了西雅图和其他城市的有轨电车系统之后，深信有轨电车可以促进发展。

“辛辛那提肯定会与其他城市展开竞争，以吸引投资，”他说。“我们还要在人才引进和国内知名度方面开展竞争”。

汉译英

必译题

The existing mode for “Made in China” has hit a serious impediment to its advancement. Therefore, upgrading “Made in China” products should be an urgent task. In some foreigners’ eyes, ”Made in China” is in some way a synonym for “poor quality”. Undoubtedly, there are some Chinese goods that have quality problems, and it is these shoddy goods that adversely affect customers’ perception of many inexpensive quality Chinese products.

Quality is the lifeblood of products made in China. The continuous expansion of their overseas market has made Chinese enterprises realize the importance of quality, and a campaign aimed at raising the quality of products and providing customers with the best services is under way.

In traditional manufacturing areas, Chinese enterprises are striving to provide the world market with superior products through technological innovation and quality control. In the new IT sector, they have learned about advanced technology and expanded exchange and cooperation with foreign enterprises, enabling them to constantly raise the quality of their products.

In recent years, the Chinese government has tried to improve the quality of products made by domestic enterprises mainly by legislation and public supervision to ensure that all sectors of society pay great attention to product quality.

二选一题

选择题一

In 1994，a photographer took a chance photo of a white bear in the Xinjiang Kanas Nature Reserve. In the following 10 years, the bear hid itself deep in the mountains and was never spotted again. It was not until 2003 that races of the white bear were found again in the depths of the nature reserve.

In the bear family, only the polar bear is white. Is this a polar bear from the frigid zone of the polar region? But how did this giant creature wander away from its habitat in the frigid polar region and come to this more temperate area? Did it swim here along the river flowing to the North Pole? This deduction, however, was questioned by zoologists. First of all, the polar bear cannot live in forests. Second, Kanas is 3,000 km away from the North Pole and no polar bear can swim such a long distance.

In 2006, a scientific expedition discovered an animal lair, or place where a bear hibernates for winter, within the white bear’s normal haunt and found in it a ball of white animal hair. But DNA examination revealed that these hairs belong to a brown bear. Nevertheless, it is also likely that those hairs may not belong to the white bear we see in the picture.

选择题二

Blue-green algae is a simple aquatic plant that grows naturally in rivers, lakes, wetlands, tree trunks and hot springs. When the number of algae cells increases to a certain level , the bloom of the plant can discolor river and lake water, form scum, produce unpleasant odors, make shellfish and fish unable to survive and seriously lower the water quality.

In the summer of 2007, nutrient runoff and other pollutants caused blue-green algae to bloom in Taihu, Chaohu and Dianchi lakes, endangering water supplies for nearby cities and threatening aquatic life in these lakes.

Taihu, the country’s third largest freshwater lake, swathe worst algae outbreak in its eastern

part. This make tap water undrinkable for more than 1 million local residents for about 10 days. The local environmental protection authorities shut down 770 chemical plants around the lake to curb the pollution.

In the summer of 2008, due to a long spell of warm, dry weather, blue-green algae broke out again in some lakes. In September, a blue-green algae-clearing vessel was put into use in Jiangsu Province. It can effectively eliminate the plant in a short period of time.

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