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实务试题-英译汉
2009年5月英语二级《笔译实务》试题
Section 1: English-Chinese Translation（英译汉）
Part A Compulsory Translation（必译题）
There was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumperharvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10percent.
By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 twomonths ago.
Such is the volatility of today's markets. We do not know how high food prices might go,nor how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to oneof scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are not likely to return to the levels the world hadgrown accustomed to any time soon.
Imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the “bottom billion,” thepoorest of the world's poor. Most live in Africa, and many might typically spend two-thirds oftheir income on food.
In Liberia last week, I heard how people have stopped purchasing imported rice by the bag.Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because that's all they can afford.
Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina Faso, I saw agovernment working to import drought resistant seeds and better manage scarce water supplies,helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we saw a women's cooperative running a chickenfarm set up with UN funds. The project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways thatcan easily be replicated.
Elsewhere, I saw yet another women's group slowly expanding their local agriculturalproduction, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food Program rice with their ownhome-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs of their school feeding program.
These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems - precisely the kindof solutions that Africa needs.
Part B Optional Translation（二选一题）
Topic 1 （选题一）
For a decade, metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic have argued that the storiedocean liner went down quickly after hitting an iceberg because the ship's builder usedsubstandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of icy seawater rush in. More than 1,500people died.
Now a team of scientists has moved into deeper waters, uncovering evidence in thebuilder's own archives of a deadly mix of great ambition and use of low-quality iron thatdoomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday.
The scientists found that the ship's builder, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast, struggled foryears to obtain adequate supplies of rivets and riveters to build the world's three biggest ships atonce: the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.
Each required three million rivets, and shortages peaked during Titanic's construction.
"The board was in crisis mode," said Jennifer Hooper McCarty, a member of the team thatstudied the company's archive and other evidence. "It was constant stress. Every meeting it was,'There's problems with the rivets, and we need to hire more people.' "
The team collected other clues from 48 Titanic rivets, using modern tests, computersimulations, comparisons to century-old metals and careful documentation of what engineersand shipbuilders of the era considered state of the art.
The scientists say the troubles began when the colossal plans forced Harland and Wolff toreach beyond its usual suppliers of rivet iron and include smaller forges, as disclosed incompany and British government papers. Small forges tended to have less skill and experience.
Adding to the threat, the company, in buying iron for Titanic's rivets, ordered No. 3 bar,known as "best," not No. 4, known as "best-best," the scientists found. They also discoveredthat shipbuilders of the day typically used No. 4 iron for anchors, chains and rivets.
So the liner, whose name was meant to be synonymous with opulence, in at least oneinstance relied on cheap materials.
The scientists argue that better rivets would have probably kept the Titanic afloat longenough for rescuers to have arrived before the icy plunge, saving hundreds of lives.
Topic 2（选题二）
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实务试题-汉译英
Section 2: Chinese-English Translation（汉译英）
Part A
“中国制造”模式遭遇发展瓶颈，这种模式必须要改进和提高。一些外国人认为，“中国制造”大约就是质量低下的代名词。不可否认，少数产品的确存在质量问题，让大多数价廉质优的产品代其受罪。
质量是产品的生命线。随着外国市场的夸大，中国企业也意识到质量的重要性。因此一场旨在提高质量，提供优良服务的运动正在兴起。
在传统的制造业中，中国企业通过技术创新和质量管理，为国际市场提供高质量的产品。在新兴的信息产业，中国企业以高科技为师，增强和外国企业的交流与合作，提高产品质量。
近几年来，中国政府通过立法和社会监督保证产品质量，创造全社会重视产品问题的环境。
Part B
Topic 1
1996 年，一位摄影师在新疆喀纳斯自然保护区无意间拍到一只白熊。自此以后的十年里，白熊藏身于深山之中，再无音讯。直到 2003 年，人们才再次在该自然区又发现了白熊的踪迹。
在熊的家族里，只有北极熊是白色的。但是，这个庞然大物是如何离开极地寒带，来到这个寒温带的地方呢?难道它是通过通往北极的水路来到此地?这一猜测遭到动物学家的质疑。首先，北极熊不能在温带的树林中生活。其次，
2006 年，一个科学考察队在白熊出没的地区发现了熊冬眠的冬窝儿，还发现了一小团白色的动物毛发。DNA 样本鉴定为棕熊的毛发。但是，也有可能，至少那团毛发不属于照片中的白熊。
Topic 2
蓝藻是一种简单的水生植物，它可以在河湖、湿地、树干和温泉自然蔓延生长。当蓝藻细胞达到一定程度时，蓝藻的“密集孽生”会使水体变色、引起泡沫、散发臭气、影响贝类和鱼类的生存，还会使水质大幅度下降。
2007 年夏天，富营养物和其他污染导致蓝藻在太湖、巢湖、滇池发生了蓝藻“密集孽生”现象，影响了城市供水及水生产品生长。
“密集孽生”最严重的是太湖东部。太湖是我国第三大淡水湖。这次“密集孽生”导致周边 100 多万居民供水问题长达 10 天之久。为了防止污染，当地环保部门关闭了 770 家化工厂。
2008 年夏天，长期的温暖、干燥气候导致蓝藻在部分地区发生。9 月，一艘可以快速、有效地清除蓝藻的船在江苏省投入使用。
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参考译文-英译汉
Section 1: 英译汉
Part A 必译题
上周，世界粮食危机迎来了一丝曙光。因为丰收在望，乌克兰政府放宽了对出口的限制。一整夜，全球小麦价格下降了10%。相比之下，曼谷商人报出的大米价格从两个月前的每吨460美元上升到每吨1000美元，
这就是当今市场的波动性。我们不知道粮食价格起伏程度。然而有一点是毋庸置疑的：我们已经从粮食充足的时代走向了匮乏的时代。专家认为，粮食价格已不可能很快回到我们能够接受的价格。
想象一下那些日消费额不到1美元的人们的生活境况。他们是最底层的10亿人，是世界上穷人中的穷人。他们大多数居住在非洲，他们很多人在食物上的花费可能就占据了他们收入的三分之二。
上周在利比里亚，我听说当地人们已经不用带子购买进口大米了。越来越多的人开始用杯子代替，因为一杯子大米的价格已经是他们能够承受的极限。
我从西非之行中发现的一些情况也值得乐观。在布基纳法索，在巴西等国家的帮助下，当地政府开始引进抗旱种子，更科学地利用稀有的水资源。在象牙海岸，我看到一名妇女联合经营由联合国出资建立的养鸡场，这个项目增加了收入和口粮。这对村民们来说，也极易推广效仿。
在别的地方，我还看到另一个妇女群体在联合国的帮助下，慢慢地增加了当地农产品产量。不久，她们就会用自产的水稻来替代世界粮食计划署的水稻，她们本土的水稻就足以满足学校供餐计划的需要了。
对于基层问题，总是可以找到因地制宜的解决办法，对非洲而言，尤其如此。
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Part B 二选一题
Topic 1 （选题一）
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参考译文-汉译英
Section 2: 汉译英
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