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2014年CATTI三级笔译汉译英真题出自:《第67届联合国大会中方立场文件》中关于能源安全方面的内容:Section2:Translate Chinese into English外交部:2012年第67届联合国大会中方立场文件(五)能源安全5. Energy Security能源安全同世界经济的稳定发展和各国人民的福祉息息相关。
在当前国际金融危机背景下,维护全球能源安全对有效应对国际金融危机冲击、推动世界经济全面复苏和长远发展具有重要意义。
Energy security has a close bearing on the stability and growth of the world economy and the well-being of people in all countries. Against the backdrop of the global financial crisis,ensuring energy security is vital to effectively tackling the impact of the crisis and promoting the full recovery and long-term development of the world economy.国际社会应树立互利合作、多元发展、协同保障的新能源安全观,共同稳定能源等大宗商品价格、防止过度投机和炒作,保障各国特别是发展中国家能源需求,维护能源市场正常秩序。
同时,各国应改善能源结构,加强先进能源技术的研发和推广,大力发展清洁和可再生能源,在相关领域积极开展国际合作。
To this end,the international community should foster a new energy security outlook featuring mutually beneficial cooperation,diversified development and coordinated supply. Joint efforts must be made to stabilize the prices of energy and other commodities and prevent excessive speculation and market hype,so as to meet the energy demands of all countries,particularly the developing countries,and maintain order in the energy market. Meanwhile,countries should improve their own energy mix,promote the research,development and diffusion of advanced technologies,vigorously develop clean and renewable energies,and actively advance international cooperation in relevant fields.中国政府高度重视能源和能源安全问题。
A Part of Utah Built on Coal Wonders What Comes NextPRICE, Utah —For generations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch of eastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiled underground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above the road that winds toward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with the slogan “Coal = Jobs.”But recently, fear has settled in. The state’s oldest coal-fired power plant, tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricter federal pollution regulations.As energy companies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here have grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens of workers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they must retire early or seek other jobs. Local trucking and equipment outfits are preparing to take business elsewhere.“There are a lot of people worried,” said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18.Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces have been burning since 1954.“I would have liked to be here for another five years,” he said. “I’m too young to retire.”But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that it would be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by April 2015.“We had been working for the better part of three years, testing compliance strategies,” said David Eskelsen, a spokesman for the utility. “None of the ones we investigated really would produce the results that would meet the requirements.”For the last several years, coal plants have been shutting down across the country, driven by tougher environmental regulations, flattening electricity demand and a move by utilities toward natural gas.This month, the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, the country’s largest public power utility, voted to shut eight coal-powered plants in Alabama and Kentucky and partly replace them with gas-fired power. Since 2010, more than 150 coal plants have been closed or scheduled for retirement.The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the stricter emissions regulations for the plants will result in billions of dollars in related health savings, and will have a sweeping impact on air quality.In recent weeks, the agency held 11 “listening sessions” around the country in advance of proposing additional rules for carbon dioxide emissions.“Co al plants are the single largest source of dangerous carbon pollution in the United States, and we have ready alternatives like wind and solar to replace them,” said Bruce Nilles,director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, which wants to shut all of the nation’s coal plants.“We have a choice,” he said, “which in most cases is cheaper and doesn’t have any of the pollution.”Coal’s downward turn has hit Appalachia hardest, but the effects of the transition toward other energy sources has started to ripple westward.Mr. Eskelsen said Rocky Mountain Power would place some of the 70 Carbon facility employees at its two other Utah coal plants. Other workers will take early retirement or look for different jobs.Still, the notion that this pocket of Utah, where Greek, Italian and Mexican immigrants came to mine coal more than a century ago, could survive without it, is hard for people here to comprehend.“The attack on coal is so broad-reaching in our little community,” said Casey Hopes, a Carbon County co mmissioner, whose grandfather was a coal miner. “The power plants, the mines —they support so many smaller businesses. We don’t have another industry.”Like others in Price, Mr. Hopes voiced frustration with the Obama administration, saying it should be investing more in clean coal technology rather than discarding coal altogether. Annual Utah coal production, though, has been slowly declining for a decade according to the federal Energy Information Administration.Last year, mines here produced about 17 million tons of coal, the lowest level since 1987, though production has crept up this year.“This is the worst we’ve seen it,” said David Palacios, who works for a trucking company that hauls coal to the power plants, and whose business will slow once the Carbon plant closes. Mr. Palacios, president of the Southeastern Utah Energy Producers Association, noted that the demand for coal has always ebbed and flowed here.“But this has been two to three years we’re struggling through,” he said.Compounding the problem, according to some mining experts, is that until now, most of the state’s coal has been sold and used within the region, rather than being exported overseas. That has left the industry here more vulnerable to local plant closings.Cindy Crane, chairwoman of the Utah Mining Association, said demand for Utah coal could eventually drop as much as 50 percent. “For most players in Utah coal, this a tough time,” said Ms. Crane, vice president of PacifiCorp, a Western utility and mining company that owns the Carbon plant.Mr. Nilles of the Sierra Club acknowledged that the shift from coal would not be easy on communities like Carbon County. But employees could be retrained or compensated for lost jobs, he said, and new industries could be drawn to the region.Washington State, for example, has worked with municipalities and utilities to ease the transition from coal plants while ensuring that workers are transferred to other energy jobs or paid, if nearing retirement, Mr. Nilles said.“Coal has been good to Utah,” Mr. Nilles said, “but markets for coal are drying up. Y ou need to get ahead of this and make sure the jobs don’t all leave.”For many here, coal jobs are all they know. The industry united the area during hard times, too, especially during the dark days after nine men died in a 2007 mining accident some 35 miles down the highway. Virtually everyone around Price knew the men, six of whom remain entombed in the mountainside.But there is quiet acknowledgment that Carbon County will have to change —if not now, soon.David Palacios’s father, Pete, who worked in the mines for 43 years, has seen coal roar and fade here. Now 86, his eyes grew cloudy as he recalled his first mining job. He was 12, and earned $1 a day.“I’m retired, so I’ll be fine. But these young guys?” Pete Palacios said, his voice trailing off.NARSAQ, Greenland —As icebergs in the Kayak Harbor pop andhiss while melting away, this remote Arctic town and its culture are alsodisappearing in a changing climate.Narsaq’s largest employer, a shrimpfactory, closed a few years ago after the crustaceans fled north to coolerwater. Where once there were eight commercial fishing vessels, there is nowone.As a result, the population here,one of southern Greenland’s major towns, has been halved to 1,500 in just adecade. Suicides are up.“Fishing is the heart of this town,”said Hans Kaspersen, 63, a fisherman. “Lots of people have lost theirlivelihoods.”But even as warming temperatures areupending traditional Greenlandic life, they are also offering up intriguing newopportunities for this state of 57,000 — perhaps nowhere more so than here inNarsaq.V ast new deposits of minerals andgems are being discovered as Greenland’s massive ice cap recedes, forming thebasis of a potentially lucrative mining industry.One of the world’s largest depositsof rare earth metals —essential for manufacturing cellphones, wind turbinesand electric cars — sits just outside Narsaq.It has long been known thatGreenland sat upon vast mineral lodes, and the Danish government has mappedthem intermittently for decades. Niels Bohr, Denmark’s Nobel Prize-winningnuclear physicist and a member of the Manhattan Project, visited Narsaq in 1957because of its uranium deposits.But previous attempts at miningmostly failed, proving too expensive in the inclement conditions. Now, warminghas altered the equation.Greenland’s Bureau of Minerals andPetroleum, charged with managing the boom, currently has 150 active licensesfor mineral exploration, up from 20 a decade ago. Altogether, companies spent$100 million exploring Greenland’s deposits last year, and several are applyingfor licenses to begin construction on new mines, bearing gold, iron and zincand rare earths. There are also foreign companies exploring for offshore oil.The Black Angel lead and zinc mine,which closed in 1990, is applying to reopen this year, said Jorgen T.Hammeken-Holm, who oversees licensing at the country’s mining bureau, “becausethe ice is in retreat and you’re getting much more to explore.”The Greenlandic government hopesthat mining will provide new revenue. In granting Greenland home rule in 2009,Denmark froze its annual subsidy, which is scheduled to be decreased further inthe coming years.Here in Narsaq, a collection ofbrightly painted homes bordered by spectacular fjords, two foreign companiesare applying to the government for permission to mine.That proximity promises employment,and the company is already schooling some young men in drilling and in English,the international language of mine operations. It plans to build a processingplant, a new port and more roads. (Greenland currently has none outside ofsettledareas.) Narsaq’s tiny airport, previously threatened with closure fromlack of traffic, could be expanded. A local landlord is contemplatingconverting an abandoned apartment block into a hotel.“There will be a lot of peoplecoming from outside and that will be a big challenge since Greenlandic culturehas been isolated,” said Jasper Schroder, a student home in Narsaq fromuniversity in Denmark.Still, he supports the mine andhopes it will provide jobs and stem the rash of suicides, particularly amonghis peers; Greenland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. “Peoplein this culture don’t want to be a burden to their families if they can’tcontribute,” he said.But not all are convinced of thebenefits of mining. “Of course the mine will help the local economy and willhelp Greenland, but I’m not so sure if it will be good for us,” said Dorotheaodg aard, who runs a local guesthouse. “We are worried about the loss ofnature.”It didn’t take long for Manuel García Murillo, a bricklayer who took over as mayor here last June, to realize that his town was in trouble. It was 800,000 euros, a little more than $1 million, in the red. There was no cash on hand to pay for anything — and there was work that needed to be done.But then an amazing thing happened, he said. Just as the health department was about to close down the day care center because it didn’t have a proper kitchen, Bernardo Benítez, a construction worker, offered to put up the walls and the tiles free. Then, Maria José Carmona, an adult education teacher, stepped in to clean the place up.And somehow, the volunteers just kept coming. Every Sunday now, the residents of this town in southwest Spain —young and old — do what needs to be done, whether it is cleaning the streets, raking the leaves, unclogging culverts or planting trees in the park.“It was an initiative from them,” said Mr. García. “Day to day we talked to people and we told them there was no money. Of course, they could see it. The grass in between the sidewalks was up to my thigh. “Higuera de la Serena is in many ways a microcosm of Spain’s troubles. Just as Spain’s national and regional governments are struggling with the collapse of the construction industry, overspending on huge capital projects and a pileup of unpaid bills, the same problems afflict many of its small towns.But what has brought Higuera de la Serena a measure of fame in Spain is that the residents have stepped up where their government has failed. Mr. García says his phone rings regularly from other town officials who want to know how to do the same thing. He is serving without pay, as are the town’s two other elected officials. They are also forgoing the cars and phones that usually come with the job.“We lived beyond our means,” Mr. García said. “We invested in public works that weren’t sensible. We are in technical bankruptcy.” Even some money from the European Union that was supposed to be used for routine operating expenses and last until 2013 has already been spent, he said.Higuera de la Serena, a cluster of about 900 houses surrounded by farmland, and traditionally dependent on pig farming and olives, got swept up in the giddy days of the construction boom. It built a cultural center and invested in a small nursing home. But the projects were plagued by delays and cost overruns.The cultural center still has no bathrooms. The nursing home, a whitewashed building sits on the edge of town, still unopened. Together, they account for some $470,000 of debt owed to the bank. But the rest of the debt is mostly the unpaid bills of a town that was not keeping up with its expenses. It owes for medical supplies, for diesel fuel, for road repair, for electrical work, for musicians who played during holidays.Higuera de la Serena is not completely without workers. It still has a half-time librarian, two half-time street cleaners, someone part-time for the sports complex, a secretary and an administrator, all of whom are paid through various financing streams apart from the town. But the town once had a work force twice the size. And when someone is ill, volunteers haveto step in or the gym and sports complex — open four hours a day — must close.For more than 30 years, I have been wondering about L.R. Generson.On one of our first Christmases together, my husband gave me a complete set of Dickens. There were 20 volumes, bound in gray cloth with black corners, old but in good condition. Stamped on the flyleaf of each volume, in faded block letters, was the name of the previous owner: "L.R. Generson, M.D., Bronx, NY."That Dickens set is one of the best presents anyone has ever given me. A couple of the books are still pristine, but others - “Bleak House,’’ “David Copperfield,’’ and especially “Great Expectations’’ - have been read and re-read almost to pieces. Over the years, the character kept me company. And so, , has L.R. Generson.,in his silent enigmatic way.Did he love the books as much as I do? Who was he? On a whim, I Googled him. There wasn’t much - a single mention on a veterans’ website of a World War II captain named Leonard Generson. But I did find a Dr. Richard Generson, an oral surgeon living in New Jersey. Since Generson is not a common name, I decided to write to him.Dr. Generson was kind enough to write back. He told me that his father, Leonard Richard Generson, was born in 1909. He lived in New Y ork City but went to medical school in Basel, Switzerland. He spoke 10 languages fluently. As an obstetrician and gynecologist, he opened a practice in the Bronx shortly before World War II. His son described him as “an extremely patriotic individual’’; right after Pearl Harbor he closed his practice and enlisted. He served throughout the war as a general surgeon with an airborne special forces unit in Europe, where he became one of the war’s most highly decorated physicians.Leonard Generson’s son didn’t remember the Dickens set, though he told me that there were always a lot of novels in the house. His mother probably “cleaned house’’ after his father’s death in 1977 - the same year my husband bought the set in a used book store.I found this letter very moving, with its brief portrait of an intelligent, brave man and his life of service. At the same time, it made me question my presumption that somehow L.R. Generson and I were connected because we’d owned the same set of books. The letter both told me a little about him, and told me that I would never really know anything about him - and why should I? His son must have been startled to hear from a stranger on such a fragile pretext. What had I been thinking?One possible, and only somewhat facetious, answer is that I’ve read too much Dickens. In the world of a Dickens novel, everything is connected to everything else. Orphans find families. Lovers are joined (or parted and morally strengthened). Ancient mysteries are solved and old scores are settled. Questions are answered. Stories end.Leonard Generson’s life touched mine only lightly, th rough the coincidence of a set of books. But there are other lives he touched more deeply. The next time I read a Dickens novel, I will think of him and his military service and his 10 languages. And I will think of the hundreds of babies he must have delivered, who are now in the middle of their own lives and their own stories.格陵兰岛纳萨克——随着皮艇港(Kayak Harbor)的冰山在融化过程中发出嘶嘶的响声,这座偏远的北极小镇和它的文化,也正在随着气候变化而消失。
2012下半年英语翻译资格测试三级笔译真题笔者为大家整理了2012下半年英语翻译资格考试三级笔译真题,仅供参考!!英译汉:已经按照考试的文章修改过原文了For more than 30 years, I have been wondering about L.R. Generson.On one of our first Christmases together, my husband gave me a complete set of Dickens. There were 20 volumes, bound in gray cloth with black corners, old but in good condition. Stamped on the flyleaf of each volume, in faded block letters, was the name of the previous owner: L.R. Generson, M.D.,Bronx, NY.That Dickens set is one of the best presents anyone has ever given me. A couple of the books are still brand-new, but others - Bleak House, David Copperfield, and especially Great Expectations - have been read and re-read almost to pieces. Over the years, they have keptme company. And so, in his silent mysterious way, has L.R. Generson.Did he love the books as much as I do? Who was he? On a whim, I Googled him. There wasn’t much - a single mention on a veterans’ website of a World War II named Leonard Generson. But I did find a Dr. Richard Generson, an oral surgeon living in New Jersey. Since Generson is not a common name, I decided to write to him.Dr. Generson was kind enough to write back. He told me that his father, Leonard Richard Generson, was born in 1909. He lived in New York City but went to medical school in Basel, Switzerland. He spoke 10 languages fluently. As anobstetrician and gynecologist, he opened a practice in the Bronx shortly before World War II. His son described him as “an extremely patriotic individual”; right aft er Pearl Harbor he closed his practice and enlisted. He served throughout the war as a general surgeon with an airborne special forces unit inEurope, where he became one of the war’s most highly decorated physicians.Leonard Generson’s son didn’t remember theDickens set, though he told me that there were always a lot of novels in the house. His mother probably “cleaned house” after his father’s death in 1977 - the same year my husband bought the set in a used book store.I found this letter very moving, with its brief portrait of an intelligent, brave man and his life of service. At the same time, it made me question my presumption that somehow L.R. Generson and I were connected because we’d owned the same set of books.The letter both told me a little about him, and told me that I would never really know anything about him- and why should I? His son must have been startled to hear from a stranger on such a fragile pretext. What had I been thinking?One possible answer is that I’ve read too much Dickens. In the world of a Dickens novel, everything is connected to everything else. Orphans find families. Lovers are joined. Ancient mysteries are solved and old scores are settled. Questions are answered. Stories end.Leonard Generson’s life touched mine onlylightly, through the coincidence of a set of books. But there are other lives he touched more deeply. The next time I read a Dickens novel, I will think of him and his military service and his 10 languages. And I will think of the hundreds of babies he must have delivered, who are now in the middle of their own lives and their own stories.汉译英:网上搜索几乎都是片段,说明这段汉英是各处拼凑的,大概内容如下:总部位于美国印第安纳州的得而达(Delta)水龙头公司是美国上市家居及装饰集团Masco的核心企业,年销售额超10亿美元…12亿美元。
2012年5月27日三级笔译汉译英真题回忆今年是中国加入世贸组织10周年。
10年来,中国经济发展实现了新的跨越,对世界经济增长的贡献日益增大。
10年来,中国平均关税水平从15.3%降至9.8%,达到并超过了世贸组织对发展中国家的要求。
10年来,中国总计从海外进口达8.5万亿美元,为各国发展提供了广阔市场。
This year marks the tenth anniversary of China's accession to the WTO. In the past ten years, China's economy has made significant advance and its contribution to world economic growth has been growing. China's average tariff level has dropped from 15.3% to 9.8%, which is lower than the WTO requirement for developing countries. Its total imports in this period have reached 8.5 trillion US dollars, creating a huge market for other countries.中国经济社会发展的总体形势是好的。
今年以来,在世界经济形势依然复杂多变的情况下,中国有针对性地加强和改善宏观调控,着力稳物价、调结构、保民生、促和谐,经济增长由政策刺激向自主增长有序转变,国民经济继续朝着宏观调控的预期方向发展。
The overall situation of China's economic and social development is good. In the face of the complex and volatile global economic environment, China has taken targeted measures this year to strengthen and improve macro control, with focus on stabilizing prices, adjusting the economic structure, ensuring people's well-being, and promoting harmony. The Chinese economy is driven more by its internal dynamism than policy stimulus. And it is moving in the direction consistent with the objectives of macro control.为了巩固经济社会发展良好势头,我们将坚持以科学发展为主题、以加快转变经济发展方式为主线,继续加强和改善宏观调控,继续处理好保持经济平稳较快发展、调整经济结构、管理通胀预期的关系,更加注重以人为本,更加注重全面协调可持续发展,更加注重统筹兼顾,更加注重改革开放,更加注重保障和改善民生。
2012年5月CATTI三级笔译真题10年来,中国经济发展实现了新的跨越,对世界经济增长的贡献日益增大。
10年来,中国平均关税水平从15.3%降至9.8%,达到并超过了世贸组织对发展中国家的要求。
10年来,中国总计从海外进口达8.5万亿美元,为各国发展提供了广阔市场。
中国经济社会发展的总体形势是好的。
今年以来,在世界经济形势依然复杂多变的情况下,中国有针对性地加强和改善宏观调控,着力稳物价、调结构、保民生、促和谐,经济增长由政策刺激向自主增长有序转变,国民经济继续朝着宏观调控的预期方向发展。
为了巩固经济社会发展良好势头,我们将坚持以科学发展为主题、以加快转变经济发展方式为主线,继续加强和改善宏观调控,继续处理好保持经济平稳较快发展、调整经济结构、管理通胀预期的关系,更加注重以人为本,更加注重全面协调可持续发展,更加注重统筹兼顾,更加注重改革开放,更加注重保障和改善民生。
中国经济发展的前景是光明的。
中国经济保持平稳较快发展,对世界经济发展无疑将是有利的。
In the past ten years, China's economy has made significant advance and its contribution to world economic growth has been growing. China's average tariff level has dropped from 15.3 percent to 9.8 percent, which is lower than the WTO requirement for developing countries. Its total imports in this period have reached 8.5 trillion U.S. dollars, creating a huge market for other countries.In the face of the complex and volatile global economic environment, China has taken targeted measures this year to strengthen and improve macro control, with focus on stabilizing prices, adjusting the economic structure, ensuring people's well-being, and promoting harmony. The Chinese economy is driven more by its internal dynamism than policy stimulus. And it is moving in the direction consistent with the objectives of macro control.To sustain the sound momentum of China's economic and social development, we will continue to pursue development in a scientific way and redouble efforts to shift the growth model. We will continue to strengthen and improve macro control, and maintain a balance between achieving steady and fast economic growth, adjusting the economic structure and managing inflation expectation. Putting people's interests first and taking a holistic approach to development, we will work harder to achieve all-round, balanced and sustainable development, deepen reform and opening-up, and improve people's well-being. we will have a bright prospect for the Chinese economy. And continued steady and fast economic growth in China will serve the interest of global economic growth.整理了以下.发现自己有两个句子翻译得离谱,其他的,也就凑合,哎,没信心了1、西欧是今年第一个/非第一个/第一次遭受热浪的地区2、扭曲=龙卷风3、昆士兰发大水4、是厄尔尼诺现象5、温度高和降水少有关6、新闻量上升,rise\rouse\raise\rouse7、整个发达国家,across\within\throughout8、when whenever9、大学课堂的场景10、发达国家受损较少是因为有enough funds11、大学公开课吸引无数人12、引发社会巨变13、outline=summarize14、产品成本与价格不成比例15、转移生产地皆因便捷的交通和eager消费者,这题生词比较多16、make for大门17、破坏性的火山爆发18、社会变革带来的是通勤方式的变化19、政府政策并非支持社会变革20、alternative=公开课21、文章主题是社会变革和经济复苏22、找一个靠得住的文秘23、尽管大鸟with华丽的翅膀,但在陆地上却不行24、马萨诸塞州每户人家有with3、4个孩子25、人们found social lying acceptable\admireable\adaptable26、对大脑有持久lasting影响27、蜥蜴在干燥的环境活得更久prolonged=extended\extansive\extending period oftime28、小说题材多样varying\varied\variable29、ensure\assure车子是锁好了的30、小说is devoted\dedicated to31、在她大学毕业3年后,她妹妹将在哈佛法学院深造will be和will have been doing32、经济危机让人们明白了不应过度消费33、过多肥肉contribute to心脏病(模拟原题)34、更多的城市将连成城市带35、India,where报纸销量最多的地区36、将新闻post上网37、厄尔尼诺现象越来越少38、网上新闻让人一夜成名39、大学生不愿拿个文凭的原因是学费太贵40、appealing\objecting to sense,in some cases,smelling…41、大学毕业生喜欢呆在城市的原因是城市经济状况更好/能租便宜的房子42、大学公开课的主题是如果大学不应对这些变化,大学就将被淘汰。
catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(四)一、词汇翻译(每题2分,共20分)1. 社会主义核心价值观(core socialist values)2. 人工智能(artificial intelligence)3. 共享经济(sharing economy)4. 精准扶贫(targeted poverty alleviation)5. 绿色发展(green development)6. 一带一路(Belt and Road Initiative)7. 网络空间治理(cybersecurity governance)8. 创新驱动发展(innovation-driven development)9. 自由贸易区(free trade area)10. 智能制造(intelligent manufacturing)二、短语翻译(每题3分,共30分)11. 全面建设社会主义现代化国家(comprehensively build a socialist modern country)12. 脱贫攻坚战(the fight against poverty)13. 互联网+(Internet+)14. 新型大国关系(a new type of major-country relationship)15. 人民币国际化(renminbi internationalization)16. 智慧城市(smart city)17. 社会主义核心价值观教育(education on core socialist values)18. 生态补偿(ecological compensation)19. 中华民族优秀传统文化(the excellent traditional Chinese culture)20. 公平竞争(fair competition)三、篇章翻译(40分)请将以下中文文章翻译成英文:随着我国经济社会发展,人们的生活方式发生了翻天覆地的变化。
Electronic mail has become an extremely important and popular means of communication. The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Unsolicited commercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mall traffic, up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001, and the volume continues to rise. Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects. The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail, or for the time spent accessing, reviewing, and discarding such mail, or for both. The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mall and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages, both commercial and noncommercial, will be lost, overlooked, or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages, thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient. Some commercial electronic mail contains material that many recipients may consider vulgar or pornographic in nature. The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services, businesses, and educational and nonprofit institutions that carry and receive such mail, as there is a finite volume of mail that such providers, businesses, and institutions can handle without further investment in infrastructure. Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully disguise the source of such mall. Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mall purposefully include misleading information in the messages' subject lines in order to induce the recipients to view the messages. While some senders of commercial electronic mail messages provide simpleand reliable ways for recipients to reject (or 'opt-out' of) receipt of commercial electronic mall from such senders in the future, other senders provide no such 'opt-out' mechanism, or refuse to honor the requests of recipients not to receive electronic mail from such senders in the future, or both. Many senders of bulk unsolicited commercial electronic mail use computer programs to gather large numbers of electronic mail addresses on an automated basis from Internet websites or online services where users must post their addresses in order to make full use of the website or service. The problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of unsolicited commercial electronic mall cannot be solved by the government alone. The development and adoption of techno-logical approaches and the pursuit of cooperative efforts with other countries will be necessary as well. 91. According to the passage, efficiency of e-mail is threatened by ______ A. heavy e-mail traffic B. fraudulent e-mail messages C. large volume of messages D. increasing amount of unwanted e-mail 92. Which of the following is NOT true about unwanted e-mail? A. It costs money to receive them. B. It's free to store them. C. It takes time to access them. D. It takes time to throw them away. 93. Unwanted e-mail may ______ A. cause companies to fail in business B. cause wanted e-mail messages to lose C. damage the credit of a company D. do good to a small company 94. "Pornographic" in Paragraph 3 probably means ______A. decentB. instructionalC. sexualD. commercial 95. What does unwanted e-mail messages do to the providers of the Internet services? A. Raising their cost. B. Raising the Internet speed. C. Improving their business. D. Attracting investment. 96. "Disguise" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______A. revealB. hideC. deliverD. post 97. The word "induce" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______A. cheatB. introduceC. provideD. harm 98. "Opt-out" mechanism is probably ______ A. a machine that can be attached to your computer B. a button that you can make a choice to read or not to read C. a software that you can play a computer game D. an e-mail that says some good words to you 99. It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that bulk unsolicited commercial e-mail will probably spread ______A. harmful virusB. unpleasant newsC. advertisementsD. adult jokes 100. The unwanted e-mail problem can be solved if ______ A. the government takes action B. a new technology is adopted C. more people are aware of the problem D. joint efforts are made and new technology is used Section 3: Cloze Test (20 points) In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to put back in each of the blanks the missing word. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 20 minutes. Insurance is the sharing of (1) . Nearly everyone is exposed (2) risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his (3) can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows that his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die by (4) and (5) his family in poverty. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire or every vessel lost at sea. ff these persons each put a (6) sum of money into a pool, there will be enough to (7) the needs of the few who do suffer (8) , In other words the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the (9) . This is the basis of (10) . Those who pay the contributions are known as (11) and those who administer the pool of the contributions as insurer. The (12) for an insurance naturally depends on how the risk is to happen as suggested (13) past experience, ff thecompanies fix their premiums too (14) , there will be more competition in their branch of insurance and they may lose (15) . On the other hand, if they make the premiums too low, they will not have (16) and may even have to drop out (17) business. So the ordinary forces of supply and (18) keep premiums at a proper (19) to both insurers and those who (20) insurance.。
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CATTI三级英语笔译综合能力训练真题Section l: Vocabulary and Grammar (25 Points)This section consists of three parts. Read the directions fog each part before answering the questions. The time for this section is 25 minutes.Part l Vocabulary SelectionIn this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer.1. In Hong Kong, doctors reported that, for unclear reasons, 12 recovered SARS patients had weeks after they had been discharged - spurring fears that people might be infectious even after they'd left isolation.A. recoveredB. relapsedC. reexaminedD. re-diagnosed2. Current demographic trends, such as the fall in the birth rate, should favor economic growth in the long run.A. slowB. quickenedC. speededD. accelerated3. All students have f'ree to the libraryA. passagewayB. entranceC. permissionD. access4. Columbus had accomplished one of the most amazing and courageous in history.A. performanceB. featsC. eventsD. acts5. According to the weather forecast, which is usually , it willsnow this afternoon.A. exactB. preciseC. perfectD. accurate6. The janitor's long service with the company was a present.A. confirmed byB. recorded withC. appreciated byD. acknowledged with7. What they never take into account is the frazzled woman who is leading a life - trying to be a good mother while having to pretend at work that she doesn't have kids at all.A. doubleB. hardC. two-wayD. miserable8. Until the final votes are cast, though, assurances for nothing.A. countB. meantC. giveD. account9. Some philosophers insist that one way to knowledge is through an empirical approach.A. disseminateB. classifyC. testD. acquire10. If you think her experience is , we will employ her.A. sustainableB. adequateC. strongD. positive11. The trouble is that not many students really know how to make use of their time to its best .A. benefitB. advantageC. valueD. profit12. Readers , happy endings may find the unvarnished view of modern motherhood a bit unsettling.A. fondB. preferredC. adapted toD. accustomed to13. The explorer told the boys about his in the African forests.A. storiesB. voyageC. adventuresD. trips14. We were working time to get everything ready for the exhibition.A. againstB. inC. onD. ahead15. He drove fast and arrived an hour schedule.A. in advanceB. beforeC. byD. ahead of16. If you hear the fire , leave the building quickly.A. warningB. alarmC. signalD.bell17. The troops have been on the for a possible enemy attack.A. alarmB. alertC. warningD. notice18. Although his people did not his efforts, he kept trying.A. agree withB. apply toC. approve ofD. consent with19. Picasso's ability was apparent in his early youth when he started drawing sketches.A. writingB. artisticC. reasoningD. literary20. We hope that the measures to control prices, taken by the government, will succeed.A. whenB. sinceC. afterD. asPart 2 Vocabulary replacementThis part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underline. Below each sentence, there four choices respectively rnarked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal rneaning of the sentence. There is only one right answer.21. She bustled about with an assumption of authority.A. airB.suppositionC. appearanceD. face22. Table tennis is easy to learn, and, by the same token, boys don't need a lot of space to practice it.A. by the same ruleB. symbolicallyC. moreoverD. by logic23. The old man sat before the fire in a trance, thinking of his past life.A. in a special positionB. in a cozy stateC. in a sleepy stateD. in a meditative state24. Only the elite of society attended the reception for the new governor.A. those thought of as the best peopleB. the intellectualsC. the white-collar peopleD. the officials25. She embellished the simple dress with colorful embroidery.A. madeB. decoratedC. sewedD.improved26. He felt cheap about rushing to get in line before the old lady carrying heavy parcels.A. felt inferior and ashamedB. felt not worthwhile of doing somethingC. felt bad about doing somethingD. felt unhappy about doing something27. Only individual benefactors and ad hoc grants have made possible the ecological surveys already undertaken.A. additionalB. governmentalC. specialD. organizational28. The dichotomy postulated by many between morality and interests, between idealism and realism, is one of the standard cliches of the ongoing debate over international affairs.A. division into two partsB. combination of two partsC. disparityD. contradiction29. Miguel's perplexity is understandable - he's an all-purpose maintenance man at a mid- town-Manhattan residential building.A. all outB. versatileC. prolificD. capable30. Take the stalemate between the administration and the oil companies for example.A. caseB. deadlockC. conflictD.contradiction31. The sense of mistrust is compounded by smaller annoyances that leave the families feeling as though no one in authority cares about them.A. offsetB. intensifiedC. diminishedD. annulled32. The very ubiquity of electronic communications can havea surprising downside, notes Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina: a wife becomes accustomed to frequent e-mail from her husband, until he can't get to a computer. And then her anxiety increases.A. failureB. undersideC. drawbackD. consequence33. The President took a drubbing from much of the press which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag.A. was sure to be madeB. was being consideredC. was their secret weaponD. was their last resort34. This reflects the priority being attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a calling blighted by relentless publicity that all too often ends in destroying careers and reputation.A. divine summonsB. political careerC. professionD. business transaction35. If you can't dig into the field you have chosen for your pursuit, it is hardly possible for you toachieve anything significant in the field.A. acquireB. requireC. accompanyD. accomplishPart 3 Correcting Grammatical ErrorsThis part consists of 15 sentences in which is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice and replace the underlined element(s) so that the error is erased and corrected.There is only one right answer.36. Just last week, for example, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the disturbing disclosure that SARS may be pretty deadlier than previously believed.A. veryB. farC. especiallyD. none37. What distinguished her in the other girls was her peculiar hairstyle.A. toB. fromC. thanD. with38. During many sectors are foundering, the $21 billion videogame-software industry is booming, adding game developers at a rate of 2,500 a year in the United States alone.A. WhenB. WhereasC. WouldD. While39. No such weapons were used and none been found.A. none have beenB. none hasC. no other has beenD. no others been40. No thing fuels cynicism for watching two titanic institutions squabble over their reputations.A. No ... asB. Something ... likeC. Nothing ... likeD. No ... than41. I see four kinds of pressure working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, but self-induced pressure.A. andB. orC. nilD. with42. The sales manager of the company suggested more money is to spent in a more effective advertising campaign and better packaging design.A. is spending onB. will be spent inC. will be spent onD. be spent on43. According to some scientists, the computer will do ruuch harm to people's health as smoking and drugs do.A. does much harm ... smokingB. will do as much harm ... cigarettesC. will be doing as much harm ... smokingD. does as much harm ... cigarettes44. The general manager demanded the job will becompleted before the National Day.A. would be completedB. must be completedC. had to be completedD. be completed45. In his speech at the conference, the Chairman solemnly stated that the responsibility to our lives and the kind of world in that we live is ours and ours alone.A. for ... in whichB. of ... for whichC. of ... in whichD. for ... on which46. I knew nothing of the motives behind his recent move, and I don't know either the person to put him up to the action.A. nor did I know ... whoB. not did I know ... thatC. nor do I know ... thatD. either did I know ... who47. The achievements of the greatest minds in science could never have been reached if it had not been for the patient and accurate work of hundreds of other people.A. has it not beenB. if it had beenC. if hasn't beenD. had it not been48. The government has hardly taken measures to crack down on these crimes when new ones occurred.A. Hardly had the government takenB. The government had hardly takenC. Hardly the government had takenD. The government is hardly taking49. I can still vividly remember to pick our steps in the mountain down the deep valley on my21st birthday.A. picking ... in the mountainsB. picking ... on the mountainC. having picked ... from the mountainsD. picking ... from the mountains50. The traffic police stopped three trucks heavily loading with merchandise that looked as grain bags.A. that were loading ... likeB. loaded with ... likeC. to load with ... forD. loaded with ... forSection 2: Reading Comprehension (25 Points)In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four (A, B, C and D) suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose the one which you think fits best.Questions 51-56 are based on the following passage.As viewed from space, the Earth's distinguishing characteristics are its blue waters and whit.e clouds. Enveloped by an ocean of air consisting of 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, the planet is the only one in our solar system known to harbor life. Circling the Sun at an average distance of 149 million km (93 million miles), the Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest planet in the solar system. Its rapid spin and molten nickel-iron core give rise to an extensive magnetic field which, coupled with the atmosphere, shields us from nearly ail of the harmful radiation coming from the Sun and other stars. Most meteors burn up in the Earth's atmosphere before they can strike the surface. The planet's active geological processes have left no evidence of the ancient pelting it almost certainly received soon after it was formed. The Earth has a single natural satellite - the Moon.51. Approximately how much of the Earth's atmosphere is nitrogen?A. One-fourth.B. One- half.C. Three-fourths.D. All of it.52. Which of the following helps to create the Earth's magnetic fields?A. Its blue waters.B. Its nitrogen atmosphere.C. Its molten metal core.D. The Moon.53. What two factors help protect the Earth from radiation?A. Magnetic field and atmosphere.B. Rapid spin and molten iron-nickel core.C. The Sun and the Moon.D. Blue waters and white clouds.54. Why does the Earth show almost no signs of having been hit by numerous meteors in the past?A. Humans have built over most of the craters.B. Most meteors fell into the ocean and not on land.C. The Earth's magnetic field repelled most meteors.D. The Earth's natural geologic activity has eliminated most traces.55. The main idea of this passage is that .A. there are life-supporting characteristics on the EarthB. the Earth is predominantly waterC. the Earth has no common characteristics with other planetsD. the Earth is the only planet with a moon56. This selection leads one to believe that the Earth .A. never gets hit by meteorsB. always gets hit by meteorsC. was hit by meteors some time in the pastD. may be bombarded by meteors in the near futureQuestions 57-62 are based on the following passage.Since life began eons ago, thousands of creatures have come and gone. Some, such as the dinosaurs, became extinct due to naturally changing ecologic conditions. More recent threats to life forms are humans and their activities. Man has drained marshes, burned prairies, dammed and diverted rivers. Some of the more recent casualties of man's expansion have been the dodo, great auk, passenger pigeon, Irish elk, and Steller's sea cow.Sadly, we can no longer attribute the increasing decline in our wild animals and plant species to "natural" processes. Many species are dying out because of exploitation, habitat alteration or destruction, pollution, or the introduction of new species of plants and animals to an area. As mandated by Congress, protecting endangered species, and restoring them to the point where their existence is no longerjeopardized, is the primary objective of the U.S. Fish and MriZdlife Service's Endangered Species Program.57. Which of the following is a form of man's habitat alteration?A. Glacial encroachment.B. Hurricanes.C. Dammed rivers.D. Snowstorms.58. Which of the following has become extinct due to man's destruction?A. African elephant.B. Irish elk.C. Giant panda.D. White Bengal.59. Which of the following would be a likely theme for the next paragraph?A. Naturally changing ecological conditions.B. Animals that have become extinct.C. Achievements of the government Endangered Species Program.D. Programs that have destroyed natural habitats.60. The tone of the passage is .A. nationalisticB. pro-wildlifeC. anti-wildlifeD. feminist61. According to this passage, .A. man is the cause of some animal extinctionB. animals often bring about their own extinctionC. Congress can absolutely end extinction of animalsD. a law is more important than human responsibility62. Which of the following is NOT a cause of increasing decline of wild animal population?A. Exploitation.B. Pollution.C. Habitat alteration.D. Congressional Law.Questions 63-68 are based on the following passage.The "Karat" marking on jewelry tells you what proportion of-gold is mixed with other metals. If 14 parts of gold are mixed with 10 parts of base metal, the combination is called 14- Karat (14K) gold. The higher the Karat ratings the higher the proportion of gold in the object. The lowest Karat gold that can be marketed in the United States is 10-Karat gold. Jewelry does not have to be marked with its Karat quality, but most of it is. If there is a Karat quality mark, next to it must be the U.S. registered trademark of the person or company that will stand behind the mark, as required by the National Gold and Silver Stamping Act.63. If a ring is stamped 24K, it has .A. 204 parts of goldB. 24 parts of goldC. two and four-tenths parts of goldD. 10 parts of gold64. Gold which is 10 Karats in proportion in the U.S.A. represents the highest grade of goldB. cannot be soldC. never carries a Karat quality markD. represents the lowest-grade gold marketable65. If gold is marked with a Karat quality mark, it must also bear .A. a national gold and silver stampB. the registered trademark of the entity standing behind the markC. a "made in the USA" markD. a percentage mark66. If the jewelry is marked 14 parts of gold mixed with l0 parts of base metal, it will always bear mark.A. a 14KB. a 10KC. an 18KD. a platinum67. This paragraph serves the consumer as .A. important buying informationB. a challenge to buy more goldC. a debate over gold pricesD. advice about buying silver68. The Stamping Act is .A. a regulation for taxB. rule of lawC. a law that makes such stamping mandateD. an implementQuestions 69-75 are based on the following passage.Mr. Faugel was convinced that student nervousness had affected their scores; to reduce the anxiety of these students who had already been tested, he gave 22 0f them a beta blocker before re-administration of the test. Their scores improved significantly. The other 8 students (who did not receive the beta blockers) improved only slightly. Second-time test-takers nation wide had average improvements which were similar to those in Faugel's non-beta blocker group. Beta blockers are prescription drugs which have been around for 25 years. These medications, which interfere with the effects of adrenalin, have been used for heart conditions and for minor stress such as stage fright. Now they are used for test anxiety. These drugs seem to help test-takers who have low scores because of test fright, but not those who do not know the material. Since there can be side effects from these beta blockers, physicians are not ready to prescribe them routinely for all test-takers.69. Where is the only place a person can obtain beta blockers?A. Supermarket.B. Convenience store.C. Stationary storeD.Doctor's office70. Why are beta blockers not prescribed regularly?A. Students are expected to do poorly.B. There are side effects.C. The drugs are only 25 years old.D. They cause test anxiety.71. According to the passage,______ .A. all people can take beta blockersB. beta blockers are widely prescribedC. beta blockers work only on test anxietyD. beta blockers work only to improve test scores if the test-taker truly knows the material72. "Re_administration" in this passage refers to giving .A. the test again to people without administering beta blockersB. the test again to both groups after beta blockers have been administered to one groupC. the test to both groups of test-takers and then giving them beta blockersD. the beta blockers without retesting73. What possible use for betdi i,lockers was NOT discussed in this passage?A. Test anxiety.B. Pain relief.C. Minor stress.D. Heart conditions.74. Beta blockers work on some physical and emotional symptoms because they .A. fool a person into a healthier stanceB. interfere with the effects of adrenalinC. produce side effects worse than the symptomsD. primarily change human thought processes75. Faugel's research showed that beta blockers given to hissample .A. increased scores less than the national averageB. increased scores the same as the national averageC. decreased scoresD. increased scores much more than the national averageSection 3: Cloze Test (20 Points)In the following passage, there are 20 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to provide each. of the blanks with the missing word. The time for this section is 20 minutes.When I tell people that I'm a professor of communication, they often are confused (1)what the term "communication" means. Many people think mass communication is the (2) type of communication, but mass communication is only one form of communication. The study of mass communication focuses on messages that are (3) over (4) such as television, newspapers, and radio. Other areas of (5) focus on the messages individuals send to one another. Some of the major contexts in which communication is studied (6) the interpersonal context, the organizational context, and the intercultural context. A scholar studying (7) communication, for example, might examine how married couples (8) with misunderstandings and the effects these misunderstandings have on (9) satisfaction. Organizational communication scholars, on the other hand, might study (10) the communication styles used by managers and their subordinates influence efficiency in a company or factory.My area of specialization is intercultural communication. Intercultural communication is an (11) field of study which incorporates research from disciplines (12) as social psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, sociolinguistics, and of course,communication. One of the (13) important areas of research addressed by intercultural scholars is how misunderstandings can be (14) when people communicate with others from different (15). To understand the process of intercultural communication, we must study how individuals' cultural backgrounds (16) their communication behaviors.The area of intercultural communication is a relatively new (17) of study even in the United States. While most Chinese students studying communication in the United States (18) on mass communication, there are some who are interested in intercultural communication and plan to return to China to teach and (19) research in this area. The work of these Chinese scholars on intercultural communication is important because it will help improve (20) between Chinese and Americans in the future.Section 4: Writing (30 Points)In the first paragraph, you should start with. your general statement, followed with your arguments in the second paragraph. You should conclude your writing in the third para graph, with suggestions or ideas of your own,. Marks will be given to (1) clear overall views of subjects, (2) original ideas and clear idea organization, (3) passage cohesion and smooth language flow, (4) accurate use of words and grammar. The time for this part is 30 minutes.Instruction:Write an essay in around 300 English words on the following subject:What are, in your opinion, the 3 basic qualifications a good translator should have? Give your reasons. Your essay should consist of a lead-in paragraph, a concluding one and the body.参考答案:Section l (25分,每题 0.5分)Part 11-5 BDDBD 6-10 DAADB 11-15 BDCAD 16-20 BBCBDPart 221-25 ACDAB 26- 30 ACABB 30-31 BCACDPart 336-40 BBDAC 41-45 ADBDA 46-50 ADADBSection 2 (25分,每题 1分)51-55 CCADC 56-60 CCBCB 61-65 ADBDB66-70 AACDB 71-75 DBBBDSection 3 (20分,每空1分)1. about2. only3. transmitted4. mass media5. communication6. include7. interpersonal8. deal/cope9. marital 10. how11. interdisciplinary 12. such 13. most 14. minimized 15. cultures16. influence/affect 17. field 18. focus/concentrate 19. conduct/do 20. understandingSection 4 (30分)略。
catti三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(一)一、Vocabulary Selection(本大题15小题.每题1.0分,共15.0分。
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. )第1题Since writing home to their parents for money, they had lived________hope.A inB forC onD through【正确答案】:A【本题分数】:1.0分【答案解析】固定搭配。
live in hope生活在希望中;live for为……而生活,盼望;live on 继续生活,以……为主食,靠……生活;live through度过,经受过;根据句意应填A。
第2题________get older, the games they play become increasingly complex.A ChildrenB Children, when theyC As childrenD For children to【正确答案】:C【本题分数】:1.0分【答案解析】模考吧网提供最优质的模拟试题,最全的历年真题,最精准的预测押题!语法应用。
本句逗号前是状语从句,空白处应填连词;主句主语是the games,因此选项A、B、D均不对;只有as“随着”符合句意,所以C为答案。
第3题Martin has created enough memorable ________to make it easy to forgive his lows.A youngstersB noblesC highsD miserables【正确答案】:C【本题分数】:1.0分【答案解析】固定搭配。
Amadou Jallow was, at 22, a lover of reggae who had just finished college and had landed a job teaching science in a high school.But Europe beckoned.阿曼德.贾洛,曾是一个22岁德雷朋音乐爱好者,他刚大学毕业并找到一份在高中教科学的工作。
但是欧洲召唤他来了。
In his West African homeland, Mr. Jallow‟s sala ry was the equivalent of just 50 euros a month, barely enough for the necessities, he said. And everywhere in his neighborhood in Serekunda, Gambia‟s largest city, there was talk of easy money to be made in Europe.在他的西非家乡,贾洛先生的薪水大概是50欧元一个月,他说这刚够糊口。
而他所住的甘比亚最大的城市赛瑞库达,每个地方都有在欧洲容易挣钱的说法。
Now he laughs bitterly about all that talk. He lives in a patch of woods here in southern Spain, just outside the village of Palos de la Frontera, with hundreds of other immigrants. They have built their homes out of plastic sheeting and cardboard, unsure if the water they drink from an open pipe is safe.现在他对这样的说法报以苦笑。
他和其他数百移民住在一片树林里,该树林位于南西班牙的帕罗斯边界的村庄边。
他们用塑料片和纸板搭建房屋,不管他们从一个露天管子里喝的水是否卫生。
After six years on the continent, Mr. Jallow is rail thin, and his eyes have a yellow tinge.在这个大陆呆了六年后,贾洛先生明显地瘦了,他的眼睛有了黄疸。
“We are not bush people,” he said recently as he gath ered twigs to start a fire. “You think you are civilized. But this is how we live here. We suffer here.”最近在拾柴火时,他说:你觉得你是文明人,而我们并不是丛林中的人,但我们必须住在这样的条件下,在这里受苦。
The political upheaval in Libya and elsewhere in North Africa has opened the way for thousands of new migrants to make their wayto Europe across the Mediterranean. Already some 25,000 have reached the island of Lampedusa, Italy, and hundreds more have arrived at Malta.利比亚和北非的其他地区的政局不稳,为成千的新移民打开了通过地中海去欧洲的路途。
已有25000人达到了意大利的兰佩杜萨岛,和几百号人到达马耳他岛、The boats, at first, brought mostly Tunisians. But lately there have been more sub-Saharans.起初这些船带的都是突尼斯人,最近带的更多的是撒哈拉里的人。
Experts say thousands more — many of whom have been moving around North Africa trying to get to Europe for years, including Somalis, Eritreans, Senegalese and Nigerians — are likely to follow, sure that a better life awaits them.专家称他们中的大多数---几千或更多的人围着北非搬迁,多年来试图到欧洲。
这些北非国家包括索马里,厄立特里亚,赛加内尔和尼日利亚。
他们相信等着他们的是更好的生活。
But for Mr. Jallow and for many others who arrived before them, often after days at sea without food or water, Europe has offered hardships they never imagined. These days Mr. Jallow survives on two meals a day, mostly a leaden paste made from flour and oil, which he stirs with a branch.但是对贾洛和其他先到这里的人来说,更多的是在经过了没有食物和水的海上的日子后,欧洲给予了他们从未预料过的苦难。
这些日子里,贾洛一天靠两餐果腹,吃的通常是面粉和油做的硬饼子,他用一根树枝把这饼子搅烂。
“It keeps the hunger away,” he said.他说,这让我不饿。
The authorities estimate that there are perhaps 10,000 immigrants living in the woods in the southern Spanish province of Andalusia, a region known for its crops of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, and there are thousands more migrants in areas that produce olives, oranges and vegetables. Most of them have stories that echo Mr. Jallow‟s.政府估计这里大约有10000移民者住在南西班牙的安达卢亚省,此地盛产草莓,山莓和蓝莓这样的作物。
这里还有成千的移民在这些地方生产橄榄油,橘子和蔬菜,他们中许多人有何贾洛一样的故事。
From the road, their encampments look like igloos tucked among the trees. Up close, the squalor is clear. Piles of garbage and flies are everywhere. Old clothes, stiff from dirt and rain, hang from branches.从路上看,他们的帐篷就像冰屋藏在树种。
越接近,肮脏看得越明显。
成堆的垃圾和苍蝇到处是。
旧衣服僵着尘土和雨水,挂在树枝上。
“There is everything in there,” said Diego Cañamero, the leader of the farm workers‟ union in Andalusia, which tries to advocate for the men. “You have rats and snakes and mice and fleas.”迪亚哥.卡莫米亚说:这就是这里的全部,有老鼠,蛇,跳蚤。
他是安达卢西亚农工联盟的主席,他努力支持这些人。
The men in the woods do not call home with the truth, though. They send pictures of themselves posing next to Mercedes cars parked on the street, the kind of pictures that Mr. Jallow says he fell for so many years ago. Now he shakes his head toward his neighbors, who will not talk to reporters.但这些树林里德人并不告诉家里实情。
他们寄出的是自己站在,街上停着的奔驰车边的照片。
这样的照片,贾洛说他多年前他曾迷恋过。
现在他对那些不愿意和记者交谈的邻居摇头:这么多的谎言,他们所作的非常可怕,但是他们的处境很尴尬。
“So many lies,” he said. “It is terrible what they are doing. But they are embarrassed.”Even now, though, Mr. Jallow will not consider going back to Gambia. “I would prefer to die here,” he said. “I cannot go home empty-handed. If I went home, they would be saying, …What have you been doing with yourself, Amadou?‟ They think in Europe there is money all over.”及时现在,贾洛并未考虑回甘比亚. 他说:我情愿死在这里,我不能两手空空的回家。
如果我回去,他们会说:你是怎么混的啊,安杜马?他们觉得欧洲遍地是黄金。
The immigrants — virtually all of them are men — cluster by nationality and look for work on the farms. But Mr. Cañamero says they are offered only the least desirable work, like handling pesticides, and little of it at that. Most have no working papers.这些移民者—实际上都是男人,按国家集群在农场找工作。