2.Passage Translation

Passage One

I am here tonight to wish your club a happy birthday. Now, I myself have reached that stage in life where I would like to have my birthdays remembered but not my age. I suppose I am what is called middle-aged, which is when you start eating what is good for you and not what you like. I am proud of your club because it is set up for our senior citizens. This is a place you can come to for peace and quiet, where you have tea and chat with people of your own age group.

Passage Two

Researchers have found that daily walking may improve sleep quality. They have also noticed that only those who exercise in the morning have the beneficial effects on sleep. Those who exercised in the evening actually had more trouble falling asleep. One possible explanation is that morning versus evening exercise may affect sleep quality. Morning exercise may get the body clock in good order, and evening exercise may upset it. However, more research is needed to confirm this theory.

Section 2: Study Skills

1. D the rope was the symbol of law and order

2. B it changes the human characters

3. B it is rare

4. A the trading nations adopted the gold standard

5. D one could place more faith in gold than in politicians

6. B it is thin in proportion to the earth’s mass

7. C the outer layer is made of rock

8. D still in use

9. C there are active volcanic regions at the centre

10. B the Under world

11. A after consulting someone about her problems

12. C are not to be performed strenuously

13. B can be difficult to change

14. D recovered his vocal powers

15. C to suggest that back problems can be remedied.

16. B waste disposal

17. A their wastes were covered over by nature

18. C shipping them as scrap to a steel mill for ne vehicles.

19. C building more sewage disposal plants

20. D sludge

21. A sadness is a normal human emotion that serves a specific purpose

22. A the drug did not treat illnesses as it should

23. B grief over death

24. B loss of one’s mind

25. C reasonable

26. C stretched

27. D to suggest an anti-ageing approach that will reproduce itself

28. D death is the reality in nature people should come to terms with

29. A general readers

30. D reproduction is a useful alternative to longer life

Section 3: Translation Test(1)

美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展速度日益減緩，工作機(jī)遇日益凸顯不穩(wěn)定性。身為一所小型高校的校長(zhǎng)，我時(shí)刻關(guān)注今年畢業(yè)生面臨的就業(yè)市場(chǎng)。最新消息報(bào)道了貝爾斯登公司撤銷了為商學(xué)院畢業(yè)生提供的數(shù)百個(gè)職位，這正是公司裁員的通常做法。而全美的大學(xué)也隨之降低招生規(guī)模。但即使經(jīng)濟(jì)前景慘淡，今年的畢業(yè)生還是有望找到工作。誠(chéng)然，眾多公司紛紛裁員，但其中許多也正尋求新的人才，尤其是低端職位。

超過(guò)百萬(wàn)的職場(chǎng)新人像潮水般涌入勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)，學(xué)生們應(yīng)該認(rèn)識(shí)到，在全球市場(chǎng)環(huán)境下，語(yǔ)言技巧至關(guān)重要，靈活性也同樣不可或缺。如果畢業(yè)生愿意接受起點(diǎn)低的工作，就工作要求做出一些讓步，如果公司要求也不介意搬至其他城市工作，那么他就有可能得到一份工作。因此，即使失業(yè)情況日益嚴(yán)重，畢業(yè)生還是可以將找工作視作一份長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)職業(yè)的第一次挑戰(zhàn)。

Section 4: Translation Test(2)

據(jù)消息靈通人士透露，今年春節(jié)前，家樂(lè)福才與新大新發(fā)生“第一次親密接觸”，其中廣州市政府無(wú)疑起了“紅娘”的作用。短短幾個(gè)月時(shí)間，雙方“情投意合”。外界關(guān)心的是：家樂(lè)福到底看中新大新什么地方？

對(duì)此，新大新總經(jīng)理何先生沒(méi)有作出正面的回應(yīng)，只是籠統(tǒng)地陳述在廣州的百貨業(yè)中新大新有自己獨(dú)特的一面。據(jù)何先生透露，這次新大新出資持有新組建的公司35%的股份，家樂(lè)福占65%:“這是按照國(guó)家有關(guān)部門政策，即中方持股不得少于35%的規(guī)定厘定的”。

As disclosed by a well-informed source, the “first intimate contact” between Carrefour and Xindaxin(XDX) was not conducted until the dawn of this year’s Spring Festival, with Guangzhou municipal government, not surprisingly, serving as the “matchmaker”. The contact quickly developed into “affinity” between the two parties within a short period of a few months. What is XDX’s appeal to Carrefour? This question is now the concern of the public.

Mr. He, general manager of XDX, did not elaborate on direct response to this question. He stressed XDX’s “uniqueness” in Guangzhou’s retailing industry but with no specific details. As disclosed by Mr. He, XDX will hold 35% of the new joint venture’s shares, while Carrefour holding the rest 65%, which, is “in compliance with the policies decreed by state authorities concerned, i.e. Chinese companies should hold no less than 35% shares of a JV”.

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