《2009年英语专业八级考试真题及答案01》.docVIP

2009年英语专业八级考试真题及答案 PART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN) SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE. 我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。今天没有手机的人是奇怪的，这种人才需要解释。我们的所有社会关系都储存在手机的电话本里，可以随时调出使用。古代只有巫师才能拥有这种法宝。 手机刷新了人与人之间的关系。会议室的门口通常贴着一张通告：请与会者关闭手机。可是会议室里的手机依然响成一片。我们都是普通人，没有多少重要的事情。尽管如此，我们也不会轻易关掉手机。打开手机象征着我们与这个世界的联系。手机反映出我们的 “社交饥渴症”。最为常见的是，一个人在路上走着走着忽然停下来，眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信，他不在乎停在马路中间还是厕所旁边。 为什么对于手机来电和短信这么在乎？因为我们迫切渴望与社会保持联系。 参考答案： Cell phone has altered human relations. There is usually a note on the door of conference room, which reads “turn off your cell phones”. However, the rings are still resounding in the room. We are all common people and have few urgencies to do. Still, we are reluctant / unwilling to turn off the phone. Cell phone symbolizes our connection with the world and reflects our “thirst for socialization”. We are familiar with the scene when a person stops his steps to edit short messages with eyes glued at his phone, disregard of his location, whether in the road center or besides a restroom. SECTION A ENGLISH TO CHINESE Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE. We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency ---- a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst ---- though not all ---- of its consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly. However, too many of the worlds leaders are still best described in the words Winston Churchill applied to those who ignored Adolf Hitler’s threat: “They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, all powerful to be impotent. So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer. And t