2015年5月CATTI三级笔译真题及答案_new重点分析.doc

2015年5月CATTI三级笔译真题及答案 Section1: English-Chinese Translation (50 points) 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.” 犹他州东部有一个矿产丰富的小镇，那里的人们祖祖辈辈都以采煤为生。一提起在地下辛苦采煤时的情景，每个家庭总是倍感骄傲。街道两旁的煤炭供应公司一个挨着一个。在通往矿井的蜿蜒小路上方的广告牌上，一个满脸炭灰的矿工凝视着远方，旁边的标语写着“煤炭=工作”。 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. 但是最近，小镇的人们心里充满了恐惧。联邦政府新颁布了一套更为严格的污染管理条例，这使得小镇附近峡谷之中的一家美国最古老的燃煤电厂频临倒闭。 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. 由于能源公司纷纷弃用煤炭，转而使用更清洁、更廉价的天然气，小镇的人们越来越害怕，他们的家园可能很快就会人去楼空。卡本电厂的几十名工人早就意识到，他们要么提前退休，要么另谋职业。当地的货运和装配人员正准备开发外地的业务。 “There are a lot of people worried,” said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18. 凯尔戴维斯从18岁起，一直在卡本电厂工作。他说：“很多人都在担忧。 ”Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces have been burning since 1954. 戴维斯先生今年56岁，从清洁工人一直做到电厂的经营主管。卡本电厂的高炉从1954年开工，一直燃烧至今。 “I would have liked to be here for another five years,” he said. “I’m too young to retire.” 他说：“如果可能，我还想再工作五年。毕竟我还很年轻，没到退休年龄。” But Rocky Mountain Power, the utility that operates the plant, has determined that itwould be too expensive to retrofit the aging plant to meet new federal standards on mercury emissions. The plant is scheduled to be shut by April2015. 公共事业公司落基山电力公司是卡本电厂的经营者，公司已经决定，要达到联邦政府最新规定的水银排放标准，就必须改造