第2册综合英语翻译.doc

第一单元 I. Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. A. Western teachers working at Chinese preschools express shock at the levels of strictness imposed, and the ways in which the most difficult children are chastised. While this high degree of discipline has the negative effect of making children reluctant to initiate play, it does succeed in teaching self-control and respect for authority — precisely those qualities that are seen to be lacking in U.S. schools. Friends and family in North America often tell me that between piano, art and sports lessons, their kids are already overscheduled and subject to pressures beyond their years. Yet, regardless of the number of extracurricular activities, the lives of Western children are leisurely when compared to Chinese. 对于校纪实施的严格程度和对最难管教学生的处罚方式，在中国幼儿园工作的西方教师表示震惊。 如此高度的纪律性虽然会产生令孩子们不愿玩耍的消极影响，但也教会他们自控和尊重权威，而这些品质恰恰是美国学生所缺少的。 我在北美的家人和朋友常常告诉我，他们的孩子要上钢琴课、美术课和体育课，日程已经排得满满的，承受着超过年龄的沉重压力。 不过，虽然课外活动很多，和中国小孩相比，西方小孩过的是优哉游哉的生活。 第三单元 Ⅰ. Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. A. For a quarter of a century finance basked in a golden age. Financial globalisation spread capital more widely, markets evolved, businesses were able to finance new ventures and ordinary people had unprecedented access to borrowing and foreign exchange. Modern finance improved countless lives. But more recently something went awry. Through insurance and saving, financial services are supposed to offer shelter from life’s reverses. Instead, financiers grew rich even as their industry put everyone’s prosperity in danger. Financial services are supposed to bring together borrowers and savers. But as lending markets have retreated, borrowers have been stranded without credit and savers have seen their pensions and investments melt away. Financial markets are supposed to be a machine for amassing capital and determining who gets to use it and for what. How could they have been so wrong? 过去的25年是金融业发展的黄金时代。金