电子科技大学 电子科大2004年英语写作与翻译及答案 考研真题及答案解析.pdfVIP

布丁考研网，在读学长提供高参考价值的复习资料 电子科技大学 2004年攻读硕士学位研究生 入学考试试题汇编 科目名称：英语写作与翻译 WritingandTranslation PartOneTranslation(I)(50%) Directions:PutthefollowingtwopassagesintoChineseandwriteyourtranslatedversiononthe AnswerSheet. Passage1: In short, while scientists have generally considered themselves to be the intellectual descendantsoftheBenjaminFranklinmodelofthebenevolentscientist,bringingenlightenment to humankind, too often scientists are actually perceived by the public to be more in the Dr. Frankensteinmold,unleashingscientifichavoconanunsuspectingworld. Thelessonweneedtodrawfromthisphenomenonisincreasinglyevident:Modernscientists (and their first cousins, engineers) must become as adept in dealing with societal and political forcesastheyarewithgravitationalandelectromagneticforces--and,candidly,uptothispointI wouldnotgiveusapassinggrade.Todaysscientistsarenolongerconstrainedsimplybythelaws ofnature,aswasgenerallythecaseinthepast,butalsobythelaws(andattitudes)oftheland.For example: CouldwesendmenandwomentoMars?Technologicallyspeaking,Ibelievewecould.But politicallythereisnowilltodoso. Could we vastly increase the amount of electricity available to Americans through safe, nonpollutingnuclearpowerplants?Almostcertainly--asisinfactbeingdoneinEuropeandJapan even today--but communities in America are still repelled by the notion of nuclear power, especiallyafterthehorrendousexampleofChernobyl. Couldwebuildautomatedhighwaysthatwouldincreaseconvenienceandreduceaccidents? Absolutely.But whoisto payfor them--andwho isto insure their buildersintodays litigious society? Wouldaninventorbepermittedtodaytointroduceanewproductthatwouldcreatemillions ofjobsandmakepeopleslivesfarmoreconvenient,ifprojectionsshoweditwouldcostthelives of50,