21世纪研究生英语 综合教程2 翻译练习.docVIP

Book2(1) A. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. 人要想快乐，首先必须感到自由，其次，必须感到自己重要。假如迫于社会压力做自己不乐意做的事，或者乐于做的事被认为一文不值，毫不重要，得不到社会的承认，那么这样的人是不可能真正快乐的。倘若一个人对社会所提供的差事不感兴趣，只是出于谋生和养家糊口的需要，那么此人就只能是个劳动者。倘若一个人打心眼里对社会掏钱让他干的差事感兴趣，那么他就是一个工作者。一件差事究竟是劳动还是工作并不取决于差事本身，而是取决于干这个差事的人的喜好。这种差异并不等同于体力和脑力劳动之间的区别。从一个人对休闲的态度可以看出他属于哪类人。对工作者而言，休闲不过是放松休息几个小时，为的是工作起来效率更高。所以他很可能花很少的时间休息，而不是很多。对劳动者而言恰恰相反，休闲意味着摆脱了强迫的束缚，他总盼着少干多玩，劳动时间越短越好，这种想法也在情理之中。 B. Translate the following sentences into English. (1) People appealed to the government to put in a good word for the hero after the truth came out. (2) On the coming of the New Year, it occurred to Sam that he should put aside his work for a while and make a call to his parents. (3) In a time of change, young people often put self-interest in the first place and tune out the social responsibility. (4) The government has realized that serious social problems may arise from wealth polarization, so it has taken measures to narrow the gap. (5) As the cost of being famous, stars are particularly vulnerable to criticism because people always have higher expectations of them. (6) After the terrorist attack was successfully suppressed, the horror-stricken hostages were shepherded across a secret passage to the safe area. (7) Finally, the author chose to retort the rumor not because of any personal offense, but because of more injuries inflicted on others. (8) The criminal explains to his lawyer that he was born with such fragile will that his physical needs often overpower his feeling, which leads to the theft of his acquaintance. (9) When her grandma, the only person who loved her in the world, passed away, her heart was filled with nothing else but deep sorrow and regret. Book2 (2) A. Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. (1) 除了造物之外的许多疑惑都可能动摇硅芯片时代的不可知论。几乎同样神秘的问题是，在几十亿年前，是什么条件产生了第一个能够复制自身的分子。这一步使得遍布地球的所有生命形式的产生成为可能。为什么恰在那个时候发生呢? 对于科学和神学在大爆炸宇宙学上表面的趋同，宗教界表现出来的热情是可以理解的。自启蒙运动以来，《圣经》所述的创世故事或者其它“事件”，如人类降生和耶稣基督的奇迹，屡屡遭遇科学的贬抑；它们仅仅被当作神话、迷信而