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Time will pierce the surface or youth, will be on the beauty of the ditch dug a shallow groove ; Jane will eat rare!A born beauty, anything to escape his sickle sweep .-- Shakespeare 厦门大学2004年招收攻读硕士学位研究生 入 学 考 试 试 题 招生专业： 英语语言文学 考试科目及代码：写作与英汉互译 319 研究方向：_________________ 注意：答案必须标明题号，按序写在专用答题纸上，写在本试卷上或草稿纸上者一律不给分。 Translate the following two passages into Chinese. (35 points) (45 min.) (A) Copyright protection is available for almost all writings ---- books, short stories, magazine articles, newspaper columns, poetry, plays, screenplays, and songs. Both fictional and non-fictional works are covered, and copyright protection is even available for such writings as an index, a master’s thesis, a map, even an original directory, such as the phone book, or a name and address guide to vegetarian restaurants. Does attributing the quoted portion to the author relieve you of liability for copyright infringement? No, but the reverse --- omitting the author credit --- may well make your copying appear to be intentional plagiarism, so that the equitable defense of fair use won’t apply. Fair is fair. … Fair use does not automatically prevent an irate author or publisher from suing you and/or your publisher for copyright infringement with respect to the quoted material. It merely permits you a defense --- an excuse --- to tell the judge if suit is filed. (B) People realize that the threats to the grandeur and beauty of nature are everywhere, and the most serious are often under the banner of “progress”: trees are cut for building; waterways are useful for disposition of sewage effluent and for generation of electric power; a mountain vital to the economy has to be invaded; valleys and grasslands must be developed to accommodate the steadily growing population. But people have come to realize that the planning for wilderness is essential. They should bequeath this beautiful country to the grandchildren as it was when they inherited it from their grandfather. Trans