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英语专业八级翻译试题真题 2009年英语专业八级考试--翻译部分（附参考译文） C-E原文：我想不起来哪一个熟人没有手机。今天没有手机的人是奇怪的，这种人才需要解释。我们的所有社会关系都储存在手机的电话本里，可以随时调出使用。古代只有巫师才能拥有这种法宝。 手机刷新了人与人的关系。会议室门口通常贴着一条通告：请与会者关闭手机。可是会议室里的手机铃声仍然响成一片。我们都是普通人，并没有多少重要的事情。尽管如此，我们也不会轻易关掉手机。打开手机象征我们与这个世界的联系。手机反映出我们的社交饥渴症。最为常见的是，一个人走着走着突然停下来，眼睛盯着手机屏幕发短信。他不在乎停在马路中央还是厕所旁边。　　为什么对于手机来电和短信这么在乎?因为我们迫切渴望与社会保持联系。 Cell phone has altered / renovated human relations / relationships. There is usually a note on the door of conference room, which reads “close your handset / cell phone.?However, the rings are still resounding in the room. We are all common people and have few urgencies to do. Still, we are reluctant to turn off the phone. Cell phone symbolizes our connection with the world and reflects our 搕hirst for socialization.?We are familiar with the scene that a person stops his steps to edit short messages with eyes glued at his phone, regardless of his location, whether in road center or beside restroom. 注： 中文作者：张帆 标题：《我们生活在机器中》为上海艺术人文频道《世说新语》栏目所作的演讲稿We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency - a threat to the survival of our　　civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But thereis hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst - though not all - of its consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly. However, too many of the worlds leaders are still best described in the words of Winston Churchill applied to those who ignored Adolf Hitlers threat: They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, all powerful to be impotent. So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an open sewer. And tomorrow, we will dump a slightly larger amount, with the cumulative concentrations now trapping more and more heat from the sun. 参考译文： 我们人类，正面临全球性的危机，一个关于我们的人类文明能否延续的危机；尽管我们聚在一起共商对策，而灾难却在扩大，形势不容乐观。但也有令人欣喜的消息：如果行动大胆果断，