2015年-2016CATTI三级笔译实务真题和答案(4套).pdfVIP

2015 年 5 月全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试英语三级《笔译实务》试卷 Section1 For generations, coal has been the lifeblood of this mineral-rich stretch of eastern Utah. Mining families proudly recall all the years they toiled underground. Supply companies line the town streets. Above the road that winds toward the mines, a soot-smudged miner peers out from a billboard with the slogan “Coal = Jobs.” 对这个地处犹他州东部、矿产丰富的地区而言，煤炭在过去几代人的眼里一直都是这个地区的生 命线/经济命脉。每当回忆起作为矿工在地下采煤的岁月时，每个家庭都会感到无比自豪。大街 的煤炭供应公司栉比鳞次/鳞次栉比。在蜿蜒通向矿区的马路上方，可见一处广告牌，上面除了 有句“煤炭=工作”的口号，还有位满身烟灰的矿工正凝视着前方。 But recently, fear has settled in. The state’s oldest coal-fired power plant, tucked among the canyons near town, is set to close, a result of new, stricter federal pollution regulations. 但是最近，人们开始担忧起来。由于新的联邦污染防治法规更加严格，位于县郊（译者注：根据 本文倒数第二段该地区实为卡本县，这里的town 指的就是卡本县，所以此处译为县郊。）峡谷之 中的犹他州历史最久的燃煤电厂即将关闭。 As energy companies tack away from coal, toward cleaner, cheaper natural gas, people here have grown increasingly afraid that their community may soon slip away. Dozens of workers at the facility here, the Carbon Power Plant, have learned that they must retire early or seek other jobs. Local trucking and equipment outfits are preparing to take business elsewhere. 由于能源公司摒弃煤炭转而发展更加清洁、更加廉价的天然气，这里的人们越来越担心他们的家 园可能很快就会悄然消失/不复存在。卡本电厂（Carbon Power Plant）的几十号工人已得知， 他们必须提前退休或另谋职业。当地的卡车运输和装备人员正准备到其他地方去发展业务。 “There are a lot of people worried,” said Kyle Davis, who has been employed at the plant since he was 18. Mr. Davis, 56, worked his way up from sweeping floors to managing operations at the plant, whose furnaces have been burning since 1954. “I would have liked to be here for another five years,” he said. “I’m too young to retire.” 凯尔·戴维斯（Kyle Davis ）自18 岁起就一直在这家电厂工作，他说：“许多人现在都忧心忡忡。” 该公司自 1954 年成立以来，运转至今，从未间断。现年56 岁的戴维斯先生在该公司从清扫工人 一路做到负责公司运营的高管职位。他说道：“我本想在公司再干五年的，毕竟现在退休还太年 轻。” But Rocky Mountain Powe