考研英语：1997翻译真题精练精讲.pdfVIP

考研英语：1997 翻译真题精练精讲 　一、全真试题 　　Do animals have rights? This is how the question is usually put. It sounds like a useful，ground-clearing way to start. （71）Actually ，it isn’t， because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights ，which is something the world does not have. 　　On one view of rights， to be sure ， it necessarily follows that animals have none.72） Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within a social contract ，as part of an exchange of duties and entitlements. Therefore，animals cannot have rights.