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I. 英译汉： 原文： What has gone wrong with Britain, after the glory days of empire? In a nutshell, complacency set in and, over time, they lost their earlier pioneering fervor and competitive advantages. On the other hand, their major rivals caught up with them industrially and technologicallyand eventually left them behind. The fall of the British Empire followed the same fate of the other powerful empires throughout the ages. In our own time, the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 hasimplication for the rest of the world. Nowadays the United States is the sole superpower on earth. Its preeminence looks secured for some years to come, provided it continues to maintain its economic, industrial and technological supremacy. Be that as it may, history is an unerring arbiter of national destinies, with their inevitable ebbs and flows just like tidal waves. Sooner or later, a stronger superpower will emerge to replace the Americans asthe new world leader. This cycle will always repeat itself. Notes: the glory days of empire: the time when Britain was an empire with great fame, honor and admiration in a nutshell: described with as few words as possible to set in: to begin and probably continue provided (that): conj. if; and only if, on condition that Be that as it may: although it may be a case as that an unerring arbiter: a judger who never makes wrong judgments ebbs and flows: (the tide) going away and coming in (rising and falling) 参考译文： 昔日辉煌的大英帝国 今天是怎么啦？ 简单地说，英国人变得自满了 ，逐渐 失 去了往日的 拓荒精神 和竞争优势 。另一方面，英国的主要对手很快在工业和科技 领域 迎头赶上， 并最终超越 。大英帝国的衰落， 和历史上其它曾经盛极一时的帝 国所遭遇的命运完全一样。苏联在 1991 年的突然 解体 ，对世界其它各国 都具有 意义 。 现在美国是世界上惟一的超级大国， 其领先地位 在 未来若干年 似乎仍可 安 枕无忧 , 只要 它在经济、工业和科技等方面 继续维持优势 。尽管如此 ，历史自会 做出公论 ，因为国家的命运也像潮水一样， 必然有起有落 。一个比美国强大的 超 级大国 迟早会出现， 取代美国成为 新霸主 。这种 历史轮回 必将周而复始， 永不停 息 。 II. 汉译英：