英语翻译小练习与答案

1.人们越来越意识到开发环保型产品的重要性。为实现长期可持续发展，发达国家应不惜代价减少温室气体的排放。如果目前全球变暖的速度保持不变，东京和伦敦等大城市从地球上消失的可能性将是20年前的10倍。

People have become increasingly aware of the importance of developing environmentally friendly (pollution-free) products. For the sake of longstanding sustainable development, developed countries are to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases at any cost. If the current rate of global warming continues, big cities, such as Tokyo and London, are ten times more likely to disappear from the earth than twenty years ago.

2.和谐社会提倡整体、协调、持续发展的观念，使各方面利益得到平衡。只要我们坚持这一科学发展观，就能避免常见于发展中国家的社会动乱和破坏自然资源的现象。在此期间，应注意人与自然的关系，适当保护自然资源，减少污染，努力提高环境质量以实现可持续发展。

A harmonious society advocates an overall, coordinated and sustainable development concept, making the interests of different sectors balanced. So long as we follow this scientific development concept, we can get rid of social unrest and the destruction of natural resources that generally occurs in developing nations. During this period, we should pay attention to the relationship between humanity and nature, properly protect natural resources, reduce pollution and make efforts to raise the quality of the environment in order to realize sustainable development. 3. 人人都有追求幸福的权利，但对幸福的定义因人而异。绝大多数人认为幸福来自于健康的身体、愿望的实现和事业有成。正如经常发生的那样，许多人在遇到痛苦时才意识到幸福的真正含义。（2005年6月真题）

Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, yet definitions of happiness vary from person to person (or : are quite individualistic). Most people agree that happiness comes /stems/ results from good health, fulfillment of a desire and a successful career. As often happens/ As is often the case, many people don’t realize what happiness really means (the real meaning of happiness) until they are distressed.

4. 中国可持续发展依赖的有限自然资源正在锐减。一方面是生产规模不断扩大，消耗更多的能源；另一方面是缺少能高效利用能源的生产设备。这迫使我们思考如何为后人留下足够的环境空间以使他们能实现自己的愿望。（2007年6月真题）

The limited natural resources on which China’s sustainable development depends are declining sharply. On the one hand, the expanding scale of production leads to/(result in) increased consumption of energy/(the scale of production keeps expanding, consuming more energy). On

the other hand, production facilities/equipments that can utilize energy efficiently are lacking. This forces us to think about how to leave enough environmental space to future generations/our offspring so that they can fulfill their aspirations.

5.人们经常抱怨“就医难，学费贵”，可另一个值得注意的问题是大学毕业生就业难。硕士生找工作再不像十年前那么容易。由于日趋激烈的职位竞争，学习成绩好和专业知识强并不一定变成理想的工作。教育主管部门一直在寻求各种手段创造更多的就业机会。（2006-6）There are many complaints about the inaccessibility of medical care and high tuitions. However, another thing that deserves attention is the difficulty of college graduates in getting employed. Those with master’s degrees can no longer find a job as easily as they did ten years ago. Because of the increasingly intense competition for a position, academic excellence and proficient expertise will not necessarily be translated into an ideal job. Education authorities have been seeking ways to create more opportunities of employment.

6. The number of people vulnerable to floods around the world is expected to rise to at least two