翻译和写作练习

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the impact of the Internet on the way people communicate and then explain whether electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. (2013-12)
The Impact of the Internet on the Way People Communicate
Internet does exert such a profound impact on our life that it revolutionizes the way of people’s living and thinking. As is subtly revealed in the portrayal，there are two parents sitting in the front of computer，who are chatting with their child on the internet.
From my perspective, the electronic contact cannot replace face to face communication owing to the following factors. To begin with, over-reliance on electronic contact will damage the interpersonal relationship, for the cold machine never replaces a warm-hearted greeting face to face. For instance, the aged parents would like their only son who works far away home to come back home more often rather than to communicate with him on the Internet occasionally. What’s more, face to face communication is preferable because it is conducive to build a harmonious society, for it attaches more significance on human affection and feelings instead of convenience and speed.
Just as an ancient Arab proverb says, “Every sword has its two edges.”On the contrary, others are under the impression that electronic communication can replace face-to-face contact.Consequently,we should naturally arrive at the conclusion that we should not spend too much time on their computer terminal rather than relating to people in the real world.
【解析】
profound a.意义深远的revealed vt.显示，透露portrayal n.描绘conducive a.有益的
interpersonal a.人际的occasionally adv.偶尔on the contrary相反arrive at the conclusion 得出结论computer terminal 电脑终端
Translation:
支付宝(Alipay)是中国最大的第三方在线支付平台，由阿里巴巴集团(Alibaba Group)于2004年创建。

截至2012年底,支付宝拥有用户超过7亿。

用户可利用这一平台支付各种费用，诸如网购、电话费、学费等等。

以网购为例，买家先将钱存到支付宝账户，收到商品后，再通过支付宝将钱转给卖家。

支付宝为其用户提供了“简单、安全、快速” 的在线支付方式，保护了买卖双方的利益。

Founder byAlibaba Group in 2004, Alipay is China’s largest third-party online payment platform. Alipay has over 700 million users by the end of 2012. Users can pay various bills via the platform, such as online shopping, telephone bills, and tuition fees. Take online shopping as an example, buyers put the money into their Alipayaccount which will not release the money to the sellers until the buyers get their goods. Alipay provides its users with a simple, safe and fast online payment method, protecting the interests of both buyers and sellers.
《史记》（Records of the Grand Historian）是一部伟大的史学著作，为西汉时期（Western Han Dynasty)司马迁所著。

《史记》记载了我国从黄帝(Yellow Emperor)到西汉时期长达3000年左右的历史。

《史记》全书共52万字，取材广泛，内容丰富。

特别值得一提的是，司马迁不仅参考皇家的历史记录，还走遍中国求证信息的真伪。

《史记》也是一部优秀的文学著作，对中国后世文学有着深远的影响。

Written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, Records of the Grand Historian is a great historical work. It records Chinese history of about 3,000 years from the time of Yellow Emperor to his own time. With a total of 520 thousand Chinese characters, the book includes a widerange o f materials and is rich in contents. What is particularly worth mentioning is that SimaQian not onl y referred to imperial historical records, but also traveled around China to verify
the information. Record of the Grand Historian is also an excellent literary work,
exerting a far-reaching influence on Chinese literature of later generations.。