2012年职称英语考试真题(综合类C级原文及译文)

2012年职称英语综合C真题阅读判断原文及译文

Brotherly Love

Adidas and Puma have been two of the biggest namesin sports shoe manufacturing for over half a century.

Since1928they have supplied shoes for Olympicathletes, World Cup-winning football heroes,Muhammad Ali,hip hop stars androck musicians famous all over the world.But the story of these two companiesbegins in one house in the town of Herzogenaurach,Germany.

Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were the sons of ashoemaker. They loved sport but complained that they could never findcomfortable shoes to play in.Rudolph always said,“You cannot play sportswearing shoes that you’d walk around town with.”So they started making theirown.In1920Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes（钉）,produced on the Dasslers’kitchen table.

On1st July1924they formed a shoe company,Dassler Brothers Ltd and they worked together for many years.The companybecame successful and it provided the shoes for

Germany’s athletes at the1928and1932Olympic Games.

But in1948the brothers argued.No one knowsexactly what happened,but family members have suggested that the argument wasabout money or women.The result was that Adolph left the company.His nicknamewas Adi,and using this and the first three letters of the family name,Dassler,he founded Adidas.

Rudolph relocated across the River Aurach andfounded his own company too.At first he wanted to call it Ruda,but eventuallyhe called it Puma,after the wild cat.The famous Puma logo of the jumping cathas hardly changed since.

After the big split of1948Adolph and Rudolphnever spoke to each other again and their companies have now been incompetition for over sixty years.Both companies were for many years the marketleaders,though Adidas has always been more successful than Puma.A hip hopgroup,Run DMC,has even written a song called“My Adidas”and in2005Adidasbought Reebok,another big sports shoe company.

The terrible family argument should really beforgotten,

but ever since it happened,over sixty years ago,the town has beensplit into two.Even now,some Adidas employees and Puma employees don’t talkto each other.

译文：兄弟般的爱

阿迪达斯和彪马半个多世纪以来一直是最著名的运动鞋品牌。

自从1928年他们就一直为奥林匹克运动员，足球世界杯冠军球员，穆哈迈德·阿里，世界各地的嘻哈明星和摇滚音乐人提供运动鞋。这两个公司的故事来自德国Herzogenaurach小镇的一个房子里。

Adolph和Rudolph是一个制鞋匠的儿子。他们都喜欢运动但是抱怨找不到舒服的鞋可以穿着做运动。Rudolph总是说，你穿着在镇上散步的鞋，你就不能做体育运动。所以他们开始自己制作。1920年，Adolph做出了第一双带钉子的运动鞋，这双鞋是在Dasslers家厨房餐桌上制作的。

1924年7月1日，他们成立了一个制鞋公司—Dassler兄弟有限公司，他们一起工作了很多年，公司很成功，为参加1928年和1932年奥林匹克运动会的德国运动员提供运动鞋。

1948年，两兄弟发生了争执，没有人知道具体发生了什么事，家人暗示是因为钱或者女人。结果，Adolph离开了公司。他的绰号叫Adi,所以他使用了这个名词加上他的姓Dassler的前三个字母，成立了Adidas公司。

Rudolph在Aurach河重新规划也建立了自己的公司，起初他想把公司叫做Ruda,但是最后叫Puma(彪马)，一个野猫的名字。这个正在跳起的猫的商标从此一举成名。

自从1948年，Adolph和Rudolph分开后，再也没有说过话。他们的公司已经竞争了60多年。这两家公司很多年来都是市场的领导者，尽管阿迪达斯总是更成功一些。一个嘻哈组合Run DMC写了一首歌《我的阿迪达斯》。2005年阿迪达斯收购一家大的运动鞋制造公司：Reebok（锐步）。、

可怕的家庭纠纷真的应该被忘记。但是自从纠纷发生后六十多年来。这个城镇分成了两个部分，直到现在阿迪达斯和彪马公司员工都互相不说话。

2012年职称英语综合C真题概括大意原文及译文

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